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Old 04-14-2010, 10:04 PM   #11
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Old 04-14-2010, 10:06 PM   #12
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Re: Finding a tight end in this year's NFL draft class will take some work

Yeah...i know..but if he's healthy and can stay that way..what a beast he can be....
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Old 04-14-2010, 10:09 PM   #13
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Yeah but thats a great risk. If he's around in the second or third. We both know he won't be.. Aaron is from Bristol Ct. I know him. I would love to see him in a Saints UNI.
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Old 04-14-2010, 10:18 PM   #14
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Re: Finding a tight end in this year's NFL draft class will take some work

Originally Posted by hagan714 View Post
wait a minute.
Miller and Shockey in their 30's.
Thomas has a long injury history.
How can you say TE is not an area of need. While a 1st or 2nd is a bit high I can not see the saints sitting tight for a year or two. My pick in the third or fourth is BYU's Dennis Pitta
Now the fun move would be Pittsburgh tight end/receiver/H-back Dorin Dickerson in the second. FB? SP can line him up everywhere.
One thing is guaranteed with tight ends, and full backs, they are all pretty much injury prone, and that's because of the demands of the positions themselves. I'll bet you can't name too many tight ends specifically, that went more than two seasons, without a pretty hard injury in their somewhere. The point is, that this isn't a priority in the draft. We found Thomas on the back up roster with the Pats. I think with as much as we actually use them, then we can certainly get by another season, without one. We need to beef up our defensive, and offensive lines. I say DT, LB, S, and OT, or Center should all be priorities. But of course that's just me.

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Re: Finding a tight end in this year's NFL draft class will take some work

We should be able to get trough another year with the guys we have. I'd like for us to look for a TE in next years draft thou.
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Old 04-15-2010, 02:24 AM   #16
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Re: Finding a tight end in this year's NFL draft class will take some work

Originally Posted by hagan714 View Post
wait a minute.
Miller and Shockey in their 30's.
Thomas has a long injury history.
How can you say TE is not an area of need. While a 1st or 2nd is a bit high I can not see the saints sitting tight for a year or two. My pick in the third or fourth is BYU's Dennis Pitta
Now the fun move would be Pittsburgh tight end/receiver/H-back Dorin Dickerson in the second. FB? SP can line him up everywhere.
everytime you mention dickerson i smile

god i hope he falls to the 3rd
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Re: Finding a tight end in this year's NFL draft class will take some work

Originally Posted by CantonLegend View Post
everytime you mention dickerson i smile

god i hope he falls to the 3rd
Interesting ... we thought you grinned for Moooooouuuuuuunt Cody!
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Old 04-15-2010, 07:06 AM   #18
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Re: Finding a tight end in this year's NFL draft class will take some work

BYU's Dennis Pitta - IS GOING TO BE THE STEAL OF THE DRAFT AT TE.
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Re: Finding a tight end in this year's NFL draft class will take some work

Why no love for Aaron Hernandez
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Old 04-18-2010, 10:53 PM   #20
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You never know how Payton and co are going to draft. Please please draft a DT first.
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