Draft analysis - Trading back?

I have several issues with this article(like ILB being one of the bigger needs and Bushrod being a great mid round pick when he only ever played like a mid round pick) but I took the biggest issue with this:

"so drafting a proven OLB would be a priority"

NONE of these guys are proven. That's why you get so many busts every year, even the "can't miss" guys(like the recently relased McClain).

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This line in particular is full of fail:

"It is unlikely that Brodrick Bunkley will see a full-time starting role at NT if the Saints can improve by finding a player in the draft. Bunkley did perform well in the 3-4 at NT during his time in Denver as a great run stopper. The restructuring of his contract suggests he will stick around for a bit longer, but it is clear that he is not the answer, certainly not for every play at the very least."

Bunkley will be the starter(and play most of the snaps) unless Hicks plays as well as we think he can, but then he might replace Smith instead(he is slotted as Smith's backup). A draft pick won't replace him.

Broncos didn't run the 3-4 with him.

And Spags didn't even give this guy a chance(just like he held back Hicks, Wilson, and Galette) so we do not know that he is not the answer.

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He completely forgot about Hawthorne. Holder just said the team doesn't feel like there's an opening at safety.

And to go back to oline talent, we found Evans and Nicks in the later rounds and that's it. Nicks was only there because of off the field issues but had first round talent. Bushrod was not great and Tennant and soon to be Brown are busts.

To keep saying that we can magically shite out an awesome mid to late round olineman because we ONCE drafted someone nobody knew about is absurd. If they knew Evans would be that good they would not have taken him that late.

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I have several issues with this article(like ILB being one of the bigger needs

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I know we are set with the starters (Lofton, Hawthorne). But Vilma has had some real problems with his knees over the years. If something were to happen to Vilma, you would have Ramon Humber or Will Herring to replace him.

and what exactly do we have in David Hawthorne? He only started 10 games last year because of injury. And when he did play he was playing a position he wasn't used to. They had him at SAM when I think he was more of a WLB in Seattle(that may or may not be accurate though).

I mean I see why he would have questions for that position. And really, I think he was saying we should only address it if we were to trade down to #23. I like Ogletree but taking him at #15 would be a reach it seems like...

We also have Chamberlain. And Lofton and Hawthorne are young.

On Hawthorne, he was misused by Spags just like every player not named Jordan or Lofton. Wrong position and wrong scheme.

Hawthorne has shown plenty in Seattle and going back to a similar scheme(man) and similar position(WILB) he played there will have him doing fine.

He should also be over the injury that plagued him last year. When he played he was clearly our second best LB(not saying much though) in spite of not being fully healthy.

I also think we don't need yet another young, fast OLB because we have 3. We need a vet there.

I knew they ran it some but not full time. When did they switch then?(Denver 3-4)

And my point about Evans isn't to take credit from the Saints. It's to stop all the stupid that we can pick an Evans any time we want.

It happened once.

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I'll also slack on my criticism of him saying Safety because we could use depth/competition.

And I'm not totally bashing the article because there are good points also. It's just that the bad points are really bad.

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so I guess they think he could be a sub package LB on passing downs

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Bingo.

I just had a thought that if they only rush one OLB on a play on a passing down, he'd be a good person to put in at the other OLB to cover a TE, RB, or Slot Receiver.

Much safer than having Galette or Wilson cover. Not sure how well Butler covers.

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blank isn't going to be around much longer and we still need more speed at blank

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People are saying this about every defensive position. Smith, Harper, Jenkins, Greer, Vilma, etc. Somehow people are even saying it about OLB. For NT substitute speed with size.

The most important take away is how deep the draft is this year. The elite talent is deep, but most years the drop off occurs around 45-50, this year it will go to about 70, which is why a second rounder would be so crucial for us. IAQ played well, but yeah I feel the same way about the uncertainty, so I think it would be a good approach for SP to just tell Ryan tell me what you need/want and let's go get it. The longer we wait on accumulating talent, the more Drew ages, so I think now is the time to move.

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But he hasn't be released so I guess they think he could be a sub package LB on passing downs

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I don't know if Chamberlain will be that guy, but the thing many people are getting caught up in the whole 3-4 change and forgetting that we're very frequently going to be in 4-2-5 or 4-1-6 alignments, and I think Hawthorne and Lofton are going to be the guys on the field in that situation. Ogletree would be a nice player but he may very well play under 50% of our defensive plays vs. a S, LT, or OLB that they like playing with a hand down, who would be out there a lot more frequently.

The reason for the second sentence, Sammy. People always tell me that I give people too much credit.

Looking at some video of the Dallas D and what I remember from our last few games, he actually runs more 3-3-5 and 3-2-6(well maybe about equal with this one and traditional dime) from what I can tell. Can't say I saw 4-2-5(traditional nickel) much at all.

3-4 and 3-3-5 seem to be the ones run the most, and really it's more like a 3-5-3 and a 3-4-4 because the SS is in the box a lot.

Watching his schemes has me excited about what he can do with Harper. On the flip side a lot more pressure is put on the FS.