The Junior Galette extension. The massive Jairus Byrd contract. The Darren Sproles trade.
There are plenty of moves the New Orleans Saints organization probably regrets in hindsight. What move would be atop that list for the Saints in the past decade, though? Bleacher Report gave their opinion, listing each NFL team’s biggest mistake of the past decade. For some teams it was a draft pick, for others a free agent signing, some were trades, some were hirings, and some were even delayed firings. For the Saints, it was passing on Linebacker Jerod Mayo in the 2008 NFL Draft:
[I]t's also fair to wonder what the future would have looked like with linebacker Jerod Mayo on their defense instead of first-round bust defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis.