1. Pair up the 10th overall pick with a sixth or seventh round pick and swap with the Ravens or Patriots to get Ellis in the first round. If that's not possible, I think Rivers gets the call over any CBs because of the depth of the LB talent this year against the depth of the CB talent. If they stay at 10 and Rivers and Ellis are gone, take your pick with DRC or McKelvin, but I prefer DRC.

2. Don't deal the second round pick to the Giants until the pick comes. Odds are there will be a good LB or CB that falls somehow and Saints fans will be left wishing they still had the pick. Shockey is good, but the 40th overall pick is too much to trade for him. I'd say trading the second rounder for him is a terrible idea unless there's absolutely nothing left on the defensive draft board.

3. I love Reggie and Deuce, but I wouldn't mind seeing the Saints pick up a power running back in the 3rd to shore up the backfield. Last year was proof of what injuries can do, and in an offense that almost requires two different styles of back, I'd love to see a guy like UCF's Kevin Smith come in. This guy is a horse and proves in college that he can handle as many carries as necessary.

4. Stay flexible. Sean Payton and mickey Loomis are known to be active on draft day, and usually make good moves. The more options the Saints have open, the more possibilities for those two guys to hit a grand slam for the team.

I love the Ellis trade, but with all of the CBs left and a run on Offensive linemen sure to come, do you think it would be a good idea to throw around that early second rounder and maybe some later ones to try to  move into the late first and get one of the 4 stud CBs left or maybe even Cason? I'd like to see it.

Great pick! if you were watching any of the other draft blogs, the saints pursued Dorsey immensely. The Saints offered the Chiefs (who were at pick 5) this years second round pick and their first round pick next year, which was turned down because the chiefs realized how great of a player dorsey is. But at the end of the day, the saints get ellis, who is arguably better than Dorsey and isn't as injury prone. Plus the Saints got him at pick 7, which will mean a smaller financial impact than pick five (looking at about $18 million guranteed). In addition, the Saints gave up only a 3rd round pick and got a 5th in return, so really it wasn't anything major to move up. Beyond that, if the Saints would have stayed at pick 10, there would have been no one of value for the Saints there (and DRC would have been a reach). So as I said, great pick for the Saints, hopefully they can do as well with their second as they did with their first.    

Dorsey is so much more of a leader compared to Ellis.  I will believe Ellis when I see it...until then he's like Sullivan.  Dorsey is a lock for KC.

I like Cason over Flowers also, but it's still a little bit of a stretch for one of them to be left on the board. Dan Connor from Penn State is another option for the team. EIther of those three would make the first day a glaring success in my opinion. It's probably too early to tell yet, though, we'll have to look later.

Did the Shockey trade happen yet?  I think it's coming soon.

The only good thing about Ellis is that the Saints didn't lose a pick...they just traded down.  But I think all the USC players are overrated.  Pete Carroll overhypes that University every year; I think he runs a media office more than a football program. Can we please get more players from a group that couldn't stop the vaunted Stanford Cardinal?  

Alley Broussard is draftable.  Just thought it would be a fun FYI!

Would love to see the Saints pickup Chevis Jackson or Early Doucet.

I think right now Dan Conner is the only player left worth taking at 40. The best players left right now are offensive players and if Conner gets taken, then the Saints have to be looking to trade down or maybe later in the round.

Gotta be Dan Conner. Or trade down. But Dan Conner is the best player left for us.

jeez. I fell asleep.  This turned into a real yawner...literally.