“Two firsts.”



The expectations for Marcus Davenport run high among the fanbase, and it’s not unjustified for the Who Dat Nation to set lofty goals. I wrote in the first quarter of the season that what we had seen from Davenport indicated he was progressing, but now we have enough to truly evaluate his second season.



To start, lets tread into the muddy water of the two firsts discussion. How much did the Saints actually pay for Davenport, and have they gotten their money’s worth through the first two seasons (albeit the second is 12 games in)? Originally, the Saints had the 27th pick in the 2018 draft before moving up to the 14th spot to take Davenport by trading away their 2019 first-round pick.



How much were those two draft picks worth? Well, the 27th pick had a value of 680 points, going by the guide that Jimmy Johnson put together in the early ’90s as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. The 14th pick, where the Saints would...