The method to my madness here is to compare picks versus players of other teams voted to Pro Bowls, assuming there was a Saint need at that time.

Starting with 2013 --

We get Vacarro, S at 15. Eric Reid, S (18) to 9'ers. Glaring fail.

Cordarrelle Patterson, WR to the Vikes at pick 29. Saints get Stills with the 144th pick, so value wise, I think this is a wash [we'll see what kind of value we get with the Stills trade].

Travis Frederick, C to the Boys at 31, but was C a need for us at that time?

Le'Veon Bell, RB to the Steelers at 48, and Eddie Lacy to the Pack at 61, but we still had faith in Ingram plus we've had success with no-name RB's. In hindsight, a fail, but at that time? No.

With pick 75, we get Armstead. Solid pick.

With pick 82, we get Jenkins. Jury still out, but THUS FAR, no other pro bowlers from that class.

Grade at this point -- C-minus.

2012 -- this was immediately post bounty. We traded pick 27, which the Bungles used for Kevin Zeitler, G -- meh. Bucs get Doug Martin, RB, at 31.

Our first pick should've been at 59, but was forfeited due to BG. Next pro-bowlers after that pick are Russell Wilson at 75 and Nick Foles at 88. Clearly, QB was not a need for us.

Our 1st pick is Akiem Hicks at 89. Ty Hilton went to the Colts at 92. Hard to compare a DT need to a WR, but we clearly needed DLmen.

Our next picks are Toon at 122 and Corey White at 162. Jury still out on Toon. White was meh. Next pro bowlers from that class are Alred Morris, RB to Skins at 173, Blair Walsh, K to Vikes at 175, and Justin Bethel, S, to Cards at 177. Does missing out on Bethel, S, for White a CB was a fail? Maybe. But my God the overall quality of this class looks to suck. And so maybe we were lucky that Bounty gate happened that year.

Our final pick is Andrew Tiller, G at 179.

Grade at this point -- [considering our hands were tied, and the fact that this class generally sucked] -- C+

2011 --

at picks 24 and 28, we get Cam Jordan and Ingram. Subsequent pro bowlers for these positions are Justin Houston to the Chiefs at 70, and DeMarco Murray to the Boys at 71. The Jordan pick was a good one, but trading and moving up for a RB at 28 and then picking Ingram over Murray was, in retrospect, a massive fail.

The only other pro-bowler before next Saints pick is Randall Cobb, WR, to the Pack at 64. If we don't trade our 2nd to get move up and get Ingram and stay in the 2nd round, Cobb would have been available.

Our next pick is Martez Wilson, LB at 72 -- meh, but there are no other pro-bowl LB's from this class.

And then there's pick 88 -- Johnny Patrick. Compare that to Richard Sherman, who got picked at 154. We whiffed but hey, so did 31 other teams.

At picks 226 and 243, we get Greg Romeus, DE and Nate Bussey, LB.

Grade at this point -- another C-minus.

2010 --

5 years later, this looks to be a stud class overall in terms of pro bowl players. Our gem obviously is Graham. We're also defending champs and are picking last.

Our 1st pick is R-Rob at 32. The only post pick 32 pro bowl CB from this class is Alterraun Verner, Titans at 104.

At pick 64, we get Charles Brown. There are no post pick 64 Pro bowl OT's.

At pick 95, we get Jimmy [this classes was loaded with TE's].

At pick 123, we get Al Woods. There are no post 123 pro bowl DT's, but note that Kam Chancellor goes at 133 and Greg Hardy at 175.

Grade at this point -- B minus and only because of Jimmy.

2009 --

We pick Malcolm Jenkins at 14. We miss out on Vontae Davis, CB, who went to the Fins at 25, as well as Brian Cushing and Clay Mathews, LB's, who went at 15 and 26.

I'm not sure of the trade history and who we got, but our next pick isn't until the 4th round with Chip Vaughn, S, at 116 [clearly forgettable]. Had we kept our original draft order at picks 46 and 78, we see that with pick 46, the Texans get pro bowler Conner Barwin, DE. And with pick 78, the Chargers get pro bowler Louis Vasquez, G. Mike Wallace, WR, gets drafted at pick 84.

Other pro bowlers selected after these picks are Max Unger, C, at 49 [who granted we now have], LeSean McCoy at 53, and William Moore, S, to the Dirty Birds at 55.

Our next pick is Stanley Arnoux, LB, at 118. And then we get Morstead at 164.

Grade at this point -- not knowing who we got for the picks we traded, but considering who would have been available had we stayed put, I give this Saint class a solid D.

2008 --

with the 7th pick, we get Sed Ellis. The pro bowlers we miss out on are Jerod Mayo, LB, at 10, Ryan Clady, OT, at 12, Branden Albert, OT, at 15, Dominique Rogers-Cromartie, CB, at 16, Aqib Talib, CB, at 20, Chris Johnson, RB, at 24, Mike Jenkins, CB, at 25, Duane Brown, OT, at 26, Brandon Flowers, CB, at 35, and Jordy nelson, WR, at 36.

With our next pick, we do get Tracy Porter, who arguably made the greatest play in Saint FB history. But he couldn't stay healthy, and I ask whether you would have rather had Dominique Rogers-Cromartie, Aqib Talib, or Brandon Flowers at CB.

Oh and by the way, we miss out on Matt Forte at 44, DeSean Jackson at 49, Calais Campbell, DE, at 50, Ray Rice at 55, Martellus Bennett at 61 [while acknowledging that we probably don't get Jimmy 2 years later], Jamaal Charles at 73, Thomas Decoud at 98, and Josh Sitton, OT, at 135.

Our next pick is DeMario Pressley, DT, at 144. No other post pick 144 pro bowl DT's, but we do miss on Jerome Felton, FB, at 146, and Matthew Slater, WR, at 153.

But then BOOM, we get Nicks at 164.

Our final picks are Taylor Mehlhaff, K, at 178 and Adrian Arrington at 237.

Grade at this point -- C

I don't think Loomis is near genius level when it comes to the draft. Free agents -- I'd give him a B, but only because of Drew.