NFL Draft This is A Great Draft for the Saints - all 7 picks (1 Viewer)

[Scorpius the Allfather]

We traded a pick to get him - then cut him. We wasted two picks.

We drafted him to prevent him from being drafted by another team, thus it was a spite pick.

 

[SAINTSFAN]

If you walk away from a draft with 4 starters...1 of which is a star.... you have had a very productive draft... The star makes it a great draft

I am liking what I see here also

Agreed. However, that is not decided the day of the draft. Let's see them play before anointing them starters or stars.

 

[SAINTSFAN]

Less risky? Anzelone was a shoulder injury waiting to happen. Lattemore fell from the top 3 to us at 11 - several teams passed on him despite being projected to go higher - he had major injury issues in college (hamstring surgeries). Ramczyk was a one year starter at Wisconsin. Hendrickson had short arms and played at a small school. Those, by your standards, were far riskier picks.

I think we had a solid draft. However, by comparison to the comments above, couldn't someone say that about these players? Bresee and Miller are coming off of injuries. Haener is very small. Salvideri supposedly has shorter arms for his size which is why he is going to be moved inside. Perry has had a terrible case of the drops. Many players have question marks or concerns.

 

[Mr. Coach Klein]

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That was a great read. Thanks.

 

[SteveNBFD]

I think this was a fantastic draft by the Saints, especially since they traded away their first round pick this year in 2022. To rebound without that pick and accomplish what they did was remarkable. Kudos to the staff!

 

[Mr. Coach Klein]

It seems the Saints staff are pleased with how the draft went too.

Someone fill me in on these explanation points? Feel like I need those in my life.***

 

[Mr. Coach Klein]

Great job, @draftfreak. I will make this thread a stickie when the draft is over. It was a couple of years ago we traded the next year's 6th for a late 7th. I think it was for the Ole Miss QB that was supposed to be a Taysom clone.

MSU!

 

[Mr. Coach Klein]

Possible, but history is against you on this one. Can't really guess at who won't make the roster, but I think it's likely that at least one doesn't. If I had to pick one, I guess I would say Howden. But hey, who knows? Maybe all 7 make the team. THAT alone would make this one of our best draft classes.

Howden is supposed to be a ST beast. If he can't compete on D he'll probably get a spot just from that.

 

[Infoman]

I loved everything we did after the 3rd round. I’m not saying we got bad players in the fist 3…. I just thought there were better players available than the ones we took…. And that we reached for whatever DA perceived to be a need / fit. I also think we are getting old, expensive, and often injured at the skill positions on offense, and that was a bigger need than rotational players on the D line. We could have gotten that in later rounds easily…. While stacking the offense with young talent like Mayer, Torrence, and Achane. After paying Carr, and signing Jamal Williams…. And watching our "offensive" offense last year…. And having no idea if MT or Peat will ever be healthy…. Or if AK will miss most of the season…. It seemed like a bad bet to go D-Line - D-Line and power back in the first 3 picks. Overall I’m fine with this draft because I love the AT Perry and Haener picks.... Gives us a potential future at 2 huge spots. I'm also fine with a Small school guard and ST flyer. I’m just gonna be pissed if we can’t score points, run a screen, attack the seams, stretch runs to the perimeter, or protect the QB from inside pressure again this year.

 

[BRSaint225]

I don't. Hell, 2017 seemed like a hell of a gamble to me at the time. A corner whose hammies betrayed him constantly in college, a tackle who'd left football entirely at one point, a possession receiver from a school that at the time wasn't exactly churning them out like they have since Hartline got there, a RB who couldn't really get on the field much at either Bama or Tennessee, a linebacker who was constantly injured, a short-armed small school edge LB and a DE who didn't make it more than one season for the team. My point is, none of those picks were safe bets. They just happened to pan out well because of coaching, their drive to be good, or health issues fading. Aside from Anzalone. Dude was electric when he could stay on the field, but I'm glad he's moved on.

If you’re referring to MT as that possession receiver that’s the wrong draft. We got Marcus Williams in the second round of 2017 and outside of his sometimes woeful tackling, was an amazing safety that had insane range. So much we couldn’t afford him. Your point still stands, just pointing that out.

 

[Jive Saint]

This is a winning pick right here. A man after my own heart.

“I wasn't going to go in there and not win."

Hahaha. OL Nick Saldiveri clarified his “how to win” priority by asking rules. Then eating ribeye for the win.

Rooting for this small school big man. Nick’s got priorities & options.

 

[eazzyduzzit]

copy and paste I see.....

 

[shabba1111]

Smart, strong, and great size. A little something I like to call The Drafter's Trifecta

whats his name not in the opening article or in your message

 

[Cougar 2]

Which OL would you have gone for at the top of the 4th?

TBH, I dunno if he was

I think we had a solid draft. However, by comparison to the comments above, couldn't someone say that about these players? Bresee and Miller are coming off of injuries. Haener is very small. Salvideri supposedly has shorter arms for his size which is why he is going to be moved inside. Perry has had a terrible case of the drops. Many players have question marks or concerns.

Agreed! Like I said before, even post draft, I felt the ‘17 class was a good one! But WHOEVER thought it would be DAT good, ESP so early on as ROOKIES n would b arguably end up being one our best draft classes EVER… is lyin!!!

Again, IMO, the da ‘06 n ‘17 classes were eerily similar. Both had the talent, n athleticism. But most importantly, they had very high football IQs, were either captains r leaders on their teams, n played at a such a consistently high level in college!

Bottom line, the transition to da Pro game wasn’t as “uphill” r “too big” for them! They pretty much came into the league as “NFL Ready” players!!!



So prior to da draft, my “vision” for our group was simple: Tho they may have “weaknesses” n may not be “polished”, I wanted high character players with solid resumes who could come into TC Day 1 to COMPETE n then CONTRIBUTE to the success of the team as ROOKIES!

There may b others, but for now, I’m looking at players like BB, Foskey, Miller n Perry who I think can come in do jus that!

We’ll see!

 

[TribuneUK]

Opinions on the draft are simple to broadly categorise thus:-

1. Saints drafted some guys, hopefully they'll be good and relatively uninjured, yay & optimism!

2. Saints did not draft my favourite player / position when I thought they should. This draft sucked, boo & pessimism!

Before you object, self-evaluate and see how easily your comments fall into category 1 or 2.