Cynthia Frelund has Saints selecting Mansoor Delane in her first mock
- Ellias J Williams
- Feb 7
- 2 min read
Finally, someone not on the "draft a receiver or running back" train.
I don't know, I'm an 80's kid so I remember the movie Rudy. It basically told the story of a kid who worked his asthma off for years to get in on one play for Notre Dame at the end of the season.
Cool story, but here's the zit in that logic that I can't help but pop.
We all come into this life with a special skill in one area, and in other area's we are typically lacking. It is infinitely far more productive to put your focus into honing your talent, than trying to balance out your skillset by working hard on something that you're not good at.
You'll never be as good at your worse skill than you would be at your gift if you put the same amount of effort!
Get it?
The strength of this Saints team was the secondary. Stacking a strength is always good business and Mansoor Delane would max out that unit. Kool-Aid was cool, but he allowed a passer rating of 101.1 when targeted. He's profiling as a solid #2 while the receiving talent in this division screams for a shutdown corner.
And so does Staley's scheme.
The things Staley can do with the coverages when he's got a Jalen Ramsey level talent are absurd and would free up McKinstry to play with more safety help, maximizing his ball skills in the process.
The Saints offense won't magically fix its slow starts because they add a rookie running back or receiver, but they can easily lean into a strength by building a defense that can keep games close until they figure out the formula.
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