Im So Upset With Day 2 Draft Strategy

Guess what else takes "hubris"?

Taking over the post-Katrina Saints in 2006 as a rookie coach and winning the Super Bowl four seasons later.

Hubris? I'd say opening the second half of said Super Bowl with an on-side kick pretty much defines the word.

All that being said, I think given this post was made before the draft was complete, we see that the FO knew what they were doing.

We ended up getting several players in UDFA (especially Guards) that may compete for playing time, even a starting job, and were projected to get drafted anywhere after the 4th round.

Frankly, that is like having several extra lower-round picks already. Some of our favorite recent Saints have come this way - PT23, Lance Moore, Willie Snead, I'm certain I'm forgetting several. So our prowess in identifying and signing quality UDFA certainly makes up for giving up a few low-round picks from time to time in order to move up and snap guys we have identified as possibly difference-makers.