Saints Eyeing TE?

thesaintsfan · 04-14-2008, 05:35 PM

I've seen quite a few mocks that have us taking a TE in round two and I've heard that the Saints are high on Dustin Keller from Purdue. As I've said many times, if we could get an impact TE our offense would be even more dynamic. Keller is considered by some to be the best pass catching TE in this class and his measurables are very impressive. He's 6-2 242 lbs and runs a 4.55. Keller is a converted WR so he knows how to run routes and catch balls. He's a great athlete and has the deep speed we need to open up the middle of the field. The knock on him is that he's not a great blocker but not many of the new breed of TE are. Most teams like to have a fast pass catching TE and then a big run blocking TE because it's rare these days to find one guy that can do both.

Initially I wanted us to wait until the third before thinking about a TE but if the best TE is still there when we pick at #40 we would be getting a great value. If we got Rivers in the first and Keller in the second then after two rounds we would have the #1 OLB and #1 TE. I would be happy with that.

The one thing our offense is missing is an impact TE. We've never really had a TE that defenses had to worry about. And for the love God don't bring up Boo Williams! Eric Johnson had one great year with San Fran but now he is a broken player. Billy Miller has made some big catches for us but he isn't the answer. And Mark Campbell is a good blocker and that's about it. Our offense would have it all if we had a TE.

04-14-2008, 05:35 PM	#1
thesaintsfan The Real Deal Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 174	Saints Eyeing TE? I've seen quite a few mocks that have us taking a TE in round two and I've heard that the Saints are high on Dustin Keller from Purdue. As I've said many times, if we could get an impact TE our offense would be even more dynamic. Keller is considered by some to be the best pass catching TE in this class and his measurables are very impressive. He's 6-2 242 lbs and runs a 4.55. Keller is a converted WR so he knows how to run routes and catch balls. He's a great athlete and has the deep speed we need to open up the middle of the field. The knock on him is that he's not a great blocker but not many of the new breed of TE are. Most teams like to have a fast pass catching TE and then a big run blocking TE because it's rare these days to find one guy that can do both. Initially I wanted us to wait until the third before thinking about a TE but if the best TE is still there when we pick at #40 we would be getting a great value. If we got Rivers in the first and Keller in the second then after two rounds we would have the #1 OLB and #1 TE. I would be happy with that. The one thing our offense is missing is an impact TE. We've never really had a TE that defenses had to worry about. And for the love God don't bring up Boo Williams! Eric Johnson had one great year with San Fran but now he is a broken player. Billy Miller has made some big catches for us but he isn't the answer. And Mark Campbell is a good blocker and that's about it. Our offense would have it all if we had a TE.
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