Dave Ziegler joining the Saints as an advisor for Free Agency and the draft (Saints permanently hire Ziegler as Personnel Advisor)

We’ve drafted two players who appear to be future All-Pros, Olave and Adebo. Adebo was robbed of 2nd team AP last season. He finished top 5 in 3 coverage categories in 2023.

They’re two picks within the last 6 years who finished top 5-10 in stat categories at their positions. That can be a better indication of how immediate successful or productive the players are. Lack of team success can hurt players in the AP voting process.

I think the ‘17 class set the bar high for any rookie class for making AP teams within their first 2 years. It’s been 1-3 seasons for the ‘21-‘23 classes. AK and Ram haven’t been selected to an AP team since their rookie contracts.

I’m not expecting 2017. It was inflated because we had an extra 1st round pick from the cooks trade and an extra 3rd round pick by trading our 2018 2nd.

I do think it’s bad to not be able to draft a single all-pro in 6 years.