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Originally Posted by nero THE zero
What's even more amazing than the infallible Jesus Bush being a niche player in the NFL is the Saints managing to whiff on the #2 overall pick and subsequently make 2 NFCCG and 1 SB appearance in 4 years.
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I wouldn't agree it's amazing, but it IS interesting. I have two comments on this. One, New Orleans was not all that depleted of talent the year they got Bush--they were just a team without much talent at the quarterback position. Since then, they have been operating with one of the top three QB's in the league, who they lucked into because nobody else was willing to take a chance on him after his injury problems. If they had been led by a mediocre or worse QB this year, they very well might not have even made the playoffs. Actually, a bit of the same thing happened to us this year when we picked up Pollard, who MAY turn out to be more valuable to us than any of this year's draft picks except Cushing.
Second, it shows that too much attention is payed to the first round of the draft. Stars are available all over the draft and even sometimes on the waver wire.