METAIRIE, La. -- Sean Payton didn’t hesitate to state the obvious on Wednesday morning when asked if the New Orleans Saints were targeting wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in last year’s draft.
“Absolutely,” Payton said of the dynamic playmaker who wound up going to the New York Giants with the No. 12 pick. “Absolutely. We were one of those teams in line just like everyone else.”
For one thing, the Saints were in the market for a wide receiver. They wound up trading up seven spots from No. 27 to No.