Green Bay shows where the Saints royally screwed up

#2 pick? They would never have gotten that. They traded him for a mid-late 2nd rounder.
Because Miami’s pick was 16 and they wouldn’t have gotten a QB they liked with that pick. No QBs went between picks 11 (Cutler) and 49 (Kellen Clemens, whom you would not have remembered if I only typed “Clemens”). MIN took Tarvaris Jackson at 64, and secondhand embarrassment won’t even let me name the next two QBs picked. MIA was content to walk away from negotiations and sign Gus Frerotte back (MIA went 9-6 with him under center in 2005) if they had to.

Brees was a free agent that offseason, wasn’t going back to SD, and was a passed physical away from MIA keeping their picks and getting their QB.