The Saints have had the fewest amount of draft picks in the NFL since 2006
 

Top 5
Green Bay 85
New England 82
Philadelphia 82
Cincinnati 82
St. Louis 80

Bottom 5
Miami 65
Arizona 65
San Diego 61
Jets 60
New Orleans 53

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Man... I didn't realize there was that huge of a discrepancy from top to bottom. I think I read an article a week or two ago about Loomis finding more value in trading up. Maybe we should stop that.

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Thanks Roger goDheLL!

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i still like the way the pats do things. let solid players walk that want to much money. sign some mid level free agents with a proven track record and put the savings in the bank.

a accumulate picks to address depth upgrades

when the core is reestablished then go out and spend the big bucks on solid impact players

they do not let the team be held hostage by just a few players.

get the depth first
let replaceable players walk as fa and get the comp picks
get mid level fa to fill the gaps the bench can not
draft to replenish the depth
then bang FA
they plan this out better than any team in the nfl.

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Makes sense. We fill holes with free agents so we never get comp picks, and we always trade up, not down. Not surprising

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2 Super Bowls in the top. 1 Super Bowl in the bottom. Doesn't seem to matter.

Re: The Saints have had the fewest amount of draft picks in the NFL since 2006
 

How about 5 AFC championship appearances since 06 3 Superbowl appearances and 1 win. Could've easily had all 3. And thats just New England.

Re: The Saints have had the fewest amount of draft picks in the NFL since 2006
 

Draft picks aren't everything, but it sure does give more chances at better players. The more quality players you have, the better depth you get. You can get busts just like in Free Agency, whereas the vets are more proven, but we won the superbowl with a good mix of Free Agents, and young draft picks in their prime. Their is no right way, but I'd love to see some more home grown talent on this team.

Re: The Saints have had the fewest amount of draft picks in the NFL since 2006
 

And how many draft picks for New England are still on the team? IIRC, one year they had like 12 picks and only 1 made the roster

Re: The Saints have had the fewest amount of draft picks in the NFL since 2006
 

What's your argument for Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Philly?

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Cinci has the the biggest choke artist at QB not named Romo or Manning and really should be a yearly AFC championship contender since like 2011, St Louis needs a QB, and the Eagles switched HCs and have had two 10 Win seasons under Chip Kelly, so they're up and coming. Not bad if you ask me.

Re: The Saints have had the fewest amount of draft picks in the NFL since 2006
 

Even if we were in the 75 player range in draft picks, its 23 more players to evaluate from and if 3 would fill in even as depth we would be better off, and if they became starters it that much better. Prime examples our lb.'er core and O-line depth.

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Of course it helps that NE plays in one of the weakest divisions in football; they can afford to develop younger players because they have time.

Re: The Saints have had the fewest amount of draft picks in the NFL since 2006
 

And they cheat... so that helps too.

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granted but you still gotta make the run in the playoffs.

On the flip side that is still my #1 issue with the Byrd signing. probably no division in the NFL has had such poor QB play or revolving door at QB like the AFC East. not saying he is not any good just a point to make me question the money spent

Now the way i see the pats system working is this

throw a bunch of darts in the draft. get a starter and a solid back up your ahead of the game

go into FA and plug the holes you missed the previous year.

play the season

repeat

they do not care about missing on 12 if they get at least one. milk a couple till you can replace them in the next couple of years. via draft or FA

mid level FA is their meat and potatoes

draft is the gravy and/or the salt and pepper

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So, as Rezburna says, 2 Super Bowls in the top. 1 Super Bowl in the bottom. Doesn't seem to matter.