2015 New Orleans Saints draft class - where are they now? As
the New Orleans Saints are trimming their roster Youth
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casualty. Kikaha was a 2nd round pick for the Saints in the 2015 NFL Draft. So
that got me thinking... where is the rest of the 2015 draft class? The Saints
had nine picks that year, and only two are sure bets to make the 2018
roster.Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesAndrus Peat was the Saints first
selection, 13th overall in the first round. Peat, after a couple of seasons
struggling to live up to his first round selection, finally came into his own in
2017. He’s going to be a staple of the 2018 Saints offensive line.Photo by Chris
Graythen/Getty ImagesTyeler Davison was the Saints second selection in the 5th
round. After the unfortunate situation surrounding Nick Fairley’s long-term
health forced the talented defensive tackle into possible early retirement,
Davison is one of the many Saints asked to step up. Davison will be a rotational
player stuffing the interior of the defensive line in 2018.The same can’t be
said for the second pick for the Saints in the first round. Stephone Anthony was
traded to the Miami Dolphins for a 2018 5th Round Pick (that was later used to
trade up for Marcus Davenport).The Saints selected Garrett Grayson in the 3rd
round of the 2015 NFL draft. Grayson was waived in 2017 and signed to the
Atlanta Falcons practice squad in 2018.In addition to Davison, the Saints
selected Davis Tull in the 5th round of 2015. Tull was waived in 2016, and
(notice the theme?) signed to the Atlanta Falcons practice squad later in 2016.
Tull was later waived by Atlanta and is currently a free agent. The final 5th
round pick for the Saints was Damian Swann. Swann was waived in 2017 and, like
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Mark Ingram Jersey , is a free agent.The Saints selected Marcus
Murphy in the 7th round of the 2015 draft. Murphy is currently vying for a
roster spot with the Buffalo Bills to back-up Pro Bowl RB LeSean McCoy.Photo by
Adam Bettcher/Getty ImagesThe remaining draft pick of the Saints in 2015 was PJ
Williams, a starter for the Saints in 2016 and the start of 2017, who now finds
himself on the roster bubble in 2018. If Williams were to surprisingly get cut
by the Saints in 2018, the 2015 NFL Draft class would look mighty
disappointing... Football purists are smiling. For one week, the video game
nature of the NFL hit pause.Only one quarterback on Saturday or Sunday threw for
300 yards, let alone 400. No pinball shootouts.Ten players rushed for at least
100 yards, and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson went for 95.There were two
shutouts!Quite the reality check to learn that strong defense, an efficient
ground game, and control of the clock still can win. Yes Wil Lutz
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Meadowlands contributed to the lower number of points. We figure to see more of
that over the final two weeks of the schedule; it is December, after all.These
developments, if they aren't an aberration, could bode well for such teams as
Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle 鈥?which actually was upset at San Francisco 鈥?and
Dallas, which also lost, blanked at Indianapolis. They could be bad news for the
high-scoring machines whose defenses are leaky, including previously considered
powerhouses in Kansas City http://www.saintsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-demario-davis-jersey ,
New England and Pittsburgh."You've got to stay on the field on offense," Ravens
coach John Harbaugh said Sunday after a wet 20-12 victory against Tampa Bay. "If
you do that, you have a chance to generate some points."And yards. Baltimore
rushed for 242 of them on 49 attempts. Unheralded rookie Gus Edwards finished
with 104. Jackson averaged 5.3 yards per rush and the Ravens are 4-1 since he
replaced injured Joe Flacco as starter."He makes you play 11-on-11 football
instead of 11 on 10," Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said of Jackson, the 32nd overall
pick in April's draft. "We had him wrapped up a couple of times and he squirted
out of there and was able to extend plays."Ah yes, 11-on-11 football. Not the
flag football, 44-40 variety that excites fantasy fanatics, but the balanced
game in which solid tackling, crunching blocks and a variety of strategies are
paramount.As the playoffs approach Marcus
Williams Jersey , the supersonic offenses could sputter. Teams
primarily relying on them should know they might need to win man against man in
the trenches, rule in a slugfest rather than in a points spree.Of the division
leaders, the Saints and possibly the Rams own that balance, though neither is as
physical as, say, the Cowboys,Bears or Seahawks. But the clubs unlikely to light
up scoreboards also know if they can establish the tempo with their ground games
and their stingy defenses 鈥?and an attitude that no opponent will intimidate
them 鈥?they can be valid contenders in January.Two of those clubs took a step
backward on Sunday. Still, the Cowboys figure to win the NFC East and the
Seahawks aren't likely to blow a wild-card spot. Rather than panic after their
defeats 鈥?Seattle's loss against the lowly 49ers being the more problematic
鈥?they'll go back to what they do best.Because they have confidence in what they
do best, which helped them turn around 2018 after slow starts."We didn't give
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weren't scoring and so it wasn't a complementary game of football. That's what
we've been playing these last five weeks and we didn't do that tonight."Heading
into December, the prevailing view was that a prolific offense was a necessity
to win the NFL championship. People became enamored of the fireworks the Rams,
Saints, Chiefs and Chargers could provide.Now, with two weeks left in the
schedule, it's becoming clear that asymmetry isn't such a great thing. Maybe
some of the clubs who are showing they feature balanced game plans and
approaches and talent 鈥?say Houston, Chicago, Indianapolis and the Chargers
鈥?should be reckoned with as much as New Orleans and Kansas City and the
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