Are you happy with the three wins (3-1) and lower draft position?

SystemShock said
You got to give it to the NFL, making the draft the spectacle and factory of hopes and dreams that it is. Other drafts, like NBA, NHL, MLB, they don't get the fanfare the NFL draft gets. And when you consider the impact of 1-2 players to a team of 53 players, a team that's really a conglomerate of 3 autonomous teams (offense, defense, special teams), one needs to realize that 1 player is not going to make the impact that, say, a player in the NBA

And we should know better... Archie Manning was so good, he was voted to 2 pro-bowls, when pro-bowls weren't popularity contests, off 8-8 and 7-9 seasons.

We also have seen what a 7th round pick can do, out of a college better known for culinary arts that no longer has a football team.

In 2006, the Saints traded for a QB who no one was sure his shoulder was going to hold up, while Matt Leinart, Vince Young, Jay Cutler were being drafted in the 1st round.

Someone showed a graphic on another thread about Washington, and how their last 6 1st round picks are no longer on the team.

I don't fall for the draft hype.

Win away, Saints.

"but, but, but....those guys weren't the right picks for those slots."

EXACTLY! While Leinart, Young & Cutler were being drafted with higher picks, better players were sliding down to lower slots. Happens EVERY...DAMN...YEAR! I didn't know about the Washington 1st rounders, so that's interesting....if memory serves correctly, those picks were all pretty high 1sts too; how many were top 5? surely most of them were top 10, i'd think? Washington is one of those teams I was thinking of in my post earlier in this thread, so thank you for the additional empirical evidential support!

The draft is a bit of a crapshoot....always has been, always will be. An argument could be made for an "educated crapshoot", but still a crapshoot, nevertheless. Drafting higher guarantees NOTHING! It's WHO you pick, not WHERE you pick 'em. I'm with you SS!