Mr. Scot

I'm shocked when people think stats are the best way to measure interior defensive linemen, but hey... Nixon is a guy I remember being decent last year, and again I'm not alone in that. Both Roaring Riot's guy Josh Klein and our buddy John Ellis (you know, the one who actually does film studies rather than just looking at stats) were surprised at Nixon being cut over others. Heck, Ellis named him as someone he thought might contend for starting reps this year. Mind you, I've already had one guy telling me he has more credibility than Ellis on this sort of thing. Should I expect that from you as well?

Too much work...

No it doesn't...

His wife went into labor.

To do it with Dennis Green they'd need a seance. The Saints head coach is Dennis Allen.

I have no argument with the Super Bowl prediction. Saints in the NFC Championship though?

That was Capers first draft after Polian moved on, right?

I would. Collins had great size for a quarterback but I'd give Mayfield the edge in talent.

The Bills over the Packers, who win the NFC championship over...the Saints Panthers don't make the playoffs,but Christian McCaffrey gets Comeback Player of the Year.

2001 was a phenomenal draft... ...followed by a horrible season and the firing of the guy who ran it

Best draft: First one that comes to mind is 2017. McCaffrey, Moton, Butker (oy), even Samuel and Armah had some value to them. Worst? 2009 was just awful. 2010 wasn't much better, and of course everything after Newton in 2011 was almost useless.

There's gonna be a lot of contenders for part two of that question

Getting the little things right is something successful teams do. That said, there's far greater evidence of Matt Rhule being incompetent than this move in particular.

Meaning that what some people attribute to "coachspeak" is actually incompetence. I've yet to see enough good to convince me I should trust Matt Rhule when it comes to roster building.

It all comes off kinda funny, though. This was just a few days ago... Then today, they bring in a guy who's more run stuffer than pass rusher and say this about Nixon... I know someone will say "coachspeak" that doesn't really explain everything. It's also kind of hard to miss that Fitterer says one thing and then Rhule says/does another.

Also... Valid question

You thinking your opinion has anywhere close to the credibility Ellis has...

Rhule indicated in his comments that he and the assistant coaches made the decision about Nixon, at least. That's not unusual. Once you get to the season itself, coaches have set the depth chart and tend to have more input into things like that.

Here's a better suggestion for determining your draft order...

That's some really dumb sh-t.

It is. This is one of those "predicted" (read: hypothetical) trades that lesser websites pull out of their ass.

Don't get cutting Nixon over Bravvion Roy, among others. I'm not alone...

Getting into the playoffs doesn't mean anything if you're embarrassed when you get there. A win would be best, but at the very least you have to be competitive. If you look like you don't belong, it's worthless.

I get all that, but as an NFL head coach you're still the guy in charge of what happens on gameday. If you can't contribute something to, for lack of a better term, the process, what is your value?

If you need your head coach to "get out of the way" in order to be successful, why is he your head coach?