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Sack numbers for the DEs taking after Isaiah Foskey

Posted on 11/20/24 at 10:20 pm
Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6346 posts
Posted on 11/20/24 at 10:20 pm
Keion White - 5 (also an excellent run defender)
Tuli Tuipulotu - 7 (8 as a rookie)
Byron Young - 6 (8 as a rookie)
Yaya Diaby - 2 (10 as a rookie)

The only other 2nd/3rd round DE that hasn't been good is Zach Harrison on the Falcons.

Also, the DTs picked after Foskey have been impressive:
Kobie Turner (5 sacks this season/ 9 as a rookie)
Gervon Dexter (6 sacks this season)
Keanu Benton (excellent run defender)

What a whiff of a pick.
Posted by TwoDatBait
Northshore, LA
Member since Jul 2011
6410 posts
Posted on 11/20/24 at 11:33 pm to
Can’t stand all these “high potential” players we draft instead of going after proven college names. All that potential is either not there or they show it on another team..
Posted by Townedrunkard
Member since Jan 2019
13943 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 1:44 am to
Yea I really liked Keion White. I was all in for Branch tho. But would have been ok with either as the pick.

Fosky wasn’t even on my radar of someone I would have taken.
This post was edited on 11/21/24 at 1:45 am
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43041 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 6:23 am to
quote:

Can’t stand all these “high potential” players we draft instead of going after proven college names.


Foskey had a better college career than all those guys listed and had a better draft year than all but one.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15942 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 7:26 am to
I don't necessarily mind swinging for the fences on a player like Foskey once in a while but it's become a Saints draft theme lately.

I posted this in another thread and it's really shocking to see how many wasted 1st and 2nd round pick the saints have gone through.

quote:

I'll say it again, the Saints need to re-evaluate their whole scouting department and identify the problem that gives them players like

Isaiah Foskey(2nd Rd)
Trevor Penning(1st Rd)
Payton Turner(1st Rd)
Cesar Ruiz (1st Rd)
Marcus Davenport(1st Rd.)
Sheldon Rankins(1st Rd.)
*Andres Peat(1st Rd)
*Stephone Anthony(1st Rd)
*Hau'oli Kikaha(2nd Rd)
Stanley Jean-Baptiste(2nd Rd)

* = These guys are all from the same draft class. How do you miss that bad with your first 3 picks.
This post was edited on 11/21/24 at 10:18 am
Posted by htran90
BC
Member since Dec 2012
31989 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 7:33 am to
You shite on peat, but a 10yr above average vet is a hit.

Rankins lived up to his potential til a devastating Achilles injury, he's still contributing at least.

Ruiz is a conundrum. The amount of disdain ppl had about peat and lack thereof about Ruiz needs to flip flop.
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
62190 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 7:39 am to
quote:

Can’t stand all these “high potential” players we draft instead of going after proven college names


What about Foskey was "high potential"?
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15942 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 7:44 am to
quote:

You shite on peat, but a 10yr above average vet is a hit.



No what he was drafted that high to be your star LT.

I give him credit he was able to salvage his career as a guard but you're kidding yourself if you think the Saints didn't miss on him big time as a LT he was drafted to be.
This post was edited on 11/21/24 at 8:47 am
Posted by BiggaGeauxrilla
North Louisiana
Member since Dec 2017
3214 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 8:08 am to
After watch Baun dominate this year in Philly I’m not even sure it’s the player. Just about all of our top round draft picks move on and become really productive.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
467318 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 8:53 am to
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Keanu Benton


Gyno called this
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15942 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 8:54 am to
Baun was definitely misused as was Eliss IMO.

DA got a lot of heat for those players being misused and maybe rightfully so but Where does the LBer coach Hodges and Joe Woods fit in there?

I hear guys talking up Hodges as a LBer coach on the local Saints cover guys, well mainly one, but I don't see it. IMO he gets too much credit for Dom Davis and not enough blame the for the rest of the LBr room to be honest.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
467318 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 8:56 am to
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Yea I really liked Keion White.


I'm legit curious what made Foskey the pick over White. White seems more like their athletic jumbo edge.



Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
73977 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 10:17 am to
Many had White mocked to us at 29 that year. Prototypical Saint prospect
Posted by saintlad74
Shreveport
Member since Sep 2016
1121 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 10:34 am to
After watch Baun dominate this year in Philly I’m not even sure it’s the player. Just about all of our top round draft picks move on and become really productive.

____________________________________________


It's definitely the coaches. You got to see who Baun's defensive coordinator is.

Vic Fangio

The man has a history of great linebacker play. ( See the Dome Patrol)


Baun has played himself into a lucrative contract which will cut into Philly's salary cap.

Fangio will eventually move on and Baun's play might fall off still with a high salary in the books.

Posted by saints5021
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
19161 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 11:05 am to
I believe Foskey over White had to do with the Saints moving off their prototype fixation. I think I remember DA talking about looking for a guy with more bend and more pass rushing potential, since we only draft lumbering bull rushers at that position.

Throw in Foskey being a team captain, high character guy, and openly lobbying the Saints to draft him, you can see why they went that way.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
101735 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 11:32 am to
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Tuli Tuipulotu


Hopefully we start drafting these Polynesian guys regularly. They LOVE football and literally never bust out except for injury.

If I were a GM I'd draft them all the time
This post was edited on 11/21/24 at 11:33 am
Posted by illuminatic
Manipulating politicans&rappers
Member since Sep 2012
7029 posts
Posted on 11/21/24 at 10:43 pm to
quote:

Can’t stand all these “high potential” players we draft instead of going after proven college names. All that potential is either not there or they show it on another team..


Foskey was very productive in college. The biggest questions about him going into the draft were his athleticism and if he had already hit his ceiling.

The pick felt very similar to Kikaha in 2015. Super productive college player that didn't translate to the NFL bc of lack of athleticism.
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
9901 posts
Posted on 11/22/24 at 3:27 am to
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What a whiff of a pick.


It happens. Too many people cry over a draft pick that doesn't work out.
Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
7721 posts
Posted on 11/22/24 at 4:24 am to
I think the Saints try to get too cute with "culture fit" in the first two rounds

"Yeah this guy is a generational physical talent, but how will he mesh with the family atmosphere we've created in this small market?"

Just pick the frickin guys with pedigree and track record
Posted by htran90
BC
Member since Dec 2012
31989 posts
Posted on 11/22/24 at 7:05 am to
You say that and land a George Pickens. See what happens, not every coach is Mike tomlin
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