If Jeanty, T-McMillan and Will Johnson are on the board at #9, who are you taking?

sammymvpknight said

I don’t think that there is an elite player available at those trench position at will be available. I’m tired of the Saints reach on trench guys who we are looking to replace in a few years…it’s an endless cycle. This team is void of elite talent…and the little bit it has is either upon retirement or injury prone.

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There's not. In fact, I'll go a step further and say theres not a single OL worthy of a top 20 pick this year, and the only Dlineman worth will be Graham, Carter, Grant and Deone Walker.

Walker is a big name to watch for us. In a 3-4 he would be a DE. But in a nickel he would slide inside as NT. For teams like he us who are 3-4 based but will play a lot of nickel, its a massive get. Only issue is I don't think he's worth a top 10 pick. I peg him around late teens/20's. And considering we have an offensive coach with a severe lack of offensive playmakers, I simply can't imagine us going defense unless Graham or Carter fall to our lap. Considering there are no Olineman worthy of a top 10, I think our targets are Jeanty (trade up) and Warren.

Ideally though, a trade back to accumulate more picks would serve best. But it's really hard to imagine that playing out giving the talent in this draft vs draft compensation. If there was ever a bad year to hold picks 7-11, this is it. Our best hope for a trade back would be some team in the teens that is willing to give up a pick or two to secure first round talent since theres only an estimated 12 players graded with first round talent. But theres only 4 or 5 graded with top 10 talent, which serves our problem.