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WalterFootball.com: 2013 NFL Draft Prospect Meetings

2013 NFL Draft Prospect Meetings: Sorted by Team

By Walter Cherepinsky - @walterfootball
March 27, 2013

This is a compilation of draft prospect meetings sorted by team. The data was acquired via Charlie Campbell (@draftcampbell) and other media sources.

SR - Senior Bowl meeting.
EW - East-West Shrine meeting.
COM - Combine meeting.
INT - Interested.
VINT - Very Interested.
PRO - Pro Day meeting.
PRI - Private Workout.
% - indicates more than one meeting.
# - indicates meeting set up outside of the 2013 Senior Bowl or the 2013 East-West Shrine Game

To see draft prospect meetings sorted by prospect, click the link. Follow me @walterfootball for updates.

WalterFootball.com: 2013 NFL Draft Prospect Meetings


New Orleans Saints:

Kiko Alonso, LB, Oregon (PRO)
Josh Boyd, DL, Mississippi State (EW)
Sanders Commings, DB, Georgia (PRO)
Aaron Dobson, WR, Marshall (SR)
Tyrone Goard, WR, Eastern Kentucky (EW)
Zaviar Gooden, LB, Missouri (SR)
Corey Grissom, DL, South Florida (SR)
Demontre Hurst, CB, Oklahoma (EW)
Jarvis Jones, LB, Georgia (PRI)
Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (COM)
Zach Line, RB, SMU (EW)
TJ McDonald, DB, USC (SR)
Bradley McDougald, S, Kansas (EW)
Leon McFadden, DB, San Diego State (SR)
Brendan Melanophy, DB, Fordham (PRO)
Aaron Mellette, WR, Elon (SR)
Christine Michael, RB, Texas A&M (VINT) (EW)
Alec Ogletree, LB, Georgia (PRI)
Chris Pantale, TE, Boston College (EW)
Kawann Short, DL, Purdue (PRO)
Trent Steelman, WR, Army (EW)
Cooper Taylor, S, Richmond (EW)
Chase Thomas, LB, Stanford (SR)
Derrick Washington, RB, Tuskegee (INT)
Brandon Williams, DL, Missouri Southern (SR)
Terrance Williams, WR, Baylor (SR)
Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas (SR)

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Kawann Short, DL, Purdue (PRO)
Brandon Williams, DL, Missouri Southern (SR)
Josh Boyd, DL, Mississippi State (EW)
Corey Grissom, DL, South Florida (SR)

Jarvis Jones, LB, Georgia (PRI)
Alec Ogletree, LB, Georgia (PRI)
Kiko Alonso, LB, Oregon (PRO)
Zaviar Gooden, LB, Missouri (SR)
Chase Thomas, LB, Stanford (SR)

Leon McFadden, DB, San Diego State (SR)
Sanders Commings, DB, Georgia (PRO)
TJ McDonald, DB, USC (SR)
Demontre Hurst, CB, Oklahoma (EW)
Cooper Taylor, S, Richmond (EW)
Bradley McDougald, S, Kansas (EW)
Brendan Melanophy, DB, Fordham (PRO)

Terrance Williams, WR, Baylor (SR)
Aaron Dobson, WR, Marshall (SR)
Aaron Mellette, WR, Elon (SR)
Tyrone Goard, WR, Eastern Kentucky (EW)
Trent Steelman, WR, Army (EW)

Christine Michael, RB, Texas A&M (VINT) (EW)
Zach Line, FB, SMU (EW)
Derrick Washington, RB, Tuskegee (INT)

Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (COM)
Chris Pantale, TE, Boston College (EW)

Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas (SR)

ok better for me by position and i think i got them by rounds too

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Thanks Hagan...

Conspicuously missing on the list was when the Saints sent four (4) coaches to check out So. Miss LB Jamie Collins...

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One vint and it's a RB? Is Gregg Williams texting draft picks again?

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Saints/Bengals Trade Scenario

Saints trade rights to RB Chris Ivory and pick R1(15)

for

Bengals' picks R2 (37), R2 (53), and R6 (190)

2013 Saint's Draft Mock (JeanPierre)

[Updated 2013/03/27]

R2(37) OL Barret Jones, Bama

R2 Forfeit

R2(53) LB Jaime Collins, So. Miss

R3(75) OL Chris Faulk, LSU

R4(109) LB Chase Thomas, Stanford

R5(144) NT T.J. Barnes, Georgia Tech

R6(183) RB Raymond Graham, Pitt

R6(190) QB Ryan Griffin, Tulane

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I wonder if they have their eyes on any mid round OTs? seems to be where we excel in the draft.

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they better. i am almost to the point were i am ready to say use three picks on the OL and lets see were the defense stands

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Chris Faulk will be avail in mid-rounds - his issues are medical, if risk can be overcome, he's a first round talent otherwise...

