New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has earned a reputation as one of the more aggressive draft-day traders around the NFL these days, and for good reason. He burned a future pick just to spite a former assistant in acquiring a prospect they coveted. His team has made bold moves to acquire players like Marcus Davenport, and even this year twice moved up the board to go get Zack Baun and Adam Trautman.
So why couldn’t Payton move up two or three spots to add Justin Jefferson?
The rookie Pro Bowler has been prolific for the Minnesota Vikings, breaking the record Randy Moss set for first-year receptions (73 and counting) while closing in on his receiving yards mark, too (Jefferson has 1,182; Moss had 1,313 as a rookie).