re: BPA vs "need"

Lester, you know I am as big a NEED guy as you. I agree, we could have had quality guys if we went with need as well.

But this is a BPA Saints draft. We have to live with that and accept it as fact.

1. I'd like to think the Saints drafted a 4.4 speed cover corner that could put our CB position into the top 3 secondaries in the NFL.
2. Quality LT's are hard to come by in the NFL. The Saints added a quality first-round grade 6-5, 297 LT making our situation solid for years to come.
3. The Saints added a 6-6, 270, 4.5 sp TE that has the potential to be one of the most lethal TE's in the NFL.
4. The Saints added a 6-4, 309 DT that has undeniable athleticism and tools that just needs Gregg Williams' touch. DT was also a need.
5. The Saints added a 6-5, 300 quality Center who can compete with Goodwin & who can also play backup guard (which is a need position).

Also given that NFL.com's draft grades put almost all of these guys as 2nd rounders, It's like having five 2nd round picks. This was quite a draft considering we went going all BPA.

quote:

---

EVen the pick of Brown I could understand if they deal Jammal Brown. Cause we'll need him. But that hasnt happened yet, which makes it questionable until it does

---

So, this is about Jimmy Graham?

quote:

---

I'd like to think the Saints drafted a 4.4 speed cover corner that could put our CB position into the top 3 secondaries in the NFL.

---

our starting CBs may be #1...our safties will hurt out overall secondary ranking

and just b/c he runs a 4.45 isn't amazing...that's the borderline for speed for man-coverage CB in the NFL. i am glad they learned from the jenkins mistake last year though

quote:

---

Quality LT's are hard to come by in the NFL.

---

but we already have 2 of them. you can only start 1. even if we deal brown, we still have a young starter

quote:

---

The Saints added a 6-6, 270, 4.5 sp TE that has the potential to be one of the most lethal TE's in the NFL.

---

again...he's a backup to a backup

another boom/bust raw athletic talent (like robinson)

4th and 5th round picks were need, not BPA

quote:

---

THAT DOESNT MEAN HE WASNT THE BEST PLAYER ON THEIR BOARD

---

pretty much anytime you trade up, it's for need

of course the guy is higher on your board then than when you could pick him. that's the entire reason to trade up

quote:

---

He went where he was rated

---

i remember reading a lot of teams having 2nd/3rd round grades on him...esp the man teams

quote:

---

We had no 2nd back.

No different than the Cowboys drafting Felix Jones

---

the cowboys did have near the glaring deficiencies elsewhere that the Saints had when they used a number 1 pick to draft Duece. Your analogies speak to your ignorance.

the idea that one can cement an argument by making a moronic comparison is not lost on your dumb arse.

quote:

---

So, this is about Jimmy Graham?

---

i would have rathered a defensive player with the 2nd pick regardless

just saying, i could live with it a little more if, say, Charles Brown is starting next year.


we still havent picked a LB yet.

quote:

---

i remember reading a lot of teams having 2nd/3rd round grades on him...esp the man teams

---

Find one legit draft source that didnt have Jenkins going late 1st at the absolute worst

quote:

---

one legit draft source

---

you mean sites run by guys like adam wilson?

quote:

---

not at his pro day

---

Neither did Jenkins who ran a 4.45

You seem more interested in insulting, rather than proving your arguments truthfulness.

You even conceded my point. Saying we had more glaring deficiencies, concedes that Deuce was a need.