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re: ESPN:Saints offer an instructive alternative approach.
Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:50 pm to thibodauxtiger
Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:50 pm to thibodauxtiger
They really do it both ways. 18, 17, 15 were all draft years with lots of volume.
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Posted on 4/25/20 at 7:56 pm to Vacherie Saint
We cut the majority or our picks from 18. Only ones that made the team were Davenport who we traded up for, Tre’Quan who isn’t very good, and Clapp who is awful. In 17 we had a lot of early picks so we didn’t really need to make a lot of trades but we did trade back in for Kamara in the 3rd. We didn’t have a pick in the 4th, 5th, or 7th. We cut our 6th round selection from that year. In 15, we whiffed on every pick except for Peat, PJ Williams, and Tyeler Davidson. This includes Stephon Anthony, Kikaha, Grayson, Tull, Swaan, and Marcus Murphy. Could argue that Marcus Murphy wasn’t a complete bust.
This post was edited on 4/25/20 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:12 pm to Vacherie Saint
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They really do it both ways. 18, 17, 15 were all draft years with lots of volume.
It's not the fact that we NEVER draft "straight", but that we trade up more than any other team in the league to target players, as well as use picks to trade for players (did this more often in the early Payton years with guys like Vilma and Shockey, but have also done it recently with guys like Teddy and J. Jenkins).
We do specific player targeting more than any other team, while many teams are content to just wait or even trade back.
It has produced what I imagine is the fewest amount of picks in the league over that time, yet one of the highest hit rates in rounds 1-3, and in later rounds in which we traded up or in to target specific guys.
For us it works. Most teams (and fans) consider it blasphemous and have been saying for YEARS it'll catch up to us.
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