David Hawthorne will visit Saints this weekend
 

Seahawks free agent LB David Hawthorne and Broncos free agent LB Joe Mays are scheduled to visit with the Saints this weekend, a source familiar with the situation told CBSSports.com. Hawthorne had 115 total tackles with 14 starts for Seattle last season, and Mays had 75 total tackles with 12 starts in Denver last season. It's obvious the Saints are looking to beef up at LB.

LBs Hawthorne, Mays to visit Saints - New Orleans Saints - CBSSports.com RapidReports

I really hope we sign this guy.

Update: It will be Friday!

David Hawthorne - Seattle Seahawks - 2012 Player Profile - Rotoworld.com

Best news I've heard all off-season.

Could we finally sign the LB we've been wainting for?

If the Seahawks can't afford him what makes us think we can? Don't get me wrong LB'er is a position of critical need.

Maybe the rest of their LB's don't suck as bad as ours.

I think I just got a chub. Sign em both!

Agreed, but not the chub part. Football doesn't give me a stiffy.

Does Hawthorne meet with anyone tomorrow? Is there a chance he'll sign with some other team before Friday?

I remember when FA's wouldn't even think of visiting the Saints unless they were desperate or a cancer on another team. Without Brees that does not happen.

Great news, but would've liked seeing Woodyard's name on that list as well - heck, he could share the ride with Mays.

I live in Washington State, see plenty of Hawthorne highlights. Dude is pretty solid.

some of these avatars do though.

Great News !

middle linebacker? he is 26. but i am a bit stumped here. mays is a depth move maybe?

That's why I was hoping they'd get Woodyard to visit instead of Mays.

Hawthorne had 3 INT's last year.
That's three more turnovers on our sheets.
I wonder about the monies he is demanding.
Maybe he'll settle for peanuts for a chance at SB glory.

Those 3 ints by hawthorne are 3 more than our DB's caught all year, maybe he could teach the defensive players to catch?

And one of those was a 77-yard pick 6 if I remember correctly.

RotoWorld commented that Pete Carroll wants to get faster on the LB corps and that Hawthorne might be a casualty of that change, so I'm wondering how mobile he is if that is a legitimate claim?

His 2008 pro-day results were as follows:

40 Yrd Dash: 4.69
20 Yrd Dash: 2.71
10 Yrd Dash: 1.60

Vertical Jump: 37 1/2
Broad Jump: 08'10"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.45
3-Cone Drill: 7.27

He was apparently hampered by a sprained knee all last season, so his numbers are even more impressing when that is factored in.

Here's the pick 6:

You kill me Danno!:-D