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Richdog · Dec 25, 2008

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Yes, actually. I was against it from the get go. He was impressive running all over those Pac-10 teams, but I knew he wouldn't be able to do that against the hard-hitting, bigger and faster defenses of the NFL. If you look at his college stats, he really only had one really good year. He wasn't a constant contributor 1000+ yard back until his junior year, which is why Scott should stick around too. Akili Smith had only one really good year, and look how he turned out.

I also thought he would be more injury prone because of his size and tendencies. The Saints should have been smarter and traded down. They probably would have gotten more than you'd think because some other desperate team was dying to have him.

Here is what Nooch posted in another thread:

Top 5 RBs taken in '06 draft by career yards(total yards: rush, rec, ret)

Jones-Drew (60th pick) 5,643 yds

Leon Washington (117th) 5,203 yds

Jerrius Norwood (79th pick) 5,029 yds

DeAngelo Willimas (27th pick) 3,910 yds

Reggie Bush (2nd pick) 3,647 yds

Averages

Jones-Drew (60th pick) 5,643 yds ; 713 att ; 8.95 avg

Leon Washington (117th) 5,203 yds ; 541 att ; 9.61 avg

Jerrius Norwood (79th pick) 5,029 yds ; 469 att ; 10.72 avg

DeAngelo Willimas (27th pick) 3,910 yds ; 612 att ; 6.38 avg

Reggie Bush (2nd pick) 3,647 yds ; 682 att; 5.34 avg

Other 1st round backs from '06

Laurence Maroney (21st pick) 2,766 yds ; 442 att ; 6.25 avg

Joe Addai (30th pick) 3,533 ; 745 att ; 4.74 avg

rush/rec yds only

Jones-Drew --> 3,691 yds ; 627 att ; 5.88 avg

Washington --> 2,146 yds ; 387 att ; 5.54 avg

Norwood --> 2,353 yds ; 361 att ; 6.51 avg

Williams --> 3,056 yds ; 567 att ; 5.38 avg

Reggie --> 3,149 yds ; 631 att ; 4.99 avg

Addai --> 3,533 yds ; 745 att ; 4.74 avg

Mediocre to say the least, especially considering he was a #2 pick. And I wasn't the only one that thought he wouldn't be that great. Most people had him going in the first round, and many of those did so because they knew the NFL would take a shot on him.

I will say this, once they drafted him, I was a little excited to see if I could be proven wrong. I was really hoping he would be the Barry Sanders everyone made him out to be.
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This is a great post! I love stats!

ParadiseiNC · Dec 25, 2008

Richdog said: ↑

This is a great post! I love stats!
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Yeah, but it easy to make assertions once you know the stats.

PURPLE TIGER · Dec 28, 2008

It looks like the Saints will select 12th, 13th, or 14th in the first round but I think they have to cut Vilma first.

They can re-sign him as a Free Agent.

Hopefully we'll pick up a quality S, CB, or LB.

Dear Saints Management,

We don't need another injured WR as our first round selection!

tigerleg24 · Dec 28, 2008

you never know with the Saints they will draft a OG with there first pick of the draft.

After watching the game do the Saints try and trade Reggie? The O looks better with out him.

Ch0sn0ne · Dec 28, 2008

I think he still has enough hype that They may be able to get half a defense for him. Sounds good to me. I like Pierre Thomas, and Mike Bell is decent enough to give Thomas a rest.

They already have the best offense in the league, half a defense would make them nearly unbeatable.

PURPLE TIGER · Dec 28, 2008

I don't think they're too far off right now. They need to concentrate on four positions...S, CB, LB, and RB.

If they can address two positions in the draft and two through free agency, they can go from 8-8 to 12-4.

As bad as the defense was and our failure to convert on 3rd and 1, we still lost two games by missing a FG and blew several late games including the one to the Vikings.