2013 NFL Draft - Saints Big Board

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An actual well thought out article from Bleacher Report today.
Ive posted it here as it covers the draft but also Trading Harper and cutting/signing players
I wont post the whole article but its breaks down as

Trade Harper to Rams/Titans as he fits systems(Greg Williams) for a 3rd and 7th round pick.(Not sure we would get a third)

Cut
Getting rid of Harper's salary coupled with making some of the older Saints cap casualties would be a great start to this offseason.

Will Smith, Jonathan Vilma and Jabari Greer are all on the downside of their careers, and all three of them are are hamstringing a salary cap that is already $14 million over before the offseason has begun. The trio, or some combination of them, could be brought back at discounted rates later in training camp.After making these four moves, the Saints salary cap number would go from deep in debt to $22 million in the black after clearing $36 million off the books.

would we cut that much?
Seems high to me

Sign
The moves to make would be signing Dallas OLB Anthony Spencer, Baltimore CB Cary Williams, ILB/ST Larry Grant, Chicago WR/ST Johnny Knox and Atlanta OT Sam Baker.

I think there are some better options for depth than he has on here personaly

Re-sign
Making these moves, worth about $15 million, as well as re-signing Chase Daniel, Junior Galette, Brian de la Puente, Rafael Bush and Elbert Mack, could be the foundation for a very good draft.

His draft
First Round: Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas

Third Round: Brandon Williams, NT, Missouri Southern

Third Round (from TEN/STL): Gavin Escobar, TE, San Diego St.

Fourth Round: David Quessenberry, OT, San Jose St.

Fifth Round: William Gholston, DE, Michigan St.

Sixth Round: Meshak Williams, OLB, Kansas St.

Seventh Round: Terrence Brown, CB, Stanford

Seventh Round (From TEN/STL): Quanterus Smith, OLB, Western Kentucky





Looking through it im not sure on that draft personally and would try to move back in the first round(trade with Bengals,the can move up to get needed LB,WR,S)we get a 3/5.

1(Trade back Bengals 3&5th) Kevin Minter/Alex Ogletree/Arthur Brown LB
3(Titans) Baccari Rambo S
3 Brandon Williams NT
3(BEN) Jordan Reed/Gavin Escobar TE
4 B.W. Webb/Blidi Wreh-Wilson/Leon McFadden CB
5 Terron Armstead/Xavier Nixon OT
BPA
5 Rodney Smith(Florida St WR / JJ Wilcox FS
6 Micah Hyde CB/ David Bass OLD,DE
7 Reid Fragel LOT/ Josh Boyd DT / (Ten/Rams) Philip Lutzenkirchen TE
7 BPA

3rd
Gavin Escobar TE 6'6" 255lb San Diego St.
Gavin Escobar Draft Profile

Jordan Reed TE 6'3" 225lb Florida St.
Jordan Reed Draft Profile


4th
B.W Webb CB 5'11" 180lb William & Mary
B.W. Webb Draft Profile

Blidi Wreh-Wilson CB 6'2" 190lb Connecticut
Blidi Wreh-Wilson Draft Profile

Leon McFadden CB 5'10" 185lb San Diego St.
Leon McFadden Draft Profile



5th
Terron Armstead OT 6'5" 304lb Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Terron Armstead Draft Profile

Xavier Nixon 6'6" 309lb Florida
Xavier Nixon Draft Profile

Rodney Smith WR 6'6" 219lb Florida St.
Rodney Smith Draft Profile

J.J Wilcox FS 6'0" 215lb Georgia Southern
J.J. Wilcox Draft Profile


6th
Micah Hyde FS 6'1" 190lb Iowa
Micah Hyde Draft Profile

David Bass DE/OLB 6'5" 275lb Missouri Western
David Bass*|*Missouri Western,*DE*:*2013 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile

7th

Reid Fragel LOT 6'8" 298lb Ohio St.
Reid Fragel Draft Profile

Josh Boyd DT 6'2" 300lb Mississippi St.
Josh Boyd Draft Profile

Philip Lutzenkirchen TE 6'5" 250lb Auburn
Philip Lutzenkirchen Draft Profile