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My biggest fear in this draft is that D.A. starts us drafting 4-3 personnel and we're back to the see-saw of square pegs and round holes and D.A. is gone in another season or two...

...never developing one system or another...

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I'm not sold on Allen either. He wasn't a DC in 2009. And the 4-3 or 3-4 mixing could be a problem. We're supposed to go back to a 4-3 but who knows.

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DA can't be any worse than RR; just sayin' In fact; defense actually improved after RR was shown the door last year

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Mitch I'm not saying RR was better than DA; I'm smh re: bringing in a defensive coordinator who's likely not to use personnel already on the roster who are a better fit for a different front than one he prefers...

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Well, Draft Week is upon us and this is my Saints Fan Big Board... :bng:

R1, S12 (Pick 12) WR Laquon Treadwell, Mississippi; Height: 6' 2"; Weight: 210 lbs.
Alternate Selection: DL Chris Jones, Mississippi St; Height: 6' 5"; Weight: 310 lbs.

R2, S16 (Pick 47) CB Kalan Reed, Southern Miss; Height: 5’ 11”; Weight: 192 lbs.
Alternate Selection: DE Jonathan Bullard, Florida; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight: 285 lbs.

R3, S15 (Pick 78) DE Bronson Kaufusi, Brigham Young; Height: 6’ 6”; Weight: 285 lbs.
Alternate Selection: WR Devon Cajuste, Stanford; Height: 6' 4"; Weight: 234 lbs.

R4, S14 (Pick 112) OL Conner McGovern, Missouri; Height: 6' 4"; Weight: 306 lbs.
Alternate Selection: OL Joe Thuney, NC State; Height: 6' 5"; Weight: 304 lbs.

R5, S13 (Pick 152) NT D.J. Reader, Clemson; Height: 6' 3"; Weight: 327 lbs.
Alternate Selection: QB Kevin Hogan, Stanford; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight: 218 lbs.

R6, S12 (Pick 187*) TRADED this pick with 2015 Sixth Round Pick traded for DB Damian Swann (2015, R5, S31, Pick 167)

R7, S16 (Pick 237) OL Spencer Drango, Baylor; Height: 6' 6"; Weight: 315 lbs.
Alternate Selection: OL Ted Karras, Illinois; Height: 6' 4"; Weight: 307 lbs.

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I think I'm just about 100% on board with those picks JP. That would be as close to perfect as we could get.

I have heard some chatter lately (from Mike Triplett I think) about the Saints doing something completely out of the ordinary and looking to trade down. Tony Pauline also mentioned it a few weeks ago saying we had interest in moving down and taking Kamalei Correa later in the first.

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I look at Oakland and judge their drafts under DA. not bad not to bad at all. He is a bit of a gambler I have to admit. His FA moves one year was his death sentence. I hope he learned his lesson.

He proved to be one thing Rob was not. A coach involved on the field and one that makes changes on the fly to adapt to the flow of a game. that alone is enough in my book to sit back and watch the game unfold vs yelling at the TV and wanting to slap Rob to wake him up as to what is happening on the field.

DA is a hands on coach. Rob was not

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been kicking Reed around a bit.

Man oh man the 4th and 5th rounds have some interesting prospects in them. laundry list in those rounds just keeps growing. solid potential like I have not seen in a long time that actual fill our team needs wish list.

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check this kid out

Darius Jackson RB Eastern Michigan 6000 220 4.40
20+ catches the past two year and plays in a pro set offense
I know RB is not high on the needs list but