For all the people who say we should draft Mendenhall... (1 Viewer)

[canuckredux]

Kindly explain yourselves. You say that Pierre Thomas is unproven, yet, let's look at the stats:

Number of games played by Pierre Thomas: 12
Number of games played by Rashard Mendenhall: 0

Who's unproven now?

You could make the argument that, as a 1st-round RB, Mendenhall is a safe pick that would solidify our running game...

Cedric Benson, Cadillac Williams, Chris Perry, William Green, T.J. Duckett, Michael Bennett, Trung Canidate, Curtis Enis, Robert Edwards, John Avery, Lawrence Phillips, Tim Biakabutuka, Ki-Jana Carter, Rashaan Salaam... well, you get the idea.

Then again, Pierre Thomas doesn't have the proven track record of a 1st-round RB; after that, it's rare to find a good RB.

Ryan Grant, Maurice Drew, Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs, LenDale White, Jerious Norwood, Marion Barber, Michael Turner, Chester Taylor, Clinton Portis, Travis Henry, Brian Westbrook, anybody that played in Denver, Tiki Barber, Corey Dillon, Justin Fargas, Ahman Green... well, you get the idea.

Bottom line: This draft class has the most depth at RB we have seen in years. It will be easy to get a good one later on if we need one. Remember how often guys come in after a starter goes down and flourish? A good o-line with a decent passing attack creates a world of opportunities for less-gifted backs. However, no matter how good you are, a line that can't clear a hole for you and a stacked box isn't going to let even the greatest superstar produce much. We have many, many needs; RB is not one and certainly not for the first round. We may need to address depth later on, but not in the first.

Also, this forum was in love with Pierre Thomas last year; what happened? What did he do to disprove himself? In his 1 and only start he became the first Saint to ever go 100/100; doesn't that earn him another start?

 

[geauxtigers72]

LMAO listen i love PT and i hope he does start... I just posted that mock as a SCENARIO incase deuce does go down. come on man i love you guys and i love PT
We're all in this together

 

[Pdlc]

What cracks me up is they say he's only had one big game...

He only has one career start.

LOL

Hilarious

 

[BoNcHiE]

PT is unproven but so what. Between he, Bush, and Stecker (With Deuce still under contract also) we don't need another back and frankly we don't have a place for one.

Wheres this new drafted RB going to go? Will we keep 5 RB's on gameday? I highly doubt it since we've only carried 3 since Payton has came.

 

[DrudkhFan]

Piere Thomas/Reggie combo, will be exciting for the next 10-15 years. Piere Thomas will probally beat out Mendenhall for the final roster spot anyway, and that would be a 1st pick wasted.

 

[ATLforLife]

Kindly explain yourselves. You say that Pierre Thomas is unproven, yet, let's look at the stats:

Number of games played by Pierre Thomas: 12
Number of games played by Rashard Mendenhall: 0

Who's unproven now?

You could make the argument that, as a 1st-round RB, Mendenhall is a safe pick that would solidify our running game...

Cedric Benson, Cadillac Williams, Chris Perry, William Green, T.J. Duckett, Michael Bennett, Trung Canidate, Curtis Enis, Robert Edwards, John Avery, Lawrence Phillips, Tim Biakabutuka, Ki-Jana Carter, Rashaan Salaam... well, you get the idea.

Then again, Pierre Thomas doesn't have the proven track record of a 1st-round RB; after that, it's rare to find a good RB.

Ryan Grant, Maurice Drew, Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs, LenDale White, Jerious Norwood, Marion Barber, Michael Turner, Chester Taylor, Clinton Portis, Travis Henry, Brian Westbrook, anybody that played in Denver, Tiki Barber, Corey Dillon, Justin Fargas, Ahman Green... well, you get the idea.

Bottom line: This draft class has the most depth at RB we have seen in years. It will be easy to get a good one later on if we need one. Remember how often guys come in after a starter goes down and flourish? A good o-line with a decent passing attack creates a world of opportunities for less-gifted backs. However, no matter how good you are, a line that can't clear a hole for you and a stacked box isn't going to let even the greatest superstar produce much. We have many, many needs; RB is not one and certainly not for the first round. We may need to address depth later on, but not in the first.

