1997 Saints Trade down from #2 to #10

With all this trade talk about us moving up to #2 with the lambs to select possibly Dorsey, I thought back to the 1997 draft when we were holders of th 2 pick.

Oakland wanted a DT (Darrell Russell from USC) and made the move with us.

They got #2 overall

We got #10, #39, and a 1998 fourth rounder.

We drafted Chris Naeole with our first rounder (Thanks Ditka!)

I just thought that this was ironic that this happened just over 10 years ago. Look at what it took to move up then (and that was with the old chart). We should be able to swing something with the rams.