re: Center and Kicker

The Saints under Payton has never been a team to address next year's need in the draft. If you are drafting an obvious need for next year there's still a good chance you will have that same need starting game one. Most players just don't have a huge impact in their first year. It is much better to address your first needs in free agency and get a guy that's ready to go game one. The Saints always draft best pick available, or a guy that has the up-side to be a factor later. The Reggie Bush, Vaccaro, and Cooks picks were the closest I've seen them come to picking an obvious need for the next year, but the last two they were far enough back to have had plenty of options in front of who they got. The cards just fell that way.

They have a contingency in place for Center, I'm willing to bet on that. Brees just can't take the hits he was taking last year and our running game will have to be much better out the gate this year to have a shot in the post-season. If we know this, they know this - if they know this and don't have a plan, then they are stupid. If they are stupid, why are we concerned anyway? Take your hyperventilation bag and cut out some eye-holes and brand it your game-day mask.