Ashton Jeanty or Tyler Warren?
You hate the position so much you'd rather us take a top 15 talent at low value positions like NT and LG instead of a top 3 talent at RB?
So who cares where other RB's were drafted? This RB grades out as one of the top 3 players in the draft by plenty of NFL talent evaluators. Other than Barkley the other RB's didn't grade as high as him so of course they'll be drafted later.
I remember the Lions took Gibbs EARLIER than everyone was expecting him to go and now they looked like geniuses for doing it. No one questioned Atlanta taking Robinson in the top 10, they've taken heat for not using him enough though.
THIS. People get so wrapped up in addressing positions they look pass the actual players. It's the fallacy of thinking, "if I take a tackle/guard high in the first round, tackle is no longer a need". And it's mindboggling that any Saints fan would still believe this rhetoric after the Saints have attempted to solidify the DE and Oline positions over the last 8 years. Drafting based on position doesn't mean you'll get a good player. The only way to increase your chances of getting a good player is by drafting based on the players available alone. If you continue to replenish the roster with the best players available, the other problems worked themselves out. I promise. Having too many good players is never going to harm a team.
Plus, even the rhetoric about drafting RBs is drastically misunderstood. The QB position is overdrafted because it's an important position. DEs and tackles are overdrafted for the same reason. Players at these 3 positions generally get drafted higher than they should. RBs are less valued, so get drafted later. This is true. BUT it's true of the position over all, NOT the cream of the crop. The RBs that rank as the best over a 5 year time span all go in the top 10. That hasn't changed. Once those guys go off the board, the top RBs for a given year (but not over a 4 to 5 year span), those guys go late 1st and beyond. Why does this happen? Because even though the position is devalued, greatness is not. If Jeanty tests as we think he will, he's going top 8.
The only thing that would stop that is a run on QBs, DEs, and Tackles and I just don't see the talent there this year to do that. Will Campbell is not a dominating top left tackle. I wouldn't pick him at #15 much less #9, but the tackle position is overdrafted so hopefully someone takes him and pushes one of the better players down the board. Shedeur Sanders is also a bottom of the first talent, but he's a QB. Hopefully someone takes him as well.
My point is this. There will be many teams throwing picks at positions rather than at players. I hope the Saints finally decide to stop being one of them. The Eagles do it the right way, I'm hoping KM brings that mentality with him.