There was rush to judgment among the national media that the Saints reached by drafting Stephone Anthony at the end of the first round.
The general consensus said it was too soon to draft the Clemson linebacker. They said should have been available to the team in the second round. Saints coach Sean Payton, seemingly aware that people were going to say such things, took a preemptive strike against that thinking by explaining that he thought there was going to be a run on inside linebackers early in the second round.
“There are a handful of guys that are going to get drafted early (May 1) with how we had them stacked,” Payton said.