2013 NFL Draft - Saints Big Board

[hagan714]

Originally Posted by papz

You know... had Chris Faulk not gotten injured his Senior year, he easily would have been a day 2 pick at the latest. Very highly touted and lots of upside. If he were to actually take him, no doubt in my mind he'll be a good RT right off the bat that we could develop into a LT. Would make a nice pick in the mid rounds so we wouldn't have to draft a LT high... if we were not to sign one via free agency.

Every year we pick a wounded warrior in the draft. i think he is right up there on the short list in the fourth. There are a few nice wounded OT that are out there that may or may not be ready for 2013 but worth thinking a year on IR might just payoff big time.

[papz]

Oregon LB Kiko Alonso spent extensive time with five teams, according to draft insider Tony Pauline.

Alonso had dinner with the Miami Dolphins, breakfast with the Arizona Cardinals then interviewed "extensively" with the San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Bucs, per Pauline.

Source: TFY Draft Insider

[hagan714]

Oregon LB Kiko Alonso he is an interesting prospect that would seem to find a way to stick with a team some where some how

[jeanpierre]

Looks like we're going to the draft for our offensive tackles...

[jeanpierre]

2013 Saint's Draft Mock (JeanPierre)

[Updated 2013/03/16]

This is the schedule of players I'd draft based on where the team is at this point of free agency...

R1(15) Saints select LB Alec Ogletree, Georgia

R2 (45) Forfeit (OL Barrett Jones, Alabama)

R3(75) Saints select QB Tyler Wilson, Arkansas

R4(106) Saints select OT Chris Faulk, LSU

R5(137) Saints select NT TJ Barnes, Georgia Tech

R6(173) Saints select SS Cooper Taylor, Richmond



If we trade down and pick up a second round pick, our draft could look something like this; we'd would also send either a player (i.e. Ivory? Harper?) or a 2014 draft pick...

2013 Saint's Draft Mock (Trade Down Scenario)

[Updated 2013/03/12]



R2 LB Jaime Collins, Southern Miss

R3 OL Barrett Jones, Alabama

R3 QB Tyler Wilson, Arkansas

R4 OT Chris Faulk, LSU

R5 NT TJ Barnes, Georgia Tech

R6 SS Cooper Taylor, Richmond


Again (repeat) some of this could be smoke screen and some could be legitimate; but these are the guys the Saints have met with...

2013 NFL Draft Prospect Meetings: [Saints]

By Walter Cherepinsky - @walterfootball
March 13, 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

New Orleans Saints:

Kiko Alonso, LB, Oregon (PRO)
Josh Boyd, DL, Mississippi State (EW)

Jaime Collins, LB, Southern Miss (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)
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)
Chris Pantale, TE, Boston College (EW)
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)

[Seer1]

Why a QB in the third?

[|Mitch|]

no way we draft a QB in the third, we have much bigger needs than a QB...

[ChrisXVI]

No kidding... There's no way in hell we draft a QB in the 3rd. Also, why would we draft an Inside Linebacker in the 1st round when we have Lofton, Hawthorne, Vilma, etc? Come on JP!

[jeanpierre]

Because we have no backup at present and a lack of talent backing up Brees is a big gamble...

Second, Drew has maybe two good years left with his surgically repaired shoulder...

Third, the value would be there and the player could start developing now...

[FinSaint]

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Because we have no backup at present and a lack of talent backing up Brees is a big gamble...

Second, Drew has maybe two good years left with his surgically repaired shoulder...

Third, the value would be there and the player could start developing now...

I do see your logic JP, but I have to call BS on your second reasoning.