[Merged] Saints Select Clemson DT Bryan Bresee

rlemieux said

If Simms is the one talking head you’re basing your positive feeling on the pick on you might be reaching. Finding there’s a lot of dislike and like but not very much in between on him. I hope he pans out but nothing I’ve seen or read gives me high hopes. Love the rest of the draft. This is the one pick I don’t like. I’m willing to go out on a limb and say Keanu Benton will have a far better career than Breese. You can quote me on that and in 3 years let me know how wrong I was or wasn’t.

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This seems like it's personal for you at this point. I know your sources indicated that the Saints were high on Keeanu Benton but apparently the Saints were higher on Bresee. Every year we see people champion a certain prospect and then get mad when the Saints don't pick their guy. Then it becomes this weird grudge match where Saints fans seem to be actively rooting against the actual pick in an effort to prove themselves right about their guy.

Keeanu Benton is the new Chase Claypool. Benton might have a great career and Bresee might be a total failure, there's just no way to know. But dogging out a prospect the Saints picked just because you liked some other dude doesn't seem right. Why make bold predictions that some guy who plays for the Steelers is going to have a better career than the guy who plays for the Saints? I've never understood that. Even if we cared enough to quote you on this and you turned out to be right, what do you stand to gain?

Anyway, you talk about Benton like he was a can't miss blue chip prospect that the Saints were foolish to pass up. What am I missing? Bresee has been projected to go in the 1st round all offseason and a lot of experts had him as the #2 DT. Benton on the other hand has been a 2nd or 3rd round projection ranked outside of the top 5.