re: Saints Talk Draft Project: The Dirty Dozen for #27

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There are a ton of other factors that have to be looked at, such as who gets drafted instead and who we don't draft, if Mathieu would be a better or worse scheme fit, how is the player in the locker room, and what is the long term ceiling for each player.

So let's say that Cooks or Beckham are Vaccaro and Moncrief or Matthews is Mathieu. You get one of the first two in the first or one of the second two in the second.

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I think this actually might be the answer in debating with LE.

Back on the size issue... another example might be Cooks vs. Benjamin. Every team has to have one ranked ahead of the other. It is the difference in value that is indeed the trump card. Like this- if they were both available you might have Cooks ranked slightly higher. But if a team goal was to get a big bodied guy you might select Benjamin over Cooks even though you rated him higher. Say that is the plan (big body) but Benjamin is gone. If Moncrief is your next rated big body type. His value is likely not close enough to select him over Cooks.

Value + Need + Scheme Fit

Last year we thought pass rusher was THE need. That's why ST wanted Jarvis Jones a couple of players before Vaccaro. Vaccaro and Jones both fell into the same value range. The Saints might have even had Jones ranked higher. They obviously thought the need and scheme fit was better with Vaccaro- and they were right!

We think they'll look for a WR in the draft but the degree to which they weigh that could be different than how we see it altogether (like Jones/Vaccaro).