Sean Listened to or Followed the Example of the Wrong Bill

Nope. Payton even came out and said that he didn't see a need in drafting a WR that high. And I think he keeps Hardy and looks for the next blocking WR in the UDFA class rather than Shaheed. In any case, there would be nobody in the TE room besides JJ and Hill, and nobody in the RB room besides Kamara and maybe TJJ. Payton likes UDFAs for some reason. Even brought LJH up to Denver. I'm not sure LJH would even be on anybody else's practice squad.

If Payton were still here, the talent on the offensive side of the ball would be just as terrible as it has been for the last several years under Payton.

And, yes, he was able to have a halfway descent season his last year here in spite of all the injuries. But, I don't think that was sustainable with no talent of the offensive side of the ball. The wheels were always going to come off. I'm just glad they came off in somebody else's back yard.

Say what you want about DA as a HC, but he has added way more talent than the Saints have had in years in just two years with the same salary cap issues that Payton didn't want to deal with.

Sorry for the rant. Just a little bit salty.
SP drafted Cooks @ 20, Olave @ 11 is not much of a stretch Shaheed was a UDFA Ireland and the scouting dept would have most likely made that call. SP would mostly be involved in the 1st 3 rds and give way to Ireland after that.
He brought all those Saint and ex Saint players for the familiarity of his system to make the transition easier. I'll bet $ that ML and Ireland are way more involved in the draft since SP left no way DA has as much control as SP did. So you can give those two much of the credit for the last 2 drafts