METAIRIE, La. -- If Jaylon Smith and Myles Jack had never been injured in college, the New Orleans Saints probably never would have gotten a sniff at either of them with the No. 12 pick in the NFL draft.
“I would say in the last 10 years, [both] would be players taken in the first eight or 10 picks. Every year,” coach Sean Payton said of Notre Dame’s Smith and UCLA’s Jack.
Instead, both sensational outside linebackers are still on the board on Day 2. Smith will reportedly miss the entire 2016 season as he rehabs a major knee injury.