Reiss: Revisiting the David Thomas trade

Re: Reiss:Revisiting the David Thomas trade

BradyManny said:

Yup. That kind of hurts.

I do think we gave up on Thomas too soon.

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Agreed on giving up too soon. I think it was a very unproductive year for the tight ends.

SoCal Pmen said:

They said its not a position that has been the focus since the Ben Coates days.

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Then why draft all these tight ends in the first half of the decade:

National Football League: NFL Draft History Full Draft - by Team

With the Saints playing the Vikings, David Thomas will be used alot the give the LT help on Allen, so I could see him catching alot of checkdowns from Brees and get alot of yards after the catch.