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Saints all-time best overall draft pick?

Posted on 9/12/25 at 8:15 pm
Posted by LSUTANGERINE
Baton Rouge and Northshore LA
Member since Sep 2006
37678 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 8:15 pm
Rickey Jackson R2
Duece R1
Colston R7 (what a steal)
Willie Roaf R1
Manning R1 (I can only imagine how much worse they would have been without him)

Posted by Handsome Pete
Member since Apr 2019
2211 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 8:23 pm to
Best pick or best player? Getting Colston in the 7th or Alvin and Armstead in the 3rd might be best picks.

ETA: Prob Willie Roaf vs. Rickey Jackson for best player the Saints have drafted.
This post was edited on 9/12/25 at 8:27 pm
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
11874 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 8:29 pm to
quote:

Colston in the 7th


I know we may be biased as Saints fans, but Colston may be THE most underrated NFL WR ever
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
78216 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

Best pick or best player? Getting Colston in the 7th or Alvin and Armstead in the 3rd might be best picks.

Value-wise, Danny Abramowicz was a 17th rder and he's still top 5 in receiving yards and was the leader for the first 20+ years of the franchise.
Posted by BigTigerJoe
Member since Aug 2022
11099 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 8:56 pm to
quote:

Colston R7 (what a steal)
Posted by Gavin Elster
Member since Mar 2020
3268 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 9:09 pm to
Willie Roaf is the best player the Saints ever drafted. Hall of Famer and in the discussion as best left tackle of all time.
Posted by grich31
Youngsville, La
Member since May 2008
1938 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 9:10 pm to
AK 41 in 3rd rd
Posted by geauxtigers87
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
26677 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 9:15 pm to
jahri evans has to be in there

cam jordan

Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
10511 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 9:46 pm to
quote:

Willie Roaf is the best player the Saints ever drafted. Hall of Famer and in the discussion as best left tackle of all time


Rickey Jackson says hello
Posted by WreckinRams05
Houston, Texas
Member since Dec 2005
6354 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 10:10 pm to
quote:

jahri evans has to be in there


This x1000

All pro guard in the league for multiple years and was a 4th/5th round pick
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
9555 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 10:41 pm to
Poo Poo Boudreaux was pretty good.
This post was edited on 9/12/25 at 10:43 pm
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
50278 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 10:44 pm to
quote:

Best pick or best player? Getting Colston in the 7th or Alvin and Armstead in the 3rd might be best picks.


Value wise, it’s one of these. Colston in the 7th for me.
This post was edited on 9/12/25 at 10:45 pm
Posted by LSUTANGERINE
Baton Rouge and Northshore LA
Member since Sep 2006
37678 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 10:57 pm to
quote:

Value-wise, Danny Abramowicz was a 17th rder and he's still top 5 in receiving yards and was the leader for the first 20+ years of the franchise.

Forgot all about him. I was fortunate enough to watch him play in person.
Posted by 3PieceSpicy
Metairie
Member since Jan 2021
7678 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 11:25 pm to
Going to give a shout-out to 5th Rd pick Carl Nicks. He was a big part of our success on our o line during our prime years.

Also, Trey Hendrickson in the 3rd round was amazing value
This post was edited on 9/12/25 at 11:28 pm
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 9/12/25 at 11:50 pm to
Defense:

Rickey Jackson

Offense:

Stan Brock
Posted by blueboxer1119
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2013
9550 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:20 am to
Carl Nicks was a 5th rounder I believe.

He was pretty good.
Posted by blackandgolddude
Virginia Beach
Member since Apr 2012
3473 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 6:32 am to
Jahri Evans R4.

4x straight all-pro (his first four years in the league)
2010 all decade team
Super bowl champ
Hall of Famer "in waiting"

We had a ton of good draft picks between 06-18, but none were better than Evans.
Posted by Mouth
Member since Jan 2008
22766 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:08 am to
The correct answer is Jhari Evan’s as mentioned earlier.
Posted by BBJ
BR
Member since Apr 2012
1517 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:30 am to
Rickey jackson the first hall of famer with R2
Posted by YatInTheHat
Member since Apr 2017
918 posts
Posted on 9/13/25 at 10:49 am to
Does not using a draft pick on Pierre Thomas count?
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