Who? People act like the Saints should have drafted a DE just to fill the spot. Payton said the DE that were left on the board had second round grades.

Don't get me wrong, I would love a stud pass rushing DE too, but you draft a player just to say "look he fills a need." Ramcyk is a stud at OT. Streif is 34. Streif becomes a great backup swing tackle and we jump up to one of the best lines in the league. People take about how envious they are of the Cowboys oline. The put resources into their line. We are too. We have some serious talent at all five line positions.

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Posted by rmnldr

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Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:25 am to Seeker

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People act like the Saints should have drafted a DE just to fill the spot.

Read my above post.

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Payton said the DE that were left on the board had second round grades.

And this is a stupid way to look at it. Grading a player and not picking them because they have a first round or second round grade is by far the stupidest thing I've ever heard in terms of draft doctrine.

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Don't get me wrong, I would love a stud pass rushing DE too, but you draft a player just to say "look he fills a need." Ramcyk is a stud at OT. Streif is 34. Streif becomes a great backup swing tackle and we jump up to one of the best lines in the league. People take about how envious they are of the Cowboys oline. The put resources into their line. We are too. We have some serious talent at all five line positions.

So we drafted a backup instead of a starter who isn't guaranteed to be there at 42. Wonderful.

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