For all the people who say we should draft Mendenhall...

Nice pictures, now why did P Thomas back up Mendenhall in college? I like P. Thomas, but please people he had one good game and has looked very promising, but he is not Deuce, he has not proved that he can fill that role and that is why some on this board wouldn't be mad if we went RB in the first. As for him being the first to go 100/100 when your the 4th string back...Deuce, Bush, Stecker, then Thomas...gets the starting Nod teams begin to focus on Brees and Colston a little bit more. Now that teams have sufficient film on Thomas it could be a little tougher to duplicate those numbers. I like Thomas, but i need to see more than just a game or two of real playing time before i am comfortable handing him the starting job. Regardless we have no control over who we draft and more than likely have no clue who we will draft, only the coaching staff knows this and they don't tell the media who it will be before the draft.(Except maybe the #1 pick)

1. Thomas didn't backup Mendenhall in College; they were a committee with Pierre taking the bulk of the carries.
2. So you DO admit that, by needing to see more of him, that he has AT LEAST earned the right to play more, rather than just bring in a rookie and hand him a job that, up to now, he hasn't given any reason he doesn't deserve?

There's no saying that Pierre is going to be a superstar, but he DID "earn it" last year, for what he was asked to do. He at least deserves another year to prove that he can play.