K Major

Eli Harold was mentioned as a potential candidate at pick #31.

Thoughts?

hagan714

he is interesting an at 31. this is a pick i could see happening. upside all the way. i watched a lot of Virgina football and he has improved each and every year but i never though he would be a bottom of the first type of player. one of two possibilities here, he does have that upside or this is a weak class at OLB at this point in the draft , that like the QB, they are getting more hype do to their glorified position.

I would rather see the saints finishing the job they started up front on the OL which I have little faith in them completing. they never complete what they start. but thats just me.

I think at 31 you have other options open to you that are safer picks on both sides of the ball. this may be the spot to look at CB OT OG DT because when pick 44 comes around the picking will probably get mighty thin and your talking third tier talent pool by then. grab the best from the second teir vs the bottom of the first tier is not a bad thing to do. pats live with this way of picking players. pick a player based on what he is not on what he might be.

i am open to trading back into the top second and getting that 4th rounder back. plus something else of course in 2016

But not picking from the over glorified positions make for a boring draft.

But a boring draft may be just what this team needs

heck sell me on the kid. i am open to it

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

jeanpierre

IF Eli Harold is still there at 31, and we didn't have Vic Beasley on board at that point, I think you gotta really pause and consider that...

After Harold, the next best fit at OLB is Zo Mauldin out of Louisville and you gotta reach and take him with the 2nd round pick...

Know some people hate this, but we ****ed the pooch winning that Tampa Game...

Lovie pretty much handed our arse to us for three quarters, and then they threw the game...

Nothing wrong with pitching a battle to win the war...

hagan714

Pick No. 13 options:
Brandon Scherff, La'El Collins, Danny Shelton, Trae Waynes,DeVante Parker

If these players are gone start listing to trade option because at 13 i am not crazy about options after them. trade back get picks and increase your ability to move around in the draft in more rounds.

jeanpierre

Scherff, maybe Shelton, are the only guys I'd want at 13, unless some improbability Beasley falls and that's not happening...

Like Shelton's game, but his playing style and longevity in the NFL don't seem conducive...

Trade up for Beasley or trade back to the 18-24 range and take Virginia's Eli Harold, Florida St's Eddie Goldman, Oregon's Jake Fisher, Wake Forest's Kevin Johnson...

MarchingOn

You've nailed what I'm thinking, too Any of these at #13 or trade back a little. I hope we take a NT with 1 of our 2 first round picks. So tired seeing anyone able to run up the middle on us.

lee909

Just read a really interesting piece on Jeff Heuerman(Ohio State TE) on bleacher report. Its worth looking at but i cant post it from phone as you need the pictures for it to make sense.

Sounds a interesting prospect

MarchingOn

Yes, very good TE and the only one I'd pick this draft. But, only further down in the 2nd or 3rd. 2nd round pick needed for ILB, OL, or WR.

hagan714

I have been looking at Heuerman as a solid option at TE. IMO he is a bigger version of Watson which is not a bad thing. With the saints so focused on spending money on RB and trades depleting the WR corp of our best talent, the OL has to be key. TE has to be included in this group

So I have to think a solid old school type of TE has to be on the list of needs. Heuerman is definitely one. If he is there in round 3 the saints have to consider him. they have bankrupt the passing attack all for the sake of the ground game and pass protection that a pick like this makes sense

On the flip side we have been saying this for years so i have little hope that saints will go this route. just like the saints investing in even more on the OL to finish the job. they always get to cute and out think themselves in this area of the game. depth up front on both sides of the ball have been sadly addressed over the years.

as a general rule of thumb i have adopted a slogan for the saints.

the saints suck at building a bench.

Meet Ohio State's Jeff Heuerman, the Secret Weapon at TE in the 2015 NFL Draft | Bleacher Report

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

lee909

What Jordan Phillips and Malcom Brown?