Which Position Should the Team Avoid at #9?

livefromDC said

Exactly. Which is what I was addressing. With Carter most likely gone, I don't know that there's a DL or LB that I like more than the CB, Johnson at #9. So the Saints would be hard pressed to address the front 7 even if they wanted to do it unless they reach. Now if they moved up or back, that's different.

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For me there is. First, I think Barron is a better CB then Johnson. Johnson was covering men and successfully, but he also had two hulking monsters pushing the pocket from the front, preventing a pocket from ever forming. Kenneth Grant and Mason Graham? Heck, those two together would've made Fred "Two Toes" Thomas look all-american. But just watching games, Barron passes the eye test more then Johnson for me.

But defensively, I would take Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant before I take Johnson. But I would also give consideration to Barron after Graham but before Grant. On the flip side of that, I'm super past the point of building defenses via Dennis Allen philosophy which was building a stout secondary and relying on coverage sacks, rather then building the front 7 and forcing pressure to assist and make an average secondary look good.