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

Saint Greg said

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.

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Having 5 early round picks gave us a good chance to select an immediate all-pro from the 2017 class. We barely had any early picks in 2019-2020. From those drafts we still managed to get two top 10 OL at their positions who played really well for top 2nd contracts.

I think we’ve drafted All-Pro tier talent since then when statistically comparing them to All-Pro selected players. They’ve been in the league for just 2-3 years.

Thomas didn’t have his undisputed all-pro seasons until his 3rd and 4th seasons. It took Cam Jordan and Armstead 6**-7** years for their All-Pro selections. I think with a new OC and 2nd year with Carr, Olave has an opportunity for a 100+ reception season similar to Thomas’ AP years.