Im So Upset With Day 2 Draft Strategy (1 Viewer)

[St. PJ]

Saints needed 3 bonafide defensive çontributors. Drafting someone like Alabama DT Reed would have given the flexiblity to move Rankins around on the line.

Keeping your third and 4th round selections would have filled your OG and WR need with quality instant contributors with someone like Vladal Alexander and any number of WR Marques Colston possession clones.

In a draft where you need immediate impact with holes to fill, the Saints and Mickey Loomis let Sean Payton have his way with his toys and the drafting of a DB leaves a lot to be desired as these {mod edit} have proven they are incapable of picking that position with the misses, misutilizations, and lack of growth, development, and scheme fit considering the resources and ROI weve had at DB under this regime.

We truly need a REAL GM who has the balls to be anything other than a Yes man for the head coach.

Bottom line, yoy can get an instant quality end or DT or LB in round 2, but you wont find that in rounds 3 and 4. What you will find in rounds 3 and 4 are immediate impact guards and receivers.

This front office is terrible at drafting, terrible at determining value with both draft picks and contract negotiations.

We are in and have been in this position perpetually and fail to look in the mirror and realize "hey, we havent had success at this position year after year, perhaps we need to hire someone that knows how to spot and develop where we keep swinging and missing.

Tom needs a moment of clarity

 

[Da Living Saint]

Everyone here hates Byrd, then we draft his replacement, who has a first round grade, in the late 2nd and everyone loses their minds. Incredible.

 

[LombardiGras]

Everyone here hates Byrd, then we draft his replacement, who has a first round grade, in the late 2nd and everyone loses their minds. Incredible.

Speaking for myself, it took a minute to adjust to the realization that Byrd is not in the teams plans beyond 2016. I was holding out hope that Byrd would be a cornerstone of the team and the signing would not have been a total disaster.

 

[saintjay]

Imho, Bell was a NEED pick. Teams butcher us on 3rd downs. Now we have someone who can help in that area. We have solidified the middle of our defense. If we can use next year's 3rd to move to the 4th round and get a guard while retaining our current 5th, we will have an awesome draft.

 

[BoNcHiE]

You've been perpetually upset for like the past 3 years.

We already have the players on DL to move Rankins to DE if we want on early downs. Not sure how that's even an issue. It's not like Fairley and Rankins were gonna play side by side on 1st and 10 anyway.

 

[Saints 4 life]

I hear there's plenty of room in the Falcons' fan base... enjoy

 

[HogsNSaints]

How about we let them play before condemning or crowning them?

 

[sammymvpknight]

I can't wait for the Benson to Loomis "come here, son." Don't keep us waitin!

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

My SR.com draft experience is now complete. And we haven't even started the 4th round. Thank you, son.

 

[cdogg]

The sand, it got everywhere, it's making everyone cranky. Need something to wash it out.

 

[NOVASaint]

You've been perpetually upset for like the past 3 years.

I was just noticing this.

 

[nolafan33]

So you're writing Bell off before he plays a single snap because (in your opinion) the team (that has revamped their scouting staff heavily) is incapable of drafting a good defensive back?

I have a feeling this is one of those threads that will be bumped a year or two from now just to say "lol" at how wrong it was.

 

[TurboWhoDat]

You should complain more. Or go see a therapist.


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[whodatdb]

The first two picks are very good picks. Michael Thomas was PFF's 24th best player in the whole draft and is much much better than anyone else available after the first and fit this team better than any other WR in the whole draft. Rankin is gonna be a perfect complement. The only pick I question is Bell and it's not because Bell isn't a good player but because Calhoun, PFF's second best edge rusher was still there and because G is still a huge hole. Bell is a great cover player and should have a similar role to KV his rookie year but Calhoun may have been more beneficial or moving down and taking a G.

 

[Darkhorse985]

Speaking for myself, it took a minute to adjust to the realization that Byrd is not in the teams plans beyond 2016. I was holding out hope that Byrd would be a cornerstone of the team and the signing would not to have been a total disaster.

At least according to overthecap.com, if we cut him next year, we still eat $8,000,000 in dead money. So he should be here at least 2 more years even if he is a backup.