It's even more of a difference if you take into account where Kamara was drafted in the 3rd. That was an early 3rd round pick.

Last year...we had 4 picks into the early 3rd round. This year...we have 1. There's a big difference between the early 3rd & late 3rd imo.

This is more of a depth draft compared to last year. At least I hope it is, b/c if it isn't...that means that we traded our picks to acquire a single player.

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Posted by bonethug0108

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Posted on 4/12/18 at 11:01 pm to GMoney2600

True. While I like Hendrickson he doesn't seem like he'll be more than a good rotational guy/low end starter. Once you start getting outside the top 80ish the talent pool usually starts dipping a lot. You can still hit, but the hit rate starts dropping dramatically.

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Posted by Zoltan

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Posted on 4/12/18 at 11:07 pm to GMoney2600

I see this draft shaking out more similarly to the 2016 draft. We will find ways to move up into the first 3 rounds, similar to what Bone just alluded to in terms of finding top 80 talent. Giving up future draft picks to try and acquire a few picks to get us to the SB with Brees seems to fit more in line with where we are at than drafting for pure depth. We have enough young players that we will eventually have to pay them in the next few years.

We have a more pressing need to make sure we get at least one immediate impact player from this draft, and the chances of that are better by getting more early round picks. Thing is, we won’t trade back to do it. So we will either have to package players we have now that are expendable, or we will have to mortgage future picks.

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