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Don't need QB, RB, or MLB

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You didnt get his point.

Is he saying those players will get taken in the 2nd bumping players we actually need to the 3rd?

If the skill players are still there that means all the good defensive players went in the first...

Beat me to it, Drizz.

Some of the reaches by other teams could very well benefit the Saints. Hopefully there will be a run on offensive skill positions in Rd2. The Saints should be able to get good value in the 3rd and hopefully pick up a good under-valued LT or OLB.

Hell they may get REALLY lucky and pick up some guys in FA like Chris Faulk or Michael Mauti who would have been drafted if not for injuries. Mauti should actually go undrafted, but I think someone will draft Faulk, maybe the Saints! That would be a risk worth taking.

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I think he's saying the more players in play that other teams need and the Saints don't allows Saints need players to drop further.

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I don't think that's really the case. The first round was mostly OL and defense (top 9 OL, 3 LB, 8 DL and 7 DB's are already gone). Some of those guys would have slipped into the 2nd and 3rd round if there were more elite skill position players this year. Even if teams start taking RBs, QBs and WR it still doesnt change the fact the first round took most of the top players the Saints could have really used. Basically any damage the Saints would avoid by skill players being taken in the second round was already done in the first.