Who would you draft if you were the Saints?

seraph33 · 01-22-2004, 10:28 PM

Ok just dreaming for myself but if the Saints could make a play for Eli Manning (if Eli looks to be the real deal after all the scouting is done) without giving up too much (alla R. Williams trade) then I would love nothing more than to see for the first time in my life see the Saints pick a QB in the 1st round as a franchise QB. I have been saying this for years (I am still envisioning Chad Pennington wearing #10 in New Orleans). Still I know there is about a zero shot of this happening.

So realistically our obvious top needs are CB and LB. Now I realize we really need some youth and fresh legs at CB but that's not necessarily wear I would go with the 1st pick. I'd have to take MLB Jonathan Vilma of Miami. The guy has all the tools and is what we need in our linebacking core. He looks like he has that Ray Lewis potential. His only knock is that he is kinda small but they said the same thing about Sam Mills. If he isn't there I think we still need to go LB, maybe D. Williams of Miami. If he isn't there then maybe CB Will Poole. Poole kinda scares me though b/c he hasn't been a starter for a full year. Still if we go CB in the first and pick up a starting lineback in round 2 (like T. Lehman or K. Dansby could slip). Still I just look at what the addition of a sideline to sideline MLB did for Green Bay (N. Barnett) and I salivate at what it would do for the Saints. Either way this is how our 1st 3 picks should go.

1. LB/CB
2a. CB/LB
2b. C/DT/T

01-22-2004, 10:28 PM	#1
seraph33 Registered Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 68	Who would you draft if you were the Saints? Ok just dreaming for myself but if the Saints could make a play for Eli Manning (if Eli looks to be the real deal after all the scouting is done) without giving up too much (alla R. Williams trade) then I would love nothing more than to see for the first time in my life see the Saints pick a QB in the 1st round as a franchise QB. I have been saying this for years (I am still envisioning Chad Pennington wearing #10 in New Orleans). Still I know there is about a zero shot of this happening. So realistically our obvious top needs are CB and LB. Now I realize we really need some youth and fresh legs at CB but that's not necessarily wear I would go with the 1st pick. I'd have to take MLB Jonathan Vilma of Miami. The guy has all the tools and is what we need in our linebacking core. He looks like he has that Ray Lewis potential. His only knock is that he is kinda small but they said the same thing about Sam Mills. If he isn't there I think we still need to go LB, maybe D. Williams of Miami. If he isn't there then maybe CB Will Poole. Poole kinda scares me though b/c he hasn't been a starter for a full year. Still if we go CB in the first and pick up a starting lineback in round 2 (like T. Lehman or K. Dansby could slip). Still I just look at what the addition of a sideline to sideline MLB did for Green Bay (N. Barnett) and I salivate at what it would do for the Saints. Either way this is how our 1st 3 picks should go. 1. LB/CB 2a. CB/LB 2b. C/DT/T