Jeff Duncan Interview with Jeff Ireland (1 Viewer)

[RJ in Lafayette]

Good interview. And I did not see yet a SSF thread on the interview.

Jeff Ireland on the Saints' 2022 draft, comparisons and why he's excited about the class

The 2022 NFL Draft was the eighth overseen by Jeff Ireland since he joined the New Orleans Saints in 2015 as the director of college scouting. In that time, he’s

www.nola.com

The interview is worth reading.

Mod Edit to add link.

 

[BelowZero]

There's a little thing called Hyperlinks.

 

[Saint Droopy]

Man I didn't realize I haven't been to nola.com in a minute. They got a paywall now? Dangit. I'll just take your word for it that its a good article.

 

[BelowZero]

Man I didn't realize I haven't been to nola.com in a minute. They got a paywall now? Dangit. I'll just take your word for it that its a good article.

I don't think there's a paywall? I can read it just fine, at least. Regardless, here you go:

The 2022 NFL Draft was the eighth overseen by Jeff Ireland since he joined the New Orleans Saints in 2015 as the director of college scouting. In that time, he’s selected 48 players, including 20 that developed into multi-year starters and six that eventually earned Pro Bowl or All-Pro honors.

This was Ireland’s first draft with Dennis Allen as head coach. Ireland joined the Saints the same year that Allen returned to New Orleans after four years away from the organization.

Ireland, who comes from a scouting family, is widely regarded as one of the best talent evaluators in the NFL. In March, he received the inaugural BART award, which will annually recognizes the top scouts in the league.


I caught up with Ireland after the Saints’ practice on Thursday to discuss the Saints’ 2022 NFL Draft and get his thoughts on each player in the team’s five-man class. Our conversation:

Question: I'm curious, was there any difference in your first draft with Dennis Allen as head coach compared to the drafts with Sean Payton? Did anything change procedurally?

Jeff Ireland: “No, I would say it was pretty similar. I kind of knew what I was going to see with Dennis versus Sean. You get one more offensive centric (coach), and you got one more defensive centric. Sometimes (in the past), the offensive coaches (on the staff) are a little bit quieter, and they would lean towards Sean's comments. And then with D.A. maybe the same, but really it was pretty much the same process. Very subtle differences. And that's one of the reasons we like Dennis as our head coach is we didn't have to change the process. He understands what we look for. He understands what we emphasize in terms of character and prototype and makeup and all the things that we do emphasize maybe more than other teams. He likes the same things we like, especially on defense.”

Mod Edit: Truncated to a teaser. You cannot post the entire article from a pay site. It's copyright infringement.

 

[JackDiesel]

Man I didn't realize I haven't been to nola.com in a minute. They got a paywall now? Dangit. I'll just take your word for it that its a good article.

Google 12 ft ladder and drop the link. Bypasses the paywall

 

[Madmarsha]

There's a little thing called Hyperlinks.

You kids and your hip new things.

 

[HouseCall]

Ireland starts a few answers with “look”. So it’s nice to know that he and Allen are keeping Coach Payton’s legacy alive!

 

[No2DC]

Good read, said they basically had their eye on Penning since last year (indirectly looking at another guy who was drafted by Buffalo).

 

[Saint Droopy]

I don't think there's a paywall? I can read it just fine, at least. Regardless, here you go:

Thanks much appreciated. I get this when I click the link...

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Ireland starts a few answers with “look”. So it’s nice to know that he and Allen are keeping Coach Payton’s legacy alive!

Makes me chuckle too.

 

[SweetT]

Ireland starts a few answers with “look”. So it’s nice to know that he and Allen are keeping Coach Payton’s legacy alive!

That and using to phrase “relative to (insert whatever)”.

 

[town123]

Good read... thx Op and thx Op's hyperlink helper.

 

[JackDiesel]

Ireland starts a few answers with “look”. So it’s nice to know that he and Allen are keeping Coach Payton’s legacy alive!

Really interesting read. Probably the best one there has been about the draft. Props to Scooter where it's due.

 

[St.Dan]

Ireland starts a few answers with “look”. So it’s nice to know that he and Allen are keeping Coach Payton’s legacy alive!

Payton would always want the reporters to either “look” or “listen.”

 

[HouseCall]

Payton would always want the reporters to either “look” or “listen.”

And Brees was always kind in assuming they already knew what he was going to say by starting every answer with “obviously…”.