Because we decided to draft players who were athletic freaks rather than quality pass rushers
They usually do, and spend a lot of draft capital in the process
All the guys we hit on have their primes elsewhere lol (Trey Hendrickson, Zach Baun)
I watch this dude on YouTube who breaks downs draft prospects and during this draft he said it was a huge reach
Hopefully he can still develop but it seems like he was right lol
all started with davenport. worst pick in recent memory with the trade up factored in
Drafting is hard. Drafting at premium positions like edge is harder. Trading a lot of capital on misses like Davenport makes it harder, especially when the choice means we let Hendrickson walk. Davenport actually performed similarly well to Trey the first year he left for Cinci, but he couldn’t stay healthy and then Trey developed into one of the best pass rushers in the league while Davenport faded into nothing. Missing on Turner with another first shortly after feels bad, but when you compare the hit rate of the NFL to ours, it’s likely similar. The difference is other GMs face consequences, ours is entrenched.
Edge is either most or second most important position behind QB (LT is the other one) so teams put a premium on anyone that has shown any ability to get to the QB.
Still don’t understand the Saints drafting him so high. He was so stiff in college.
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We can.
…just not very good ones.
Because we decided to draft players who were athletic freaks rather than quality pass rushers
They usually do, and spend a lot of draft capital in the process
All the guys we hit on have their primes elsewhere lol (Trey Hendrickson, Zach Baun)
I watch this dude on YouTube who breaks downs draft prospects and during this draft he said it was a huge reach
Hopefully he can still develop but it seems like he was right lol
all started with davenport. worst pick in recent memory with the trade up factored in
Drafting is hard. Drafting at premium positions like edge is harder. Trading a lot of capital on misses like Davenport makes it harder, especially when the choice means we let Hendrickson walk. Davenport actually performed similarly well to Trey the first year he left for Cinci, but he couldn’t stay healthy and then Trey developed into one of the best pass rushers in the league while Davenport faded into nothing. Missing on Turner with another first shortly after feels bad, but when you compare the hit rate of the NFL to ours, it’s likely similar. The difference is other GMs face consequences, ours is entrenched.
Edge is either most or second most important position behind QB (LT is the other one) so teams put a premium on anyone that has shown any ability to get to the QB.
Still don’t understand the Saints drafting him so high. He was so stiff in college.