NewOrleansSaints.com 2008 Draft Pick Reviews

hagan714 · 04-28-2008, 07:40 AM

I have listed qoutes on each player we drafted from the article for each player. Then linked each player with their draft Bio from the site.

The Official New Orleans Saints 2008 Draft Class Reviews

1 7 Sedrick Ellis Defensive Tackle Southern California

Saints Head Coach Sean Payton was pleased the team was able to land one of the top prospects in the draft and a player the team clearly targeted heading into the draft. “He’s an active player. He’s probably more nose (tackle) when you watch the college film, but he’s a guy who can play in a three-technique. He gives us flexibility in regards to the pass rush. One thing about him is that the guy plays with great intensity. We saw a lot of film on him and saw him at the Senior Bowl. He was one of the guys as the draft started that we held in high regard and I’m happy we were able to get up there and get in a position to select him.”

New Orleans Saints - Saints Trade Up and Take USC DT Sedrick Ellis

2 40 Tracy Porter Cornerback Indiana

“The Saints told me they liked my speed,” Porter said. “They like my ball skills and they liked me, they like how I play and they like my style of play. I didn’t know they were going to draft me.”
“He’s a guy that does fill a need,” said Payton of Porter’s selection. “He’s a returner. He has good ball skills. He was the captain of his team. The staff there (at Indiana), I know very well. His prior head coach, the late Terry Hoeppner who passed away not too long ago was someone that I worked with for a number of years as well as Bill Lynch, the current head coach at Indian now and a number of assistant coaches. You scout this player from when he arrived at Indiana, all the way through his senior year; he’s done a lot of things that we would look for in our corners. We were excited. When you get the end and you have two or three players in that round that you’ve kind of blocked off and you just hope they don’t go in front of you, which can oftentimes happen, in this case, we were fortunate that it didn’t.”

New Orleans Saints - Saints Draft Indiana CB Tracy Porter in 2nd Rd

5 144 DeMario Pressley Defensive Tackle North Carolina State

“We like him as a player, clearly,” said Loomis. “We felt like he had an upside. To be honest with you, we got a little nervous that he might go in the spot before us. The team in front of us we thought had a need at that position and in fact took a player at that position with their pick. We just got a little nervous that he might go. The cost to move, a seventh round pick, we didn’t feel was very heavy, so we made the move and got the player we wanted to get. We may have been able to take him if we stayed at where we were, but we had a conviction on this player, so I think it was a good move for us.

New Orleans Saints - Saints Select NCSU DT DeMario Pressley in Fifth Round

5 164 Carl Nicks Tackle Nebraska

“Nick is a big powerful man that we think has a lot of upside,” said Loomis. “He needs some work and needs to be developed a bit, but we feel that the upside he has is very high and we will see whether either of the guard positions or the tackle spots are best suited to him.”

New Orleans Saints - Saints Select T Carl Nicks With 2nd Pick in Fifth Round

6 178 Taylor Mehlhaff Kicker Wisconsin

“We have strong competition at a lot of positions, which pleases us,” said Loomis. “Taylor is the only kicker, and we worked out quite a few of them, that we really considered drafting. He is a strong-legged guy and has been consistent and improved each season. We are happy to have him and think that the competition at kicker is going to be a positive situation.”

New Orleans Saints - Saints in Sixth Round Tab Wisconsin K Taylor Mehlhaff

7 237 Adrian Arrington Wide Receiver Michigan

“We liked the potential that he has and the level of competition he has played against and think that there is something there that we can work with,” said Loomis. “He has good size and ball skills and think that he’ll benefit from the veterans that we have at the position and from the coaching that he’ll get when he gets in our program.”

New Orleans Saints - Saints Catch Michigan WR Adrian Arrington in 7th Rd

New Orleans Saints - Saints 2008 Draft In The Books

04-28-2008, 07:40 AM	#1
hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	NewOrleansSaints.com 2008 Draft Pick Reviews I have listed qoutes on each player we drafted from the article for each player. Then linked each player with their draft Bio from the site. The Official New Orleans Saints 2008 Draft Class Reviews 1 7 Sedrick Ellis Defensive Tackle Southern California Saints Head Coach Sean Payton was pleased the team was able to land one of the top prospects in the draft and a player the team clearly targeted heading into the draft. “He’s an active player. He’s probably more nose (tackle) when you watch the college film, but he’s a guy who can play in a three-technique. He gives us flexibility in regards to the pass rush. One thing about him is that the guy plays with great intensity. We saw a lot of film on him and saw him at the Senior Bowl. He was one of the guys as the draft started that we held in high regard and I’m happy we were able to get up there and get in a position to select him.” New Orleans Saints - Saints Trade Up and Take USC DT Sedrick Ellis 2 40 Tracy Porter Cornerback Indiana “The Saints told me they liked my speed,” Porter said. “They like my ball skills and they liked me, they like how I play and they like my style of play. I didn’t know they were going to draft me.” “He’s a guy that does fill a need,” said Payton of Porter’s selection. “He’s a returner. He has good ball skills. He was the captain of his team. The staff there (at Indiana), I know very well. His prior head coach, the late Terry Hoeppner who passed away not too long ago was someone that I worked with for a number of years as well as Bill Lynch, the current head coach at Indian now and a number of assistant coaches. You scout this player from when he arrived at Indiana, all the way through his senior year; he’s done a lot of things that we would look for in our corners. We were excited. When you get the end and you have two or three players in that round that you’ve kind of blocked off and you just hope they don’t go in front of you, which can oftentimes happen, in this case, we were fortunate that it didn’t.” New Orleans Saints - Saints Draft Indiana CB Tracy Porter in 2nd Rd 5 144 DeMario Pressley Defensive Tackle North Carolina State “We like him as a player, clearly,” said Loomis. “We felt like he had an upside. To be honest with you, we got a little nervous that he might go in the spot before us. The team in front of us we thought had a need at that position and in fact took a player at that position with their pick. We just got a little nervous that he might go. The cost to move, a seventh round pick, we didn’t feel was very heavy, so we made the move and got the player we wanted to get. We may have been able to take him if we stayed at where we were, but we had a conviction on this player, so I think it was a good move for us. New Orleans Saints - Saints Select NCSU DT DeMario Pressley in Fifth Round 5 164 Carl Nicks Tackle Nebraska “Nick is a big powerful man that we think has a lot of upside,” said Loomis. “He needs some work and needs to be developed a bit, but we feel that the upside he has is very high and we will see whether either of the guard positions or the tackle spots are best suited to him.” New Orleans Saints - Saints Select T Carl Nicks With 2nd Pick in Fifth Round 6 178 Taylor Mehlhaff Kicker Wisconsin “We have strong competition at a lot of positions, which pleases us,” said Loomis. “Taylor is the only kicker, and we worked out quite a few of them, that we really considered drafting. He is a strong-legged guy and has been consistent and improved each season. We are happy to have him and think that the competition at kicker is going to be a positive situation.” New Orleans Saints - Saints in Sixth Round Tab Wisconsin K Taylor Mehlhaff 7 237 Adrian Arrington Wide Receiver Michigan “We liked the potential that he has and the level of competition he has played against and think that there is something there that we can work with,” said Loomis. “He has good size and ball skills and think that he’ll benefit from the veterans that we have at the position and from the coaching that he’ll get when he gets in our program.” New Orleans Saints - Saints Catch Michigan WR Adrian Arrington in 7th Rd New Orleans Saints - Saints 2008 Draft In The Books
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