Let me give my opinion on this once and for all; the New Orleans Saints did not blow it by picking George Rogers with the top pick in the 1981 NFL Draft.
This is video form the 1981 NFL Draft, as aired by ESPN.
The New Orleans Saints, with the top pick in the draft, and the first under new head coach Bum Phillips, select running back George Rogers, the 1980 Heisman Trophy winner, out of South Carolina.