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re: ESPN:Saints offer an instructive alternative approach.
Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:42 pm to BigPerm30
Posted on 4/25/20 at 8:42 pm to BigPerm30
I mean we had what 2 1sts, a 2nd, and 3 3rds in the top 100 when all was said and done, and came away with 5 starters (albeit 1 who keeps getting injured) and a solid backup.
That's what you should get with your early picks (maybe not quite to that level we got but in that range).
It wasn't really an extraordinary draft outside of actually having that many high picks and just nailing the evaluations.
2006 was the exceptional draft. Hit on 3(?) starters after the 3rd. That's super rare. That will never happen again.
We could recreate 2017 if we traded players and future picks to get 6 picks in rounds 1-3 (and nail our evaluations in the 1st 3 rounds as we usually do).
Have we had a bust in the top 3 rounds since we got Ireland? I know prior to a certain point we hadn't had a top 3 round bust until we took Tennant. All of those busts (4 or 5 players) from the 1st 3 rounds came in the same short period.
That's what you should get with your early picks (maybe not quite to that level we got but in that range).
It wasn't really an extraordinary draft outside of actually having that many high picks and just nailing the evaluations.
2006 was the exceptional draft. Hit on 3(?) starters after the 3rd. That's super rare. That will never happen again.
We could recreate 2017 if we traded players and future picks to get 6 picks in rounds 1-3 (and nail our evaluations in the 1st 3 rounds as we usually do).
Have we had a bust in the top 3 rounds since we got Ireland? I know prior to a certain point we hadn't had a top 3 round bust until we took Tennant. All of those busts (4 or 5 players) from the 1st 3 rounds came in the same short period.
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Posted on 4/25/20 at 9:46 pm to bonethug0180
Found this tidbit in a nola.com article. I don't think it includes picks used to get players, just times we traded up:
And then we proceeded to trade up 2 more times, making it 20 times in 14 years. It illustrates the point that while we don't ALWAYS trade up in drafts, we do do it with high frequency.
We have now traded up 10 times as often as we have traded back (only twice). Not to mention the "countless" picks we've used to acquire veterans (especially vs. the few times we've traded vets for picks).
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Finally, the Cleveland Browns agreed to swap third-rounders at No. 74 and other selections so the Saints could trade up to get their guy for the 18th time in the past 14 years.
And then we proceeded to trade up 2 more times, making it 20 times in 14 years. It illustrates the point that while we don't ALWAYS trade up in drafts, we do do it with high frequency.
We have now traded up 10 times as often as we have traded back (only twice). Not to mention the "countless" picks we've used to acquire veterans (especially vs. the few times we've traded vets for picks).
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