Tom Ashworth
 

This is kind of interesting. Here's a guy who's been a staple of the Patriots line for years now, and he's apparently visiting the Saints soon. What if we picked him up? Would we still want to draft Brick? Perhaps if we had Ashworth and Brown on the tackles, we could trade all the way down to as low as #7, get another draft pick, and still be able to get Hawk. Comments?

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Interesting. But is it a good idea to move Brown to the left? He played well for a rookie, but this just adds another learning year to him.

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Brown is definitely athletic enough to play on the left side. I say go for it.

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I believe the idea was that Brown would be groomed to replace Gandy eventually, although I'm not sure this quickly.

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If he is signed I think it truly means we'll draft D in the first round.

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I have too much man crush on Brick at this point. I won't be objective about it. I'd rather Ashworth came as a backup and I'm sure he's not interested in that. But were we to sign him, I totally understand it.

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I think with Seattle needing a LT now that Hutchison is gone they might actually be willing to over pay for Ashworth. I don't want to get into a bidding war over this guy.

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Hutchison is a guard.

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Seattle still has Walter Jones at LT. Unless the pick up someone like Davin Joseph from Oklahoma, don't expect Shaun Alexander to be rushing leader next season.

I love it Deuce. GET ASHWORTH. That way when we trade down, it's HAwk or Ngata and some much needed D help. Then get Mangold with the second pick.

1) Hawk-LB, Ohio State

2) Whitworth-OT,LSU

2) Wroten- DT,LSU

3) Skyler Green-RS,LSU

Fellow Tigers fan? lol

Speaking of which, I am gonna go check out the ladies in in the reginals this weekend. Should be fun.

Ooops, change that 3rd pick. Make that 3rd the best Center on the board, we can get Skyler in the 4th. He had a poor combine I think.

If we sign this guy & make a trade with the Jets, our draft could look like this in the 1st two rounds:

#4-A.J. Hawk
#29-Nick Mangold
#34-Claude Wroten

I agree and from the Jets we will get an extra 1st rounder and maybe more. If we trade to number 6 or 7 we could end up filling all of our needs in the first 3 rounds of the draft and I love the Hawk pick.

Are you guys forgetting who's pocketbook we are dipping into? No way will the Saints accept (2) number one's this year. They couldn't afford to pay them.

They'll accept, a extra first and 3rd this year and 1st next year.

oops meant extra 2nd this year and 3rd along with a first rounder next year.

Wait, Cher, you want the Saints to draft Hawk? huh, that's new news to me, hahaha. Anyways, I'd like to get Ashworth. He's relatively young and comes from a winning franchise. If we got him I'd probably jump on Cher's bandwagon and say draft Hawk over Brick.

I just had an idea. What if they sign Ashworth, and move him to guard? Just a crazy thought.

It's OK Timay, I've got a big bandwagon. They are beginning to believe!

Cher... I'm just now starting to accept a move down. Don't expect a change from D'Brick right away. :-)

Yeah, BJ, it took me a while to get off Leinart. I'm not excited about it but I'll accept it. Then I wanted Brick, now I'm thinking Hawk, I just can't make up my mind!

It's ok guys, don't be afraid, the Hawk will protect us all! :biggun:

What position would he play? We already have a strong side and weakside linebacker. Can he play in the middle? I used to think that he is a middle linebacker, but I later found out he plays on the outside.

Yeah, I wanted Matt too. Brees is still a major upgrade from AB. If we can pull off the "1999 Ricky Deal" with the Jets & snag the aforementioned names in the 1st two rounds & target talented athletes in the later rounds, I'll be just as excited. :D

Hawk's already better than anything we have on the outside. Or inside, for that matter.

Most definitely he can play the middle. He is not only the best LB in the draft, he is the most versatile. Hawk or Ngata, I would not be mad at either, but I am definitely leaning to Hawk.

Yes ghandi, I'm with you on that. Not getting Leinart sucks but loading up on draft picks to fill holes on our team is exciting as long as Brees' shoulder holds up... if it doesn't then I think we made a mistake passing on Leinart, only time will tell...

Ngata is good, but he definitely isn't worthy of a top 5 pick. What I'm worried about at this point is that we're going to be so scared that somebody (probably the Jets) will take Brick if we try to trade down, and we're going to end up taking Brick with the #2 pick, not get any extra picks, and have only one two more picks (#34 and a 4th rounder) left on the first day with a lot of holes to fill. I think Ashworth, right now, would be ideal. He would allow us to trade down, not worrying whether or not somebody's going to take Brick, and then we could get Hawk, maybe Mangold, maybe a DT, maybe a CB, or maybe another OT if we want some insurance....

Well, I guess Hawk is our guy then. Hey, no mods tonight.

*rubs hands together*

heh heh hehhhh

I have posted threads about the value of trading down and am a big proponent of it. I think to #4 and even again to #7 would be even better. Get extra picks in the first 2 rounds of this draft I think will be even better than most.

i think Ashworth would be fine even with D'brick too. We need some depth and i wouldn't be disappointed say adios to Old man Time Gandy. Anybody hear anything about Stinchcomb?

A.J. Hawk sounds good to me. I like the way he plays the game hard and nasty. Besides the fact that he has a cool name

Don't forget Brady Quinn's sister. :D

She is HOT!!!

so many lsu homers on this forum

Well considering this website is essentially dedicated to Louisiana sports, what's so surprising about that?

For some reason, this struck me really funny. lol