The 12th pick overall is where the Saints pick this year. There’s been some enormously successful hits in that slot over the history of the pick, including some very recently. Interestingly the Saints have only picked 12th overall twice in the history of the franchise. Both times they went with a tackle and the results were mixed.
In 1980 the Saints took tackle Stan Brock out of Colorado. You’ll remember Brock came on our podcast back in January 2015, a little over a year ago. Besides Marques Colston, I’d say Brock is the best Saints player to never make a Pro Bowl – so that pick turned out to be a very solid one.