2013 NFL Draft - Saints Big Board

[blackangold]

Originally Posted by Danno

Then you'll like this too...

I'm sure that rankings had nothing to do with being without our head coach.

I'm sure that ranking had nothing to do with a new system that previous players said takes a long time to master.

I'm sure that ranking had nothing to do with a pathetic pass rush for most of the season.

I'm sure that ranking had nothing to do with our CB's being abused most of the season.

I'm sure that ranking had nothing to do with poor coverage by our LB's.

I'm sure he's the reason why our entire defense is about to set the record for the worst defense in NFL history.

I'm sure you understand all this.

Yeah your right... lets blame everyone around them for their failures. Jenkins belongs at CB.
Harper belongs on the FA market.

[hagan714]

Originally Posted by lee909

What did he do?
All I can see is he lied in a internal investigation and was thrown off the team.I did find this(below) don't know much about him.
"Armstrong, who could have left school after last season, has since seen his draft status drop. CBS Sports does not list him among the potential free safety draft picks while WalterFootball.com ranks him 23rd among safeties.
On a positive note, Armstrong was reportedly selected to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl set for Jan. 19 in Carson, Calif."

all my headcase picks are players with skills and maybe ready for a second chance. thats why i included him. if was drugs or something like that i would not include him as a option.

there are a few really good players out there i would not touch with a ten foot pole. he is not one.

Size speed hands and a solid tackler. yes he is raw but what he did show two years ago gives him a worth a gamble pick. better pick than a few of our injury prone picks in the late rounds the past few years

[hagan714]

Originally Posted by lee909

Just reading some mock drafts and Margus Hunt SMU DE/DT being mocked as a third rounder for the Saints.
Thoughts?

Margus Hunt, 6'7 DE, Southern Methodist

Name: Margus Hunt (+) Coming off shoulder surgeries

Margus Hunt, DE, SMU
Height: 6-8. Weight: 280.
Projected 40 Time: 4.83.
Projected Round (2013): 2-3.

I really looked at this kid for a long time. i could live with the pick.


I really like the talent in the 2nd and the 3rd rounds.

After the top 10 in the draft you got those 10 20 were two or three are nice picks and then the rest have that upside label that drives me nutz. then 20 on down you get back to reality.

check this out

t's never too early to start thinking about next year's draft. Not every player on CBS Sports' Bruce Feldman's "Freak List" is eligible to be drafted next year, but the list is a good starting point for predicting players who will dominate draft talk in 2013. Feldman's No. 1 freak is the kind of player who has the potential to redefine what is possible at the annual event.

Leading the list is SMU DE Margus Hunt. Hunt is 6'8" 280 with an 82" wingspan. He can also bench 225 35 times, which is ridiculous at that arm length. SMU track coach Dave Wollman predicts that Hunt will run a 4.6 40-yard-dash and bench 225 45 times at the combine next year.

Those numbers would blow away the measurables of 2012 combine star Dontari Poe, who went 11th overall to Kansas City despite poor tape at Memphis. Hunt projects as a 4-3 end, which is an increasingly tough position to find in the draft. The skyrocketing stock of Bruce Irvin, Chandler Jones and Shea McClellin, the top three 4-3 ends drafted last month, shows just how much teams coveted players with upside who fit that position. It's not difficult to imagine the Minnesota Vikings or Miami Dolphins taking Hunt in the top 10 next year if they don't improve greatly this season.

Wollman also raved about Hunt's pure athleticism, calling him "the most kinetic aware of any athlete I've ever had", which includes 19 Olympians. Hunt won the gold medal in the shot put and the discus at the 2006 World Junior Championships, the first athlete to ever win gold in both events in the competition. The Estonian had no experience playing American football until 2007, which puts an exclamation point on his virtually unlimited potential.

Hunt's command performance of last season vs. Pitt

Even if Hunt is too raw to play a big role on defense early in his inevitable NFL career, he'll make an instant impact on special teams. He has blocked 14 kicks in his three years playing football at SMU. With four more this year, he'll break the NCAA record for combined blocked kicks in a career. That ability will just be the cherry on the sundae for the team that gets this future household name in draft circles.

Margus Hunt vs Pittsburgh - YouTube

Margus Hunt vs Pittsburgh - YouTube

SMU DE Margus Hunt Will Be the Story of the 2013 NFL Combine and a Top 10 Pick | Bleacher Report


he may not be top ten but if he puts up numbers like this and shoulder is good he will fly up the boards

[Marlboro Man]

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Barely into December, and well, we can start talking draft...

...Love Draft Talk, Prospects, but in this context - it kinda sucks, but it's reality and know we wanna see our team return to the elite quickly...

...and we'll be drafting in the middle of the pack because of a midseason tease despite several years of neglect by the Scouting dept, especially in rounds 1 and 2...

...but the recent play of Jordan and discussion of a possible position switch for Malcolm Jenkins who's made remarkable plays despite inconsistency directing the defense has given hope for a defensive resurgence...

...yet it's obvious we are way short on talent on the defensive side of the ball and at the Offensive Tackle position...

...so with the College bowl games upon us and soon thereafter Senior Bowls...

...thought we could start building a Big Board of prospects...

...as well as priorities for the team...

You put Defensive end in there twice but I think you meant Defensive Tackle.

[jeanpierre]

SMU has really been producing quality NFL defenders in recent years; curious to know how the Saints have them ranked - cause drafting two defenders from Wake Forest still has me puzzled...

[jeanpierre]

Originally Posted by Marlboro Man

You put Defensive end in there twice but I think you meant Defensive Tackle.

Mea culpa

[jeanpierre]

15 January should be the date underclassmen declare...

We'll find out if Matthews will stay or go; wonder if he'll follow Barkley's tale...

[jeanpierre]

Travis Frederick G/C 6-4/338 Wisconsin

An Absolute Monster who can break in at Center and be ready to replace Evans when his contract expires...

[jeanpierre]

Sean Porter, OLB 6-2/230 Texas A&M

Though he has excellent speed and fluidity in coverage, he relies on this speed to beat linemen rather than proper technique to engage/disengage in physicialy; one of the better pass coverage linebackers in the 2013 draft...

[jeanpierre]

Sean Porter vs Alabama 2012 - YouTube

Sean Porter vs Alabama 2012 - YouTube

Soft Hands...