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Former Tulane quarterback Ryan Griffin is a long shot to win the New Orleans Saints backup quarterback job this year as an undrafted free agent. But don't think for a second that the Saints are just doing the local kid a favor by inviting him to camp.

Saints coach Sean Payton said he actually expected Griffin to be drafted by another team. But if he went undrafted, the Saints had targeted him as a guy they wanted to sign for a developmental role.

And that's a role the Saints and Payton have always taken seriously.

It remains to be seen whether Griffin can become the next Tony Romo (an undrafted project who thrived under Payton with the Dallas Cowboys) or Chase Daniel (who earned the top backup job behind Drew Brees in New Orleans before signing a three-year, $10 million deal with the Kansas City Chiefs in free agency).

But the Saints and Tulane coach Curtis Johnson all like Griffin's chances.

"I think No. 1, he's got arm strength, size, he's very smart," Payton said of Griffin, who measured 6 feet, 4 inches and 221 pounds at Tulane's Pro Day last month. "If this player was on the East Coast, we would have seen the workouts and evaluated him the same. But then you get to see him here (at two local workouts) and you have the connection with the coaching staff (Johnson, the longtime former Saints receivers coach, and Tulane quarterbacks coach Mike Neu, a former Saints scout). ...

"Mike Neu is someone I felt was always good at evaluating that position when he was scouting it for us. And now he's coaching him, and he's high on him. So I'm excited about him. I'm anxious to see how he does."

Read more: Sean Payton, Tulane's Curtis Johnson both excited about quarterback Ryan Griffin's potential with New Orleans Saints | NOLA.com

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