An outside linebacker would have been nice, but you only have so many picks. Not a bad draft, with the emphasis mostly where it should be - on defense. Daniel Lasco is a workout warrior who could surprise if he can stay healthy. David Onyemata is a developmental player coming from Canada, where New Orleans went before to draft Akiem Hicks. Yep, he needs to be more physical, but they guy has instincts and ball skills from the safety position. Michael Thomas has a lot of potential and should start early in New Orleans, but I hate passing on defense there given what was available. After that the Saints got a pair of Buckeyes, I just think the order could have been flipped in terms of value. He can be a disruptive force on the interior as they continue a defensive rebuild. I’m not sure there was a player more consistently placed with a team in mock drafts of Todd and mine than Sheldon Rankins to the Saints, and I think they made a good decision to add him. Kiper lauded Vonn Bell’s ball skills (he intercepted 9 passes in 36 college games) but the safety didn’t pick off his first pass with the Saints until his 62nd game in the NFL, including the playoffs. Obviously Michael Thomas turned out to be a better pick than Kiper or anyone else could imagine, but some of the defenders he liked better at that spot aren’t even in the league anymore, like Su’a Cravens (No. Jeff Ireland was brought in during the 2015 offseason to take over the Saints’ college scouting department, but he didn’t hire his own scouts until the 2016 draft, so this is where we’ll start.
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