Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

This guy has really good hands and doesnt seem scared to go up for the ball so I can definately see him as a JG 2.0. If that's the case, with him,Cook, Thomas ,Sanders, Kamara and T Smith, i dont really see a desperate need for a wide out for this season....thats a nice group of receiving options. Also, we still have the option to pick up any team releases before the season starts or trade some of next year's picks if a good option presents itself.

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

That's the same point I've been trying to make. Draft picks are more important to weak rosters. Little chance, if any, that a third day pick would have a chance of making the roster. Just as good a chance to pickup UDFA's, instead.

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

Good point! My initial reaction was that we gave up a lot to get this guy, but he does seem to be a legit starter.

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

I was curious so i watched two highlights of this kid. One play stood out most and it's here at the 0:47 mark.

To me, this looks a lot like how Kittle moves and they way he's used in the SF Offense. Josh Hill can't move like this...

While I don't expect NFL defenders to ricochet off him, I can absolutely see him dragging a couple tacklers for an extra 7 yards.

Excited for this kid!

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

I was think grok actually

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

If he can indeed be compared to Kittle or Gronk then we definitely got a steal.

Hopefully we can trade Warford for a couple of late picks just for the entertainment value. Better than cutting him outright, I guess, even if we get nothing out of the picks.

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

Make sure you watch the interview posted above... it's about 19 minutes, very insightful.

This kid is going to be a stud. He is super smart in addition to football smarts. He used to play CB and QB. So he seems to truly understand the game if you listen to his interview. And he absolutely loves to block and get his opponents on their back.

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

Perhaps your being sarcastic?
Tre Smith
Mike Thomas
Brandon cooks
Robert meachum
Brandon Coleman

That’s just going back a few years off the top of my head...

Re: Saints trade with Vikings, draft Dayton TE Adam Trautman with No. 105 pick
 

Allow me to rephrase, a WR that has a decent chance of making a difference. Besides Thomas and Cooks, when recently has any other WR done something of note?

Trequan runs around like he has no clue where he is, then for one game a season has this lightbulb moment where he catches more than one pass.

Coleman was UDFA and made little difference in the passing game, was primarily a blocker.

Meach was decent, but that was back in 2007.

I just get the feeling that Payton doesnt value that position early and seems to think it can be sorted via UDFA. Then there we are again, eliminated from the playoffs because no one outside of Thomas can get open.