Also, this forum was in love with Pierre Thomas last year; what happened? What did he do to disprove himself? In his 1 and only start he became the first Saint to ever go 100/100; doesn't that earn him another start?

100% correct. Great post.

 

[geauxtigers72]

PT is unproven but so what. Between he, Bush, and Stecker (With Deuce still under contract also) we don't need another back and frankly we don't have a place for one.

Wheres this new drafted RB going to go? Will we keep 5 RB's on gameday? I highly doubt it since we've only carried 3 since Payton has came.

The only reason i said we might draft Mendenhall or who ever it may be is because it was a scenario

 

[Pdlc]

The only reason i said we might draft Mendenhall or who ever it may be is because it was a scenario

It was a scenario that you argued for though.

Big difference than just posting a mock draft.

 

[BoNcHiE]

The only reason i said we might draft Mendenhall or who ever it may be is because it was a scenario

Thats cool, but I'm just throwing that out there, and I think alot of people are forgetting it. We resigned Stecker who is a lock for the active roster, can't get rid of Deuce so he has be on the 53 man roster, Bush is a lock for the active roster, and then we have PT who will be tough to beat out in TC for the 53 man roster. We'd be risking having to put a 1st round pick on the PS or keeping 5 RB's on gameday which would be pretty impossible.

I think logistically we just can't take a RB this year. Its just not going to work, whether Payton likes offense or not.

 

[Percussionboi]

Draft what you NEED not what you WANT! There are teams out there that will trade any day for our offense! The offense is legit but the defense is HORRIBLE! Sadly, but I dont remember the defense forcing no 3 and outs! Can you Guys??

 

[MSUSousaphone]

I am for us drafting defense...but I can see Payton going with Mendenhall or DMC. When it comes to the Saints, its best not to get attached to a good draft choice.

 

[Saint3232]

Nice pictures, now why did P Thomas back up Mendenhall in college? I like P. Thomas, but please people he had one good game and has looked very promising, but he is not Deuce, he has not proved that he can fill that role and that is why some on this board wouldn't be mad if we went RB in the first. As for him being the first to go 100/100 when your the 4th string back...Deuce, Bush, Stecker, then Thomas...gets the starting Nod teams begin to focus on Brees and Colston a little bit more. Now that teams have sufficient film on Thomas it could be a little tougher to duplicate those numbers. I like Thomas, but i need to see more than just a game or two of real playing time before i am comfortable handing him the starting job. Regardless we have no control over who we draft and more than likely have no clue who we will draft, only the coaching staff knows this and they don't tell the media who it will be before the draft.(Except maybe the #1 pick)

 

[Percussionboi]

Nice pictures, now why did P Thomas back up Mendenhall in college? I like P. Thomas, but please people he had one good game and has looked very promising, but he is not Deuce, he has not proved that he can fill that role and that is why some on this board wouldn't be mad if we went RB in the first. As for him being the first to go 100/100 when your the 4th string back...Deuce, Bush, Stecker, then Thomas...gets the starting Nod teams begin to focus on Brees and Colston a little bit more. Now that teams have sufficient film on Thomas it could be a little tougher to duplicate those numbers. I like Thomas, but i need to see more than just a game or two of real playing time before i am comfortable handing him the starting job. Regardless we have no control over who we draft and more than likely have no clue who we will draft, only the coaching staff knows this and they don't tell the media who it will be before the draft.(Except maybe the #1 pick)

Remember there are a lot of backs in the NFL that was'nt college superstars but there great proffesionals. Were asking for Pierre Thomas to be Pierre not Duece! To be honest i dont want him to be Duece becuase every time duece carries the ball im scared of a injury!

 

[Pdlc]

P. Thomas hasn't proved he can fill that role because he wasn't given a chance until the last game of the season where he SHINED.

It would be smart to give him a legitimate chance until proven otherwise before making another investment in a running back at 10

 

[SebaSaint]

If DMC for some reason falls to us, we got to trade the pick... supposedly Jerry Jones loves him and you screw the cowgals by making them give up lots for DMC. That's if he falls either way we go defense, defense, defense.... btw great post canuck.