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 could have on a team that puts 5 players on the court.
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 signed 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 prior to Jayden are no longer on the team.
I don't fall for the draft hype.
Win away, Saints.