re: bonethug's First Saints Talk Mock Draft 1.0.2, now with Paprika

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Nobody is saying they are great. We have 2 very young ends in our 3-4. Bunkley is being paid to be a starter he should be a solid nose for the time being. Hawthorne should be a solid mlb to pair with Lofton.

If we had even an average LT I wouldn't be that worried, but we don't at the moment. Protecting Brees is extremely important.

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This is exactly my point here. We don't even have a Bushrod level LT at the moment and that scares the shite out of me. Payton also said it keeps him up at night. You're bat shite crazy if you think they won't trade up for Johnson if he falls to 10.

Think of it this way. 1-10 how much of an impact would drafting each position have on our team. LT is a 10. OLB is about a 2. Safety is about an 8.

Not accounting for injuries and if we get a top player that pans out at each position:
QB-0(only need one)
RB-0(too deep already)
FB-0(only need one and Collins is good)
WR-7(big upgrade over Morgan/Toon)
TE-2(slight upgrade over Watson)
OG-1(very slight upgrade over Grubbs)
RT-6(moderate upgrade over Strief or one of the other young guys)
LT-10(huge upgrade over Brown/Smith)
K-7(short kick consistency has been an issue with Hartley)

DE-5(moderate upgrade over Hicks and co.)
NT-3(slight upgrade over Hicks/Bunkley)
ILB-4(slight to moderate upgrade over Hawthorne/Vilma)
OLB-2(addition of talent; not really an upgrade)
CB-7(big upgrade over Robinson/White)
FS-8(big upgrade over Jenkins)
SS-6(moderate upgrade over Harper and depth)
P-0(The LEG)

Edit:
Thanks Sentrius. I've been lurking for about 2 years and been dying to jump in on some of these conversations.