Through a bunch up against the wall and see what sticks?!? Know what you mean...

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Chris Faulk, OT, LSU
Bench: 25
Faulk ranked among the top offensive tackles in the country. season-ending torn ACL suffered in practice following the 2012 season opener. required separate surgeries a month apart on his medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Orthopedic specialist Dr. James Andrews has given Faulk the "no red flags"
Dr. James “He’s the man.” Andrews
The patients list: Brett Favre, Charles Barkley, Jack Nicklaus, Donovan McNabb, Drew Brees, Dwyane Wade, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz just to name a few

it gets no better than James Andrews. i would not be surprised to see him go in the third now

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Saints/Bengals Trade Scenario

Saints trade rights to RB Chris Ivory and pick R1(15)

for

Bengals' picks R2 (37), R2 (53), and R6 (190)

2013 Saint's Draft Mock (JeanPierre)

[Updated 2013/03/27]

R2(37) OL Barret Jones, Bama

R2 Forfeit

R2(53) LB Jaime Collins, So. Miss

R3(75) OL Chris Faulk, LSU

R4(109) LB Chase Thomas, Stanford

R5(144) NT T.J. Barnes, Georgia Tech

R6(183) RB Raymond Graham, Pitt

R6(190) QB Ryan Griffin, Tulane

Really would like to see this kind of thing happen, because many of these players will fall at or just after these slots in the draft...

Don't think there'd be that much drop off from Ogletree to Collins and we'd get a hell of a football player in Barrett Jones...

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Adam Schefter ✔ @AdamSchefter

Chiefs are seeking a second-round pick in this year's draft as well as another pick in 2014 in a trade for franchise OT Branden Albert.

moved it over here. Slept on it and i can not let it go

I can just see SP and Andy working something out especially now Andy is in the AFC. they do go back together in the coaching past. So i have play with it

so giving up our 1st #15 (1050) for Branden Albert

here is the tricky parts
1) what is Albert worth? 2nd or 3rd round value? what?
I am going to highball him @ mid second round value (420) (balance: 630pts)
2) Harper and Albert redo contracts

we receive
2013
swapping 3rds #75 to #63 (61)
4th #99 (104)
6th #170 (24.3)
(balance: 450.3 pts or #45 in the 2nd)

** Chiefs have comp picks at the bottom of the 3rd and 5th

2014 (option year)
swapping first's and/or a pick to be determined (2014 and/or 2015)
or
2nd and/or a pick to be determined (2014 and//or 2015)
wont work?

safety clause for the saints: and/or a pick to be determined
safety clause for the chiefs: (2014 and/or 2015)

now in 2014 chiefs should be picking in the top 15 baring one of the greatest turn around in nfl history.

I am saying we win the NFC south and make it deep into the playoffs so picking in the the 30 range.

Getting to the NFC championship game will be a hard road. if we can avoid SF and the seahawks on the west coast things look good if not the odds are not in our favor

so i have over valued Albert IMO so swapping first is not really out of the question unless they tank it. But the chiefs are not that bad really. they actually can end up above .500 easily. so the pick drops lower. Means the additional pick increases in value. differ to next year increase that pick value yet again. it just gives both sides room to work and make the deal work.

now if the chiefs pick after us they hand over their first

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Okay, the rest of that post was some kind of foreign language, but I did understand this part and just gotta say:
If we're back up to snuff and Rob really is capable then SF and the Seahawks are going to be needing to avoid us. We are very close to being that. WHO DAT?

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Russell Shepard Jr.. ?@LSUShep10 1h
Just got some great news from the @Saints ... #WhoDat !!!

UDFA?

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come on baby what is it? love nail biters

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I think the last thing either west coast team wants to do is come to the dome. i hate west coast weather during the playoffs also

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ok Butler is signed next

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NFL Draft 2013 rumors: 49ers, Dolphins, Vikings candidates to trade up

skip the dolphins they pick ahead of us - they may move down if we want to move up? aint going there - yet
skip 49ers i do not see them dealing with us
BUT there is this:
The Vikings are still in need of a wide receiver or two, even after signing Greg Jennings away from the Green Bay Packers. They have two first-round picks at No. 23 and No. 25, but unfortunately for Minnesota, the St. Louis Rams are also expected to target a wideout and are selecting at No. 16 and No. 22. If the Vikes truly want to snag the likes of Tavon Austin or Cordarrelle Patterson, they may need to get aggressive.

NFL Draft 2013 rumors: 49ers, Dolphins, Vikings candidates to trade up - SBNation.com

and there we sit at 15.

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Wait, are you saying we trade our 15 for their 23 and 25? No way! That doesn't give us a second round pick!

