One of the more obnoxious terms thrown around NFL draft discourse is “generational talents.” But it’s used wrongly. Analysts typically use it to describe that cycle’s best prospects, when really it should be reserved for the elite players that come around just once a decade or two.
And when you get down to reviewing the Saints’ draft history, you’ll see that they’ve had two once-in-a-generation draft classes separated by many, many years: 2006 and 2017. With a new era of Saints football ahead of them in the wake of Drew Brees’ retirement and numerous roster cuts and free agent departures, they need to try and catch lightning in a bottle one more time.