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The New Orleans Saints hold the No. 2 pick in Saturday's NFL Draft. But the team has given little indication what it will do with the pick.

Will the Saints try to trade down in the draft and pick up either additional picks or veteran players?


Will the team take Ohio State linebacker A. J. Hawk and try to build around him?

Will the team take Virginia offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson and build the offensive line around him?

Or do the Saints throw everyone a curve and take Southern Cal quarterback Matt Leinart even thought New Orleans signed free agent Drew Brees in the offseason?

"I think they are doing a good job for keeping (to themselves) everything which they would love to do," NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said. "If they stay at No. 2, I don't believe it will be a quarterback."

That would eliminate Leinart.

But first the trade possibilities.

The Saints currently own just two picks in the first three rounds. A trade of the No. 2 pick could bolster that number.

The Saints might trade down if they feel confident in what they could get later in the draft.

"That's always attractive if the place you're trading down to you feel like you can get one of the players you greatly desire," Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said.

If the Saints stand pat, Ferguson, Hawk and N.C. State defensive end Mario Williams would figure into the team's plans. All three took visits to New Orleans to meet with Saints personnel as did Leinart and Maryland tight end Vernon Davis.

"I believe it will either be Mario Williams or D'Brickashaw Ferguson," Mayock said. "My belief (is) on Williams even though they already have two good defensive ends."

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