re: Saints rank #12 in drafting from 1996-2015

Almost every pick in rounds 1-3 has been a multi year starter for us (and some started for other teams).

And some people will say that they were only average or below average starters, but there are MANY 1-3 rounders that never start 1 game for their teams. So we are far ahead of many teams in those terms.

I think Brown was the worst pick we've had in the top 3 rounds and even he at least started.

And then there's the fact that because of trades and bounty gate we've had by far the least picks in the first three rounds.

Hell if we had kept all of our first three round picks we'd likely be much higher on the list.