How Conflicted Are You In Winning or Getting a Better Draft Pick (8 Viewers)

[ilvdsnts]

For those of you who want to tank for draft position, I’ll pose the question this way. Why do you want a higher draft position? Its so we can win, right? Well, lets take a short cut and just win now.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Like West Bank’s own says:

 

[OldTimeGamer1966]

I want to see them win as much as possible. I don't even mind them losing what I can't and won't stand for is giving up during games and watching sloppy uninspired football. I think will DA gone we will see more heart on Sunday's especially with Rizzi the effort should always be there.

 

[WhoDat6278]

I'm conflicted entirely. I'm hoping we land in a place where we can snag Ashton Jeanty. I don't want a top 5 pick either, because its very hard to find trade partners due to the amount of compensation it takes. I have no problems taking Jeanty that high, and maybe thats where teams will have him on their draft board. If so, I want it.

But I also want to see the team win some games, get the spark of fight back in em for next year.

If we use a top 10 pick on a running back (regardless of it being a prospect like Jeanty or not) with the sheer amount of holes we have elsewhere, I may finally lose the will to live with this franchise. Would be dumb, to say the least.

 

[DSnfla]

I will NEVER pull for my team to lose. The adverse effect on the culture in never worth a high pick unless there is a Burrow or a Peyton or Eli Manning or Mahomes in the draft and you have shot @ the #1 pick. Especially when we are looking for a new HC.
That said IF we happen to lose a game it won't sting as much

 

[SammyIsGod]

BPA at pick number 32. Until we can't...

 

[Cajun Mike]

Win as much as you can. Draft best available, no about. We need OL, wr, defense

 

[Judge_Smails]

I could never pull for the Saints to lose. And as others have said, losing too much usually just makes your organization become adept at losing.

If the Saints play hard and competently, but still don’t win many/any more games this year, I will be happy for the early draft pick, but I’m not rooting for losing.

 

[NatureBoy]

Been wanting a proper rebuild. With limited resources, draft capital is our best chance to turn this around. This team isn't a contender. I'm zero point zero concerned with winning right now.

 

[Treybad]

I feel the higher the draft pick the easier it will be to find a GM and Head Coach....

We win out the rest of this season Loomis probably stays and gives Rizzi a shot.... Which will do nothing but prolong this agonizing run of mediocrity.... I rather have a season or two where we in the top 3 in the draft.... look at what happen the last time we had a top 3 pick..... time to clean house remodel throw some fresh paint and start another run too another Super Bowl Journey....

 

[SaintsFanInLA]

Planning to lose is a loser's mentality. Unless for CERTAIN we were getting a Tom Brady, Ray Lewis, Jerry Rice type player, the drafts are a gamble. I don't even like losing dominoes or chess games where literally the only thing on the line is pride.

 

[jasonsw]

No conflict for me I want to win. Losing is an uninvited culture. Look at the Bears, Carolina, Miami, Cleveland. Most of the time these teams are bad and go nowhere. The team that Sucked for Luck, got him. But after a while he stepped away because that team was incompetent in getting a line to protect him.

 

[saintmike23]

I don’t think this draft is that amazing in the top ten. The DTs our of Michigan don’t scream top ten talent to me. And there’s a bevy of edge rushers that will go in the first round. I hope we pick one that has been productive and not a height weight speed guy like Abdul Carter.

And we’re not drafting a QB in the first because we never do.

Might as well win.

 

[ilvdsnts]

I could never pull for the Saints to lose. And as others have said, losing too much usually just makes your organization become adept at losing.

If the Saints play hard and competently, but still don’t win many/any more games this year, I will be happy for the early draft pick, but I’m not rooting for losing.

Thats kinda how I felt @ Car. I wanted DA gone. But I can’t pull for the Saints to lose, I just wasn’t pulling for them to win quite as vehemenently as usual.

 

[Snakehead]

Not conflicted at all. I like the draft and looking at the possibilities, but those possibilities exist for 7 rounds. The Chiefs never pick at the top, it doesn't stop them from getting better. The Steelers never picks at the top and they build through the draft. The Rams best 2 WRs were picked in the 3rd and 5th rounds. The Bears had the #1 pick and botched it. The draft is a crap shoot.

We have talent on this team and most of it is young talent. Let's see how Penning and Fuaga develop, that could lock down LT/RT for years or some combination of 2 O-line positions.

Wins are what gels a team together and rallies a fan base. Wins are the only thing that matters.