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.

Welcome to the club, thundergold! I've been saying this very same thing for a while now, and we're taking the wrong turn once again, I'm afraid! nevertheless, your posts deserve the 5 star treatment!

Of course you're right! The Saints have a bad talent evaluation unit! probably one of the worst in the league! Just take a look at the Saints draft history, and you'll see how horrible the past drafts went! Other than the 2006 draft, we had awful drafts in the past 10 years! http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=3300&type=team As at the whole draft class/year, the Saints are lucky if they can retain the first rd choice. Last year was awful, cause the best player selected by the Saints was an undrafted rookie in PT! Terrible, if you ask me.....today we argue about BPA, or need.....in reality there isn't such a distinction with the Saints talent evaluators....Sullivan was selected at the #6 slot, exactly b/c our evaluators saw him as the BPA. After the draft, I distinctively remember when Loomis was asked if Sully was the best DT in the draft....and they said that after D Robertson, he was the best....better even than Kevin Williams. Need I say more??

Right now the derailleurs are working overtime to derail the Saints to have a good defense....the arguments are the usual ones...cost, and not fitting are just the 2 most common ones, and we see the debate shift from obtaining the good ones, to the more common "middle of the road" players, who are cheap.....but are they worth a damn?