Green Bay had a long tradition of not using free agency and relying on the draft, and it was quite successful. Wonder if any of their scouts would prefer a warmer climate.
The Packers had 11 picks in the 2024 draft, 13 picks in 2023, 11 picks in 2022, 9 picks in 2021, and 9 picks in 2020. 53 picks over the last 5 years.
The Saints in that same time frame have made 29 picks.
They're drafting almost double the amount of players the Saints do every year.
The Eagles have drafted 40 players over the last five years, the Ravens have drafted 44 players over the last five years.
I've said it before, I'll say it again and again, the draft is just buying raffle tickets and the more tickets you have the better your odds of getting players worth keeping. All these teams everyone worships as being great drafters always show up to the draft with a plethora of picks while we're over here shocked if the Saints finish a draft with the same picks they started with and didn't give up any future picks.