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Amazing that Kamara wasn't drafted higher

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by CHA_CHING Just proves that the draft is really a crap shoot and most "experts" really don't know what they're talking about when they make all those predictions and talk and hype up certain players for the first ...

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Old 11-06-2019, 02:45 PM   #16
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Re: Amazing that Kamara wasn't drafted higher

Originally Posted by CHA_CHING View Post
Just proves that the draft is really a crap shoot and most "experts" really don't know what they're talking about when they make all those predictions and talk and hype up certain players for the first round. Look at all the people who hyped up Baker Mayfield as some generational talent. Mayfield will be out of the league in a few years. Stuff like this just proves how random the draft is.

I think the Saints are a good example to argue against tanking. We had 3 consecutive 7-9 seasons stuck in the purgatory of mediocrity, kinda like how the Dolphins are either 6-10, 8-8 or 10-6 every year. But we didn't tank in the end. All it took was one strong draft and a few key free agency signings after overhauling talent evaluation in management and it brought us back.
The first of those three 7-9 seasons was based upon the abundant number of trips to the injured reserve with 15 players. The great rebuild started the next year with the purge of a number of aging veterans and the influx of new, younger talent. The rebuild continued the following season with only four or so players left from the 2010 Super Bowl.

The remarkable thing is that the Saints were still able to win seven games each of those years under staggering obstacles. Payton and Loomis had a plan and that continued over the next two years with major acquisitions through the draft. The building of the team we have today started back in 2014.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill
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