I know Jeff Ireland knocked it out of the park last year, but here's his 2015 draft

Thanks coach.

Yeah they’ve commented in the past that his input was limited on that draft.

Yes he did

Dude, I think all 9 made the team or at least practice squad. Do you understand how the draft works and the chances of that?

Media and football experts still can’t stop laughing at how they were dumb enough to trade a1st round pick for a DE that (although he has great measurables) most consider a project

bullshite

"Let’s start with 2015, Ireland’s first year on the staff. Hired during a whirlwind of interviews at that year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, Ireland still had to work with the previous regime’s scouting staff - which had gotten only 8 of its 22 previous draft picks to stick on the Saints’ roster. Ireland also relied on input from Rob Ryan’s defensive coaching staff, including since-ousted names like Joe Vitt and Bill Johnson."

"Bigger changes came in 2016. Ireland was allowed to build his own scouting department, purging it of long-time scouts and adding new eyes. Dennis Allen rejoined the team and slowly began to push Ryan out of the room. The Saints moved towards that year’s draft with a more-focused philosophy than it had used in the previous year, stockpiling draft picks inside the first 100-or-so selections."

Source SBnation

100%?!? Top round picks almost always make it. Rounds 4 on not so much.

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Teams tend not to cut their draft picks in year 1. So the chances of a draft pick ending up on the roster or the practice squad in year 1 are near 100%

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Not even Close. But nice try.

Round Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
1 99.7% 93.5% 83.9% 77.4% 71.0%
2 96.8% 96.1% 83.9% 74.2% 41.9%
3 96.9% 75.1% 62.5% 37.5% 18.8%
4 91.4% 74.3% 54.3% 34.3% 17.2%
5 81.1% 56.8% 37.8% 24.3% 16.2%
6 70.2% 57.5% 35.3% 20.9% 10.6%
7 58.3% 45.8% 31.3% 21.7% 16.7%

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