A Look at the Saints' Consensus First Round Picks

Not sure why they think taking a corner at 31 is a WTF pick. Browner doesn't have a game that will age gracefully IMO and after he and Lewis we're down to hoping for quantum leaps from a lot of guys.

Outside of RB, C, S, QB, or K/P I don't think anything would be stunning in the early rounds.

look at DGB as a short term investment, with the window closing fast we only have to keep him sane for 1 maybe 2 years before we blow it up anyway

I'd rather them go OL then LB. Take a WR later

Collins is a true LT. I dont think he'll be there at 13. Sure, he can play G for the Saints, I just think someone will take him before for LT.

Most people consider scherff the more surefire tackle as opposed to Collins. I'm honestly torn on grabbing a stud wr, OL, or old/de with the first pick. Tomlinson and cann look like great options later I'm the draft, but the potential of a zach Martin for us would be crazy

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Consensus Pick at 31: Dorial Green-Beckham.

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I wouldn't be upset with DGB @ #31, but I think if we take a WR early, it would be someone more polished than he is.

I saw this on the Twitter-verse the other day, and thought it was interesting.

It's not just that. It's the fact that you only "blow it up" if you purge the roster of all the big cap hits in one year and have a ton of dead money. Instead we are systemically trimming the big salaries a few at a time the last two years while keeping most of the young core intact with a few vets.

At this point there isn't going to be one all in year where the next year we have to dump(could still happen but it hasn't yet). So it makes no sense to treat the draft as a one or two year window when we are clearly still building for the future as well as now. You approach every pick as if they are (hopefully) in your plans long term.

I am convinced I'll be long dead before the Saints manage to draft a successful CB in the first round. Hell, draft one period.

unless Scherff is available at 13, I have an unreasonable desire for collins. He just seems like a player that is nearly impossible to be a bust. People talk about players' ceilings. I think collins' absolute floor is an above average starting guard for numerous years. I think he missed one game at LSU his whole career. He took out injury insurance both his junior and senior years. Came back and played his arse off and likely moved up at least ten spots in the draft. He already approached his last year at LSU like a professional.

Or maybe our 1st round draft history has just given me bustphobia