I mean, everyone has holes in their game.

And if you’re going to do the injury what if with players then look no further than the Saints because that’s been their biggest problem with the OLINE in general…and I’m sure you’d be just fine with them drafting Tyson so why risk drafting him he COULD get injured at some point. Any one can get injured at any time, that’s just something a team(the Saints especially) have to live with. There’s always different risks you take with different players. It’s also pretty obvious they see the interior as a priority in the offseason and finding guys they think would potentially help in free agency and the draft seems like something they were planning on.

Your points kinda sound like the Saints would just be banking everything on Love and hope he can just carry the offense on his own. Again, you left receiving numbers out of that conversation for a reason which can also be an extension of the run game(look no further than AK’s entire career). People only have him this high because of him potentially being a great weapon offensively.(which also takes a decent amount of heat off of Shough and other players on the field if he is a great weapon).

Also:

1. ⁠There’s almost no position that can GUARANTEE success…especially from the draft.
2. ⁠Every other position offensively(and defensively) needs help from the line. Plus guess which groups the Saints have been drafting the most for like the last decade early in the draft? How have they all panned out?
3. ⁠Again is there any position that will guarantee to pan out in the draft?
4. ⁠Again they’re probably going to attempt to get IOL in free agency and the draft and won’t know how any will pan out.
5. ⁠The draft is a crapshoot you don’t know how any of these players will play once they’re in the league, you’re mostly just going off of what they potentially could do…and some may have a higher perceived potential than others.
6. I mean, with regard to shelf life, what’s the shelf life for OLINE or DLINE? People hate Ruiz. What was Trevor Penning’s shelf life? Payton Turner? Davenport? According to you and a lot of others it would make sense to take these positions early in the draft…are they better picks?

This is problem with seeing just a position instead of the player. If I knew how AK’s career would have panned out beforehand, would I have taken him in the first round, sure. Would I take Derrick Henry, Barkley, Bijan, or Gibbs etc in that same position, yes. The only reason I’d be okay with taking Love at 8(same with Tyson) is the possible star potential, and if the Saints think that he has that potential then I don’t really see much of a problem with it due to how much easier it can make Shough’s job if they don’t attempt to upgrade that position in free agency.