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re: 10 Greatest Saints Draft Picks: 1st Round

Posted on 7/6/16 at 7:39 pm to
Posted by lsusa
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Posted on 7/6/16 at 7:39 pm to
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I know a lot of people will argue that Ricky Williams shouldn't listed where he is, but I get it. Regardless of what the Saints did to get him,


Why do people keep repeating this myth?

If you go back and look at all the players drafted with the picks traded, Williams is very well worth it. Someone did an article showing the best players selected within five picks of each pick, and the saints still came out OK.

It's sensationalized that the team traded "their entire draft for one player".
Posted by Drillingman
Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 7/6/16 at 7:43 pm to
Russell Erxleben is vastly underrated as a first round pick and a Financial Advisor. :-D
Posted by saintsfan22
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Member since May 2006
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Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:11 pm to
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Why do people keep repeating this myth?

If you go back and look at all the players drafted with the picks traded, Williams is very well worth it.

You'd expect more than 3 years of good production from the #5 pick.
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Someone did an article showing the best players selected within five picks of each pick

If we don't trade we could've drafted Jevon Kearse in 1999 and Jamal Lewis in 2000. No way you can say Ricky was better for the Saints than that would've been.
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