2022 NFL Free Agency: New Orleans Saints

Rugby Saint II · 07-29-2021, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976

Yes, same DBs but no one started at CB 2 with any real effectiveness. See Payton's comment yesterday - "MUST"

Keep in mind our O line can be elite. If that hold true, someone will be open every play.

Pass on Cooks. Big on Trautman (expensive....whut?)

If I remember correctly we spent a third round picks up but we did move up and I'm not sure what the compensation was for moving up.

AsylumGuido · 07-29-2021, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

If I remember correctly we spent a third round picks up but we did move up and I'm not sure what the compensation was for moving up.

They traded the seventh rounder (244th overall) from Cleveland, along with their own fourth- (130), fifth- (169) and sixth-round (203) picks for pick number 105 in the third round. Seems like a good deal to me to get what is now a starting TE. There's no guarantee that any of the traded picks would have fielded a starting player.

halloween 65 · 07-29-2021, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

They traded the seventh rounder (244th overall) from Cleveland, along with their own fourth- (130), fifth- (169) and sixth-round (203) picks for pick number 105 in the third round. Seems like a good deal to me to get what is now a starting TE. There's no guarantee that any of the traded picks would have fielded a starting player.

Not saying your opinion is wrong but on the flip side with all of those picks given up for a single player we could have hit on possibly all of them, their are plenty of players drafted around those times not including undrafted that have had solid to great careers in the league. I think alot of that is laziness on the scouting department and coaches. From Pierre Thomas to Tom Brady.

AsylumGuido · 07-29-2021, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by halloween 65

Not saying your opinion is wrong but on the flip side with all of those picks given up for a single player we could have hit on possibly all of them, their are plenty of players drafted around those times not including undrafted that have had solid to great careers in the league. I think alot of that is laziness on the scouting department and coaches. From Pierre Thomas to Tom Brady.

Around 35% of drafted players ever start half the games in their careers. Very few of those come from the last few rounds. They do happen, but are very rare.

It doesn't come from laziness, at least not from those picking the talent. Those picked late are picked late for a reason.

07-29-2021, 11:17 AM	#1
Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,167	Re: 2021 NFL Free Agency: New Orleans Saints Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 Yes, same DBs but no one started at CB 2 with any real effectiveness. See Payton's comment yesterday - "MUST" Keep in mind our O line can be elite. If that hold true, someone will be open every play. Pass on Cooks. Big on Trautman (expensive....whut?) If I remember correctly we spent a third round picks up but we did move up and I'm not sure what the compensation was for moving up.

07-29-2021, 11:31 AM	#2
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,677	Re: 2021 NFL Free Agency: New Orleans Saints Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II If I remember correctly we spent a third round picks up but we did move up and I'm not sure what the compensation was for moving up. They traded the seventh rounder (244th overall) from Cleveland, along with their own fourth- (130), fifth- (169) and sixth-round (203) picks for pick number 105 in the third round. Seems like a good deal to me to get what is now a starting TE. There's no guarantee that any of the traded picks would have fielded a starting player.

07-29-2021, 12:58 PM	#3
halloween 65 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Grand Haven, Michigan by way of a little Mississippi River town in Louisiana Posts: 5,893	Re: 2021 NFL Free Agency: New Orleans Saints Originally Posted by AsylumGuido They traded the seventh rounder (244th overall) from Cleveland, along with their own fourth- (130), fifth- (169) and sixth-round (203) picks for pick number 105 in the third round. Seems like a good deal to me to get what is now a starting TE. There's no guarantee that any of the traded picks would have fielded a starting player. Not saying your opinion is wrong but on the flip side with all of those picks given up for a single player we could have hit on possibly all of them, their are plenty of players drafted around those times not including undrafted that have had solid to great careers in the league. I think alot of that is laziness on the scouting department and coaches. From Pierre Thomas to Tom Brady.

07-29-2021, 07:53 PM	#4
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,677	Re: 2021 NFL Free Agency: New Orleans Saints Originally Posted by halloween 65 Not saying your opinion is wrong but on the flip side with all of those picks given up for a single player we could have hit on possibly all of them, their are plenty of players drafted around those times not including undrafted that have had solid to great careers in the league. I think alot of that is laziness on the scouting department and coaches. From Pierre Thomas to Tom Brady. Around 35% of drafted players ever start half the games in their careers. Very few of those come from the last few rounds. They do happen, but are very rare. It doesn't come from laziness, at least not from those picking the talent. Those picked late are picked late for a reason.