One thing I don't want in the draft

TribuneUK said

I think this is just your outlook, which all seems very short term. "Did he start immediately? If not, then he's not a good enough contributor!"

Hardly.

Again, his first year doesn't inevitably constitute his career or career path. And as for the 'project' comment, I'd be interested to hear of anyone involved with the Saints who said anything of that nature, or if it's just more hindsight criticism of a guy who lost most of his year 1 development time to an unforseeable injury .

Time to let go of our 2022 season disappointments and just breathe a little...

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I think you're arguing just to argue because you're missing my point completely. Healthy or not...he was not slated to be an immediate contributor...but when we spent more than we probably should've to hold onto that 2nd first...to me, that signaled that we're trying to get 2 players that would make an immediate impact. Not a projected project lineman from a small school that many considered "not pro-ready" from day 1. That gives off the impression that the first move was made without a real plan.

Why the big push to get a guy in 2022 that wasn't going to contribute until 2023 in a way that a guy drafted later in 2022 could've done the same?