High price of pass-rushers led to Saints' draft-day stunner
BY Mike Triplett
METAIRIE, La. -- "It's got to be a quarterback. It must be Lamar Jackson."
That was the prevailing reaction when the New Orleans Saints made one of the biggest, boldest moves in this year's draft -- trading away next year's first-round pick and a fifth-rounder in 2018 to move up from No. 27 to No. 14.
And it was a fair reaction, considering that, well, no team in NFL history has ever made a move quite like it for a non-quarterback.
Instead, the Saints threw a curve ball, selecting defensive end Marcus Davenport from the University of Texas-San Antonio.
How rare was the move?
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