re: Saints #1 in Mel Kipers Re-Graded 2017 Draft Grades

Lol if you flash back to last years draft, according to many fans, every pick was a gamble. Fans were losing their shite during the entire draft:

Lattimore was a gamble because he had a history of hammy injuries and their was some DEs on the board.

Ramczyk was a gamble because he had hip surgery and people questioned his desire to play football long term. Plus people didn't think he would play last year with Armstead and Strief, so we "wasted" a pick on a back-up. Also, at this point, they wanted a DE...any DE.

Williams was a gamble because he went to a lesser known, non-football factory college and he was supposed to be a back-up too behind Bell and Vacarro. At this point in the draft people hated that we didn't reach for a DE already, so it didn't matter who we picked. People said things like the organization was like "ship without a rudder".

Kamara was a gamble because no one knew who he was and we already had enough RBs. Plus we traded a future pick to get an offensive luxury player. You read things like "Payton can't help himself" and "another toy for the offense" and "we traded a future pick to help the offense when our defense sucks".

Anzalone was a gamble because he is an unathletic *cough white cough* linebacker with an injury history.

Hendrickson was a wasted pick because we took too long to get a "real" DE. Plus he is unathletic *cough white cough* too and all the good DEs were taken.

Muhammad was a gamble because at this point people were having a tantrum anyway and no one heard of him, so the picked sucked.

I am interested to see the forum's reaction during this draft when we 1) trade up for a QB in the first round or 2) stay pat and don't take a TE, LBer, or DE 3) Trade picks to move up in the later rounds.