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i do not think the vikes will want to give up both so add in a pick this year and bank roll one something into next year. if they do

trade the second one and get that second round pick lol

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NFL Network's Albert Breer notes that teams in the top 10 picks are already making calls to bail out of the early parts of the first-round.

Breer notes that the decision "makes sense with the makeup of this class, few elite guys," many with late first-round grades. At some point, teams will likely not find partners to trade down, but a prospect like Tavon Austin could be a target from teams wanting to move up.

Source: Albert Breer on Twitter

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McShay just mocked Alec Ogletree to us at 15.

Gotta say, I'm starting to see the logic.

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We cold still get Ogletree if we traded down a few spots. But trade-downs are not gonna get us what they normally would. This draft is 2 rounds deep with 1st round talent. Everyone wants to trade down.

Its a trade-up market.

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MEDIA HYPE and UPSIDE is no way to draft. this could be a wild first 2 days of the draft

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Screw it. I'm jumping on the Mingo train. Get him!

Next stop Bust-town. Population: Every 1 or 2 pick we have ever made.

If we are going to go down, might as well go down with a hometown boy.

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Haha, that's hilarious because I'm starting to feel the exact same way! I don't really like Mingo but everybody and their cousin's mock draft has us taking him so let's just do it LOL.

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2013 Saint's Draft Mock (JeanPierre)

[Updated 2013/03/29]

R1(15) LB Alec Ogletree, Georgia

R2 Forfeit

R3(75) OL Barrett Jones, Bama

R4(109) LB Chase Thomas, Stanford

R5(144) NT T.J. Barnes, Georgia Tech

R6(183) QB Ryan Griffin, Tulane


Note: Would like to move into the mid-second round with a trade and ensure we select OL Barrett Jones, Bama allowing us to use our third round pick for OT Chris Faulk, LSU - a trade of a running back would be a likely scenario...
:bng:

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With all the depth we suddenly have at linebacker (that is not to say the talent level is totally awesome), seems like we might be able to make some trades there as well with a transitioning 4-3 team (i.e. Dallas)...

I really don't see how Will Smith will fit in our 3-4 scheme...

Have my doubts about Junior Galette as an OLB (Jack)...

And can Greg Romeus finally emerge from this terrible cloud of injuries...

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Since we signed Butler I feel that we're going to trade down for late 1st and 2nd round picks, take a Safety in the 1st and Pass Rusher in the 2nd.

1 - S - Vaccaro/Cyprien or Reid
2 - OLB - Okafor/Montgomery
3 - OL - Armstead
4 - CB - Mathieu
5 - DL - Brandon Williams
6 - QB - Griffin

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Teams with two picks in the second round:

Cincinnati - 2.5 (from OAK), 2.21

Miami - 2.10, 2.22 (from IND)

San Francisco - 2.2 (from KC), 2.29

Teams with two picks in the first round

St. Louis - 1.16, 1.22 (from WAS)

Minnesota - 1.23, 1.25 (from SEA)

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Trade away a expensive Guard for a cheaper option and a pick.
Not a bad scenario

Draft Warmack,Trade him to Rams for there LT and a pick.Drop salary cap,gain a LT and gain a pick

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They just signed Jake Long to a contract we couldn't afford so that Left Tackle option doesn't work...

Their former Left Tackle Rodger Saffold isn't returning phone calls from Rams - CBSSports.com

Rodger Saffold was the 33rd pick in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft; Saffold was named to several All-Rookie teams.

However, Saffold was drafted under former Coach Spagnuolo; Coach Fisher, who didn't draft him, feels he is better suited to Right Tackle - more likely though they are avoiding Left Tackle money as he's in the final year of his rookie contract and are doing a short term rent with Jake Long...

That's the Tackle I'm talking about.In the last year of his deal,obviously it depends on the money he wants.

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And we have a little over 3 mil in cap room...

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I'd send a fourth round pick to the Rams for Saffold, conditional All-Pro honors making it a Third Round Pick for next year...

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Too bad we threw away our seventh round pick on Barrett Rudd...

British discus thrower hoping to make it in the NFL | ProFootballTalk

This guy would look great with our other developmental defensive end kids..

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Im not sure
He has allready said he wont retire from discus throwing and wants to go back to it around 30.I think he is more interested in the money than the game.If he wanted to be a football player he could have used his track-field ability to get a scholarship and learned football then rather than now in his early 20`s

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Ummm, yeah. That's some definite UFA/practice squad material. If he's around. Just the kind of guy for scouts to slobber over and see if they can trick a team into wasting a draft pick. A great athlete does not necessarily make a great football player. Then add in one who grew up believing football is a sport you play in short-shorts, running around kicking others' balls.... Just sayin'...

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Well, in regards to Rodger Saffold, I think the Saints should wait to contact the Rams at the end of the second day of the draft for a deal; we'd need to speak to his agent to see what kind of salary he wants as well...