Obviously just speculation, but....

TheDeuce · 02-12-2006, 12:36 PM

My ideal draft that I keep getting in my mind goes as follows...

1st round- Matt Leinart, QB, USC
2nd round- Thomas Howard, OLB, UTEP -or- D'Qwell Jackson, MLB, Maryland

Mel Kiper has Thomas Howard slipping through the first round, so he would be available for the Saints at #34. Anyways, I was looking on his chat wrap and I saw this....

Casey (FC, Iowa): Which team will select Abdul Hodge in the second round?

Mel Kiper: It's a possiblity for him in the second round. Maybe the third. He's been productive in college. He's got the build of an MLB. He's good at the run. He has great instincts. His coverage skills still need some work.

If we could somehow get a third-round pick (by trading AB, or as a compensatory pick from the NFL), then we would have the possibility of getting Hodge, who many believe has the talent to be a big-time player in the NFL. That means our draft could possibly look like this....

1st Round- Matt Leinart, QB, USC
2nd Round- Thomas Howard, OLB, UTEP
3rd Round- Abdul Hodge, MLB, Iowa
4th Round- McKinley Boykin, DT, Ole Miss

That'd be pretty sweet. That would fill most of our biggest holes, besides maybe OLine (which I don't think is that much of a problem anyways) and DC (which isn't that bad either).

02-12-2006, 12:36 PM	#1
TheDeuce 1000 Posts + Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,928	Obviously just speculation, but.... My ideal draft that I keep getting in my mind goes as follows... 1st round- Matt Leinart, QB, USC 2nd round- Thomas Howard, OLB, UTEP -or- D'Qwell Jackson, MLB, Maryland Mel Kiper has Thomas Howard slipping through the first round, so he would be available for the Saints at #34. Anyways, I was looking on his chat wrap and I saw this.... Casey (FC, Iowa): Which team will select Abdul Hodge in the second round? Mel Kiper: It's a possiblity for him in the second round. Maybe the third. He's been productive in college. He's got the build of an MLB. He's good at the run. He has great instincts. His coverage skills still need some work. If we could somehow get a third-round pick (by trading AB, or as a compensatory pick from the NFL), then we would have the possibility of getting Hodge, who many believe has the talent to be a big-time player in the NFL. That means our draft could possibly look like this.... 1st Round- Matt Leinart, QB, USC 2nd Round- Thomas Howard, OLB, UTEP 3rd Round- Abdul Hodge, MLB, Iowa 4th Round- McKinley Boykin, DT, Ole Miss That'd be pretty sweet. That would fill most of our biggest holes, besides maybe OLine (which I don't think is that much of a problem anyways) and DC (which isn't that bad either).
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