I dont get the BPA

thundergod1966 said
Yea ok,...Alex Molden was taken by the Saints before Walt Harris, Eddie George, Marvin Harrison, Eric Moulds, Ray Lewis, Amani Toomer, Lawyer Milloy, Muhsin Muhammad, Fred Thomas, Randall Godfrey,Tedy Bruschi,...on & on! There was no way that was a need pick. There was to much talent in that draft they had Molden as the BPA without a doubt, they could not have been that ignorant. Sullivan was rated high by everyone, the Saints just played the jester to jump up & select him. The Saints had him rated above Marcus Trufant, Troy Polamalu,Larry Johnson, Dallas Clark on & on. Thats a very poor reference to drafting BPA. What the Saints problem is is poor talent evaluation.

My recollection was that Molden was taken because J.L. Mora was in love with him and we needed a CB. The scouts did not like him nearly as much. He was a need pick.

As far as Sullivan is concerned, there was lots of talk that he would be available around pick #15. And some discussion that was too high for him. In the end, not only was Sullivan a need pick and a reach, but that was compounded by the fact that we traded a lot of picks to move up to reach for a guy at a need position. Added to that is the fact that we had to pay him top 10 money.