Underhill: Saints are interviewing probably 12 coaches (Tracker: officially 9 candidates) [Rapoport: Saints may add more]

nakadish said
I knew you'd bring that up. And Colston was a 7th round pick. But those are the exceptions, not the rule. If it's so easy, why haven't the Saints been able to find a good backup to Kamara going on several years now? Why can't they get descent receivers?

If it's 4th and goal with 3 seconds left in the game and the Saints are down by 4. They win and they're in the Superbowl. Would you rather the ball be in the hands of someone like Jeanty or Joe Scheaux RB? How far did the Saints go with a solid O-line, a HOF QB and nobody receivers? A great O-line can get you far. It can make average players look better than average. But not as far as a game changing player that can take over a game like Reggie Bush in the playoff game against Arizona, or Kamara in his 6 TD game. In the playoffs, the other team has a pretty good D-line too. You need more than Joe Schmaux players at skill positions to get further in the playoffs. And it's a lot easier to get those players in the top of the draft. I'd rather get one now rather than have to try to trade up for one later.

Well of course I brought it up. You were talking about how you need a great RB and the example you used was a guy taken in the 3rd round. The reason we don't have a good backup to Kamara is because they haven't much bothered to draft one except for on pick on Kendre MIller, who has a lot of talent and would be a great backup, except that he can't stay on the field. They really haven't tried drafting one other than him.

And the history of the RB position is there are many great RBs available after the first round. It's much harder to find those at WR, DE, DT, OT, QB, etc. Doesn't mean you don't take a RB is round 1, but he damn sure better be a sure fire HoF talent. And even then, you could probably get guys close to the same production in later rounds. Especially if you have a great OL and run scheme. To me the guys that are worth a high first round pick are guys like Marshall Faulk or Bush who bring dynamic playmaking ability in the passing game or Barry Sanders who had transcendent talent. I don't see that in Jeanty. But, I could be wrong.