re: Saints Talk Draft Project: The Dirty Dozen for #27

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Yeah a guy with great speed, quickness, hands and return ability would be terrible in our system.

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When he's 5'10" and our other WR opposite of him is barely 6 feet and we gotta play a secondary like the Seahawks, etc in the playoffs in the coming years, yeah, yeah I would say he would be.

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I know it's not direct and you did add physical, but you were still putting an overemphasis on height. Guys can be short and physical and just as effective.

But my point to you was that you can't out physical Seattle's secondary and their holding. You need to outrun them. For the most part the speed guys were the ones beating them.

And similar skill set doesn't equal similar skill. Very important difference.

That said, ALL things being equal(route running, catching, speed, shiftiness, ability to create separation, double moves, etc.) of course you take the bigger guy(that's why it's the prototype). But very rarely are all those things equal. Two guys running the same 40 time doesn't mean they are equally as fast with the pads on and the adrenaline pumping.

And the guy you get a round later is usually there a round later for a reason. It doesn't always play out that way, but that's just where all the variables play in.