We've tried to do the right things

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From 2012-15, the Saints have had a total of 25 draft picks. Only 7 of those remain on the roster. SEVEN of 25. Zero from 2012 & 2014. ZERO.

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Pretty sobering tweet

to be fair the 2012 draft was crippled to start with. 2013 is about to look bad too, the 2013-2014 drafts are the huge facepalms.

2013: Vaccaro - never improved; Armstead - elite but cannot stay healthy; Jenkins - fat arse useless after rookie year; Stills - traded for 3rd and Ellerbe; johnson - nothing.
- so really vaccaro and armstead to show for it, both have issues

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We've tried to stock pile picks and talent through trades but we suck at drafting.

Stills trade - sucked
Graham trade - got Unger terrible draft pick in Anthony
Cooks trade - yet to be seen but our draft evaluation is suspect. We could've gotten a solid OL in the 3rd round. It was deep.
We trade up to get Kamara in an already crowded backfield.

How is any of this worth a shite? Are other teams this dumb?

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The Saints did receive value at the time of some of the trades.
Stills Trade Saints received value in that trade you traded a 5th round pick and received a 3rd round selection for him that is value.He's not setting the world on fire in Miami either.

Jimmy Graham was a 3rd round draft pick that was Traded for an All Pro Center and a 1st round draft pick and he has done nothing in comparison since his departure,so to say the Saints didn't get value in those 2 Trades is not true.

Now in the Brandon Cooks Trade they got the shaft in Value. The Patriots have a Good front office

Today the Saints got shafted again in the Stephone Anthony Trade, that kid will be a great player for the Dolphins..
All in all the Saints got value for the first 2 trades but in the end they did not use the value they received right is what your saying..Stephone Anthony I believe will make the Saints coaching staff look silly again on there choice to trade him..

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I don't think Ram is bad. I just think there was value in this draft at OL and we used a pick there that could've addressed other holes. Kamara is a good player but was it worth traded up?

It probably wouldn't have mattered because we suck at drafting.

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As much as I like Kamara's talent, I would rather have traded up a few spots in the 1st to get Watt. I kept saying it on draft night, the guy is already making a difference in Pittsburgh.

You missed underwood my post. The trades have been good from a value standpoint. We just blow the fricking picks. That's why the title is "we've tried to do the right things".