jeanpierre

Draft Prospects Watch List By Round...

Georgia Tech Jerimiah Attaochu, ND Troy Niklas, Michigan St Max Bullough, Vandy WR Jordan Matthews, OLB Howard Jones, CB Walt Aikens et al are my favorite prospects in the draft (italicized)...

Deepest Sleeper with Plus-Athleticism is OLB Howard Jones, Shepherd...

Steal Pick is now Jerick McKinnon (Totally Missed This Guy if Not for Sir Lee of Waterford on England)...

All-In Trade?!? maybe for OLB Khalil Mack or OT Jake Matthews...

Save Lamin Barrow, a 43 LB, not an LSU prospect I like...

...especially don't like either of the LSU WRs with an early pick...

Really Like trading back from the first round for a second and third round pick as this is a deep draft and best Top 100 in several years...

Know we got needs at Center, Tackle, but don't like any prospects save Richburg

Round 1 (27) Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma St; Height: 6' 0"; Weight: 202 lbs.
Round 1 (27) Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama; Height; 6’ 1”; Weight: 208 lbs.
Round 1 (27) Calvin Pryor, FS, Louisville; Height: 5’ 11”; Weight 207 lbs.
Round 1 (27) Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight 212 lbs.
Round 1 (27) Jerry Attaochu, OLB, Ga Tech; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight: 252 lbs.

Round 2 (58) Donte Moncrief, WR, Ole Miss; Height: 6’ 2”; Weight 220 lbs.
Round 2 (58) Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame; Height: 6’ 6”; Weight: 270 lbs.
Round 2 (58) Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech; Height: 6' 0"; Weight: 190 lbs.
Round 2 (58) Jimmie Ward, S, North Illinois; Height: 5' 11"; Weight: 193 lbs.
Round 2 (58) Ja'Waun James, OT, Tennessee; Height: 6’ 6”; Weight: 311 lbs.

Round 3 (91) Brandon Thomas, OL, Clemson; Height: 6’ 4”; Weight: 316 lbs.
Round 3 (91) Weston Richburg, C, Colorado St; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight: 298 lbs.
Round 3 (91) Pierre Desir, CB, Lindenwood; Height: 6’ 1”; Weight: 195 lbs.
Round 3 (91) Jeff Janis, WR, Saginaw Valley; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight: 220 lbs.
Round 3 (91) Max Bullough, ILB, Michigan St; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight 249 lbs.

Round 4 (122) Justin Ellis, NT, La Tech; Height: 6’ 2”; Weight: 324 lbs.
Round 4 (122) Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers; Height: 6’ 6”; Weight: 225 lbs.
Round 4 (122) Jordan Tripp, OLB, Montana; Height: 6' 3"; Weight: 234 lbs.
Round 4 (122) Ryan Grant, WR, Tulane; Height: 6’ 0”; Weight: 195 lbs.
Round 4 (122) Jerick McKinnon, RB, Georgia Southern; Height: 5’ 9”; Weight: 209 lbs.

Round 5 (155) James White, RB, Wisconsin; Height: 5’ 09”; Weight: 206 lbs.
Round 5 (155) Tyler Larsen, C, Utah St; Height: 6’ 4”; Weight: 313 lbs.
Round 5 (155) Brent Urban, DE, Virginia; Height: 6’ 7”; Weight: 295 lbs.
Round 5 (155) Kevin Norwood, WR, Alabama; Height: 6’ 2”; Weight: 199 lbs.
Round 5 (155) Howard Jones, OLB, Shepherd; Height: 6’ 2”; Weight: 235 lbs.

Round 6 (186) Russell Bodine, OL, UNC; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight: 310 lbs.
Round 6 (186) Aaron Lynch, DE, So Florida; Height: 6’ 5”; Weight: 249 lbs.
Round 6 (186) Dontae Johnson, DB, NC State; Height: 6’ 2”; Weight: 200 lbs.
Round 6 (186) Walt Aikens, CB, Liberty; Height: 6’ 0”; Weight: 198 lbs.
Round 6 (186) Justin Britt, OT, Missouri; Height: 6’ 6”; Weight: 325 lbs.


Round 7/UDFA Gabe Ikard, C, Oklahoma; Height: 6’ 4”; Weight: 304 lbs.
Round 7/UDFA Caleb Lavey, ILB, Oklahoma St; Height: 6’ 3”; Weight: 240 lbs.
Round 7/UDFA Donald Hawkins, OT, Texas; Height: 6’ 5”; Weight: 305 lbs.
Round 7/UDFA Zack Kerr, NT, Delaware; Height: 6’ 2”; Weight: 334 lbs.
Round 7/UDFA Hakeem Smith, SS, Louisville; 6’ 0”; Weight: 186 lbs.
Round 7/UDFA Jonathan Dowling, DB, West Kentucky; 6’ 1”; Weight: 195 lbs.
Round 7/UDFA Ty Zimmerman, DB, Kansas St; Height: 6’ 1”; Weight: 200 lbs.

