The Saints have taken a lot of knocks for their move to take Marcus Davenport in the 2018 NFL Draft. There’s been a ton of talk bout mortgaging the future. The knocks against Davenport are that he’s raw. The concerns are over the school he attended being small and that he didn’t see adequate competition in college.
First, let’s get this point out of the way. The draft is a crap shoot. Every pick has the chace of being a flop. But there are things you can look to that will potentially make a pick more of a sure thing.