By John DeShazier, The Times-Picayune

May 08, 2010, 3:08PM

The science of picking an NFL player, we know, is so inexact it isn’t even funny. Marques Colston almost was the last player drafted in 2006, and JaMarcus Russell was the first overall pick in 2007 and if that isn’t a pretty fair representation of how unpredictable player assessment can be, nothing is.

Specifically, though, it seems to be volatile when it comes to finding quarterbacks, which Russell is. Which brings us to the New Orleans Saints.

Yes, New Orleans already has the best one in the business – Drew Brees – calling plays and winning a Super Bowl. The continuing quest, though, is to find the next Brees or, at least, finding and developing a guy for the future who’s capable of winning games if and when Brees is injured, or no longer effective.

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