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

hagan714

fall into our laps yeah baby. add CJ to the list

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma St; Height: 6' 0"; Weight: 202 lbs.

hell yeah but gone

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama; Height; 6’ 1”; Weight: 208 lbs.

solid chance he is gone

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Calvin Pryor, FS, Louisville; Height: 5’ 11”; Weight 207 lbs.

gone

Now we are in reality land all are solid reaches

Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt 6025 212 4.46A big strong and fast WR that puts up numbers no matter who threw to him. whats not to like. route running a pro level tree does need a bit of work. But he has a great chance at becoming that #1 WR the saints have never had

Jerry Attaochu, OLB, Ga Tech 6032 252 4.57 (Pro day 3/28 )
Now here is upside drafting with low risk factored in. But still bigger reach. Trade back and land him i would be cool with it i guess. wish he would stayed in the same scheme he player in his Jr year. would have loved to see how he evolved.

First off i like My mighty mice in round 1. i usually do not

Brandin Cooks, WR/KR, Oregon State 5096 189 4.33
He would give the saints that instant home run threat SP loves and the a player that should have that Darren Sproils "Mess with the defenses" head game effect. The more i think about i swear this is the direction the Saints will go. Especially after giving the defense the #1 FS out there. This is the type of player that can electrify the Dome. Yep the "Bush Factor" Put him in the slot and watch him drive LB and safeties crazy as they try to help out the nickle back. Jimmy would love having him running up the seem with him. Safety standing there picking the poison in coverage help. Even Bryd would be having nightmares

Jason Verrett CB TCU 5095 176 4.38
He is one of the best Sneaky Fast CB to come down the pike in a while. IMO he would putting a finishing touch on for the secondary from game one. All that would be left is the fight for the second outside CB position. The saints now could go true man on man against those jitter bug WR. I see him shutting down the slot wr from day one. This is the only CB in this draft that could possible cover Cook and he showed what he could do against LSU. In the pass happy nfl today a nickle back is of more value than he use to be. You need 3 starting CB that can do different things.

Best players on the board to get the phones ringing from teams atop the second round and would not kill us to pass on or take.

Zack Martin OT/OG Notre Dame 6041 308
Ok he is good but day 1? i put him ahead of Moses but neither should be in round 1, they are solid day 2 picks so here is my reach. Should start right from day 1 at RT and is very Drew friendly at 6'4" Big plus is in 3 years he can slide inside to OG when the big 2 become FA. So he has a very cap friendly appeal down the road. So worth the reach in round 1 in my book.

My turn High rewards low risk.
Ryan Shazier, OLB/ILB Ohio St. 6011 237 4.36?
tremendous athlete hybrid defender. plus he can be moved all around in the defense. i was not sold on him at first but with his speed and coverage skills which i under valued i would start coaching him up at ILB from day 1. Another player a bit small for my liking at both ILB and OLB but solid flexibility is hard to find in an athletic freak like this. Third down LB from day 1 that will be lined up all over the place

scare me away players
Kyle Fuller CB, Virginia Tech - injuries
Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State - not sold on him after his play last year
Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State - big sure but he bumbles

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

lee909

Drafttek latest mock is quite interesting completely rebuilding the line

1 Xavier Su'a-Filo
2 Jack Mewhort
3 Marcus Martin
4 Bashaud Breeland
5 Stanley Jean-Baptiste
6 Ty Zimmerman


Not the most exciting of drafts but it could potentially be very effective

saintsfan1976

Ryan Shazier is so far under the radar, i hope we get him

jeanpierre

We haven't done so well with Ohio State Players...they're slowwww...

hagan714

yeah i know but he is so much like JR in his game would it be a wise move? not like pass rush is an area of need

though he might be the BPA at 27 according to the saints board. never know i would say he is in that group of player that may very well end up in B&G

Jack Vegas

Other than Roby I am loving this group of corners. Lots of ballhawks and guys who are physically tough. Verrett seems to be falling down the boards because of his size - if we can get him we'll be set at corner for the next 5-6 years.

Luda34

Tackle please

halloween 65

I want to tell all of you this dream, and I really mean a sleeping type of dream, not made up but Lommis and Payton picked 5 O-linenen and 1 TE in the draft. I was not going to share this but I just for some reason I thought I would. I thought about this at work tonight and here is what I come up with our 2 pro bowl Gaurds are not getting any younger, we need a stud Center, our RT is not a spring chicken either, only real youth there is our LT and Graham will be costly, remember it was an actual dream but as crazy as it sounds it might work grooming the rookies for a year and replace the aging vets. I wish I had dreamed about a FS in there somewhere!!

jeanpierre

The only problem is this - when the rookie contracts expire, they will all expire at the same time!!!

That's why when drafting you pick your spots, draft best person available, trade a player for to fill another need; today's NFL roster should always be in flux with certain anchors on your roster...