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Saints draft: Boom or bust? Only time will tell!!

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TRACEY JAGNEAUX

NEW ORLEANS -- No question that after last year’s bountiful draft for the New Orleans Saints, the 2018 version of let’s take a chance would be scrutinized in a way that no other draft would be.

No matter who the Saints chose this year, the comparison to 2017 would be made, even though none of the players selected starting last Thursday had even taken a snap in the NFL.

So, how did the Saints do in this year’s installment? That all depends on who you ask. The range of grades looks like the report card of a seventh grader going through the change to adulthood: it is all over the map.
ESPN gave the Saints a C+, putting New Orleans just above average.

Bleacher Report, without providing any explanation with its rankings, gave the Saints a D, the lowest in the league along with Oakland and Seattle.
Yahoo and USA Today agreed with Bleacher Report and also rated the New Orleans draft as being D worthy. However, both NFL.com and CBS Sports had the Saints with a grade of B.

The biggest move of the draft for New Orleans came very early. The Saints made a bold move in the first round Thursday, trading next year’s first-rounder to move up and take Texas-San Antonio defensive end Marcus Davenport, a player who filled a need for a pressure player at the right defensive end spot the Saints have been trying to fill long-term for years.

Full Article -- Ville Platte Gazette

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Week 17 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus every team's rookie of the year

  • News source: NFL Nation
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How high did the Cowboys rise and how far did the Eagles fall in our Week 17 Power Rankings? Plus, we picked the rookie of the year on all 32 teams.
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Duds and more duds from Saints' Week 16 shutout loss vs. Packers

  • News source: Darrion Gray, Jeremy Trottier
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The New Orleans Saints were absolutely embarrassed on Monday Night Football in Week 16 against the Green Bay Packers, falling by an ugly tally of 34-0 and being the first team to be shut out this season. Everyone is to blame for this, and they all equally share that among themselves, but some players or staff stuck out worse than others.

Here are our duds from the Saints’ brutal loss to the Packers:
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The lights were too bright for the team Mickey Loomis built

  • News source: John Sigler
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Monday night’s blowout loss did more than anything else to prove the lights were too bright for the team Mickey Loomis built. But that’s just the latest example in a disturbing trend. This year’s New Orleans Saints team didn’t show up in three prime time games.

The Saints lost 34-0 to the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. That’s after they were beaten 33-10 by their old coach Sean Payton on a Thursday night game earlier this season. And that followed a 26-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on another Monday night early this year. All told, the Saints have been outscored 93-23 across those...
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Pack clinch, but 'some concern' over Watson injury

  • News source: Rob Demovsky
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On a night when they authored the first shutout of the NFL season -- 34-0 over the New Orleans Saints -- and clinched a playoff berth for the second straight year, about the only problem the Green Bay Packers endured was a knee injury to Christian Watson.
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Before there were Saints, Raiders and Chiefs almost moved to New Orleans

  • News source: Rene Nadeau
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What if I told you that New Orleans pro football faithful came oh-so-close to cheering for their team in Super Bowl I or II? Would you think that I've lost my mind?
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Dear Santa...I probably don't have to tell you if the Saints and Pelicans have been bad or good

  • News source: BY ROD WALKER | Sports columnist
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Saints QB Spencer Rattler doesn't hold back when discussing an 'embarrassing' loss to Packers

  • News source: BY RASHAD MILLIGAN | Staff writer
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Spencer Rattler stood at the podium in his black hoodie and New Orleans Saints hat glancing around at the media room before getting his thoughts out.
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Green Bay embarrassment clarifies Saints’ need for top-to-bottom changes

  • News source: Les East
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It’s time to make a list and check it twice. It’s too late to pen a letter to Santa Claus, but it is time to start compiling a list of New Orleans Saints worth keeping for 2025.
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What to know off every NFL Week 16 game: Big questions, key performances and what it all means going forward

  • News source: NFL Nation
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NFL Nation reporters react to all the action, answering the biggest questions coming out of each game. Here's what we learned from Week 16.
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Social media reacts to Saints' colossal failure vs. Packers on MNF

  • News source: Dylan Sanders
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The New Orleans Saints played a primetime football game on Monday Night Football and Green Bay Packers fans were the only ones that had a good time watching it. The Saints went home with a 34-0 loss hanging over their heads.

In what could be the lowest moment for the team since before Drew Brees came to town, the Saints lost big and were clearly outmatched from the first second.

Nothing looked good for New Orleans and fans were very quickly fed up. Even the media that was watching were speechless by the end of it.

Here are some of the top social media reactions to Monday night’s game:
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Losing in a big shutout didn't help the Saints' draft position in 2025

  • News source: John Sigler
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The promise of a better draft pick is supposed to be the silver lining whenever your NFL team loses. But that hasn’t been the case for the New Orleans Saints. They picked a bad year to go belly up, and an embarrassing loss to the Green Bay Packers on Monday night didn’t do anything to help their outlook.

According to the experts at Tankathon, if the 2025 NFL draft started today the Saints would be slotted in at No. 10 overall — the same position they held before slipping to 5-10 this season.

That wouldn’t be the case in most years. Since the NFL introduced its 17-game season back in...
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Jeff Duncan: What we learned from the Saints' ugly loss to the Packers

  • News source: BY JEFF DUNCAN | Sports columnist
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The Green Bay Packers shut out the New Orleans Saints 34-0 at Lambeau Field on Monday night.
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Packers ice hapless Saints on cold night

  • News source: Ken Trahan
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The Packers blanked the Saints, 34-0. How embarrassing was it? The shutout was the first of the season in the NFL.
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Packers clinch playoff berth with 1st shutout in NFL this season, 34-0 over Saints

  • News source: New Orleans Saints - WWL TV
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Josh Jacobs gained 107 yards from scrimmage and scored a touchdown for a sixth straight game as the Green Bay Packers clinched a playoff berth while producing the first shutout of the NFL season, 34-0 over the hapless New Orleans Saints on Monday night.

Green Bay (11-4) earned its fifth postseason appearance in six years and recorded its first shutout since beating Seattle 17-0 on Nov. 14, 2021. The Saints (5-10) were blanked for the first time since falling 13-0 to San Francisco on Nov. 27, 2022.

New Orleans played without injured quarterback Derek Carr and running...
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