Saints met with top QB prospect Cam Ward ; Cam Ward: “It would be a dream of mine to play for the Saints if I get a chance someday”

Per Ross Jackson we’ve had the fewest draft picks selected in the last 25 years. I agree with ya.

Having said that I love Ward and would not be mad at all if they swung for the fences and got him. Not a bit.
Underhill did the math on the picks we lost from the Davenport, McCoy, Baun, Adebo and the Olave/Penning trade.

An extra first for Davenport.
An extra second for McCoy.
An extra third for Baun.
An extra third for Adebo.
A first, second, and third for a first round pick.
A third and fourth for Olave.
Plus some random late round picks we gave and gained behind them to even things out.

So that's 7-8 day one and two picks in addition to the 6 we used on players in the last 7 years. It gets worse because only 1 out of the first 4 even signed a second contract. That's basically the core of the team wiped out by Loomis being aggressive in draft day trades.