LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted
 

Former Stanford linebacker Chase Thomas saw NFL teams draft players who ran slower 40-yard dash times. He saw NFL teams draft players who compiled similar stat lines also come off the board while he sat without a team once the NFL draft wrapped up.

Thomas said he's finished pondering why he wasn't drafted, even though he'll play with the proverbial chip on his shoulder. His primary focus will be to earn a spot on the New Orleans Saints' regular season roster after the Saints signed Thomas as an undrafted rookie free agent.

He's found out one thing already: Saints fans want him to make the team.

"I can already tell the Saints have a great fan base just in the amount of responses I received on Twitter," Thomas said.

Thomas said he received interest from Green Bay, Houston and Arizona after the draft. But Thomas said he felt the Saints were a perfect fit considering New Orleans is switching to a 3-4 defense, the Saints don't possess a whole lot of depth at outside linebacker and the Saints didn't draft a linebacker.

"He (defensive coordinator Rob Ryan) likes to run a complicated defense with a lot of different blitzes," Thomas said. "He moves guys around a lot, and that's what I see myself doing and he said that's something he saw in me as well. He can put me wherever he wants on the field, especially in the red zone."

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Sounds like he has the right attitude and he should be smart coming from Stanford. I hope he can make an impact.

Re: LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted
 

i would not be surprised to see 4 or 5 of the UDFA making this team.

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There should be plenty wide open position battles on the defensive side. 4 or 5 is a lot but it's possible. First round talent may have been down, but this was an unusually deep draft.

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I was listening to Pat Kerwin talk this guy up on my way home from work. He will make the team, and play this season... A little undersized but everything else is good. Should have gone 6th but as Pat pointed out, combine 40times hurt him. Walterfootball had him going in the 2nd.

Love the scouting reports
Wayne Chrebet'ish
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/pa...ned-positions-
http://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2013cthomas.php
http://www.stampedeblue.com/2013/3/7...s-olb-stanford

Re: LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted
 

Good luck

Re: LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted
 

I think Thomas and Reddick both make the team...

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Who knows they could all make the team............if not on the practice squad where we can develop them then let them get a hang nail and throw them on IR where we can stash them.

This looks like a talented group of UDFAs. I hope that we can get one or two of those gems that we always seem to find.:bng:

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The veterans are startin' to play back to form, and the rookies are developin' faster than I thought. There's two or three potential all-stars in there. I think we're a contender, right now.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VpOguaANNT..._brown_200.jpg

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Re: LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted
 

Value.

Re: LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted
 

1. :saintsfan:
2. The guy has intelligence. I like him

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Those Stanford players are pretty sharp! Anyone remember the last Stanford player the Saints enjoyed? ........










If you guessed, Toi Cook... you guessed right. He was an UDFA as well. Here's to hoping for similar success with this particular Stanford LB.

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we all know these two
Chase Thomas OLB
Kevin Reddick ILB

get to know this kid under rated in the draft and under rated as a UDFA
Rod Sweeting CB

all three have a great chance of making the cut at 53

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Those 3 are my current UDFA longshot favorites, but the more I read the more I'm thinking they may not be longshots.

I hope they all excell at special teams (LB's usually do) so maybe they all sneak onto the 53 on the back-end of the roster as special teams standouts.

I'd like us to get younger and hungrier, even if it means occasionally parting with a experienced veteran on the downside of his career like a Vilma, Harper or Smith. Its how you keep that window from ever closing on you.

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I'm hoping Reddick shadows Vilma this year.Learns off him and late in the season or the start of next year hopefully he will be ready to step into his shoes and take over.

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its exciting.
could Thomas be another gem found under a rock for the Saints?

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That's one of my all time favorite movie quotes - hell, it's one of my favorite quotes All-Time.

Re: LB Chase Thomas focuses on making New Orleans Saints roster rather than being undrafted
 

At several times, I wanted Saints to draft Chase Thomas in the fourth round...

He's got an amazing motor, he didn't test well at the combine in the sprint drills; but again, I'd like to see all the drills done in pads, helmets engaged and in simulated combat, er, game situations...

I'll go so far to say that Chase Thomas will be a starter by the end of the season...

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I dont understand why coaches dont only look at game tape. 40 times are way over rated.

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Like the Patriots have been doing for years? Yes.

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Yea the reason the draft was so deep was cause they had a record number of guys declare early "redshirt sophmores and juniors" and added with the seniors, redshirt seniors we had a record number which absolutely was lovely for our Saints! Whodat I say Whodat