2025 NFL Scouting Combine (12 Viewers)

[AARPSaint]

I don't think there's been any change to the scouting department itself, but I think having Coach Kellen Moore on over Dennis Allen will make a huge difference. It's to my understanding the way the Saints operate is that the coach makes the first few picks while the scouts try and grab the late round gems. I think the late rounds of our drafts have been pretty solid, while the big whiffs like Foskey and Penning were early on in the draft. Hopefully the change in coaching will revamp our early round strategy.

Additionally, as we shift into a retooling phase, additional draft picks should lead us to more starters. Averaged out, most teams have pretty similar odds hitting on a pick, but it's teams that trade back and acquire draft capital like Green Bay or the Rams that tend to have the most success building through the draft.

Agreed. Other posters have made the same points: more picks gives a team a better chance for success. And if you look at how few picks the Saints have had in the last few drafts, and correlate that with the Saints’ lack of success by doing the opposite, that strategy seems to be working. Initially, I thought that was kind of a scattershot approach— but it’s hard to argue with your examples of GB and the Rams.

It’s also the case that fewer picks with ANY failures is a recipe for disaster. We have seen that limiting the number of your picks can lead to a decline in quality if even one of them busts.

That’s why I keep mentioning the Lattimore trade as a hopeful sign that we’re emerging out of the target-and- trade up mindset. It’s clearly not working,

 

[2cmorgan]

Tre Harris and any DL and LB that fir 3-4.

 

[baarbogast]

 

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[AARPSaint]

Fannin stood out but dropped his only target?? Is that why he stood out?

 

[RaginCajun83]

Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders won’t participate in any drills at the NFL Combine and will only be there for team interviews, per @rapsheet.

Sanders, 23, will throw at Colorado’s Pro Day.

“He’ll allow his four years of film to speak loudly, then throw at his Pro Day with four draftable CU WRs,” Rapoport said.
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