Chart of All New Orleans Saints Draft Interests - Updated

Burning the midnight oil I see. Hope Mrs C believes you when she asks what you are
doing on the computer at 4.00 am.

Lotta TE interest. Guess it’s safe to assume Billy Miller won’t be back.

Nice work Dave.

Nothing’s x’ed.

Wasn’t Arizona interested in him at 26. That’s what I remember from reading that fanpost about his twitter

Are these “other teams interested” lists based strictly on the four categories we’re limited to? Also, what constitutes a “rumor”? Is discussion of a certain player on a message board considered “rumored interest”? Are they based on quotes from individuals within the organization? Inquiring minds want to know.

which makes this whole thing even cooler. Any of my computer geeks know how to fix it?

Ricky Sapp
Brandon Graham
Everson Griffen (c’mon man!)
Jonathan Dwyer
Jerry Hughes (you KNOW I like this kid)
Toby Gerhart (you KNOW CP [and others] like this kid)

Long shots:
LaGarrette Blount
Anthony Dixon

I think I may post a list of players at each position of need, including target rounds.

I am a Saints correspondent at isportsweb.com and would like to share this chart of yours with our readers over there if you wouldn’t mind. I will only do it if I get your approval, so please let me know ASAP so that I can post a new article to include this in as soon as I can get it done. Thanks, Derrick Smith

Levi Brown QB Troy

Don Banks mentions the Saints have met with him here, at the end in #10.

Saints scouts were paying attention to both guys at TCU’s Pro Day last month. Granted – They were paying a little more attention to details for Washington…

….but that was because Hughes kept his combine numbers while Washington re-ran a couple of things. Hughes did go through some LB/S “coverage” type drills to show his fluidity and such…

I’d love to get Hughes in the 1st and then trade up and snag Washington early in the 2nd. Both these guys are going to be productive wherever they end up.

Mountain West! Mountain West!

…and you list him here as a TE.

Here is the write-up they gave about him there on cbssports.com:

“04/07/2010 – Last year, the Patriots plucked Julian Edelman in the seventh round and, while the Wes Welker comparisons got just a little out-of-control, there’s no question that he proved to bring pretty strong immediate return for where he was drafted. Could another one this year come from the same school? Edelman’s former Kent State teammate, Jameson Konz, is among 10 players that SI.com’s Don Banks selected to his second annual Wes Welker Watch List. The idea is to find under-the-radar prospects, like Welker (who wasn’t even invited to the scouting combine after starring at Texas Tech), that have potential to make a splash in the NFL. Edelman was on the list last year, and Banks wrote this about him at the time: Besides quarterbacking for KSU, the versatile Edelman returned punts and played safety on the punt team. He’s a likely receiver, or return specialist/Wildcat formation quarterback in the NFL, where he will be used wherever he can employ his 4.46 speed and great short-burst quickness (a’la Welker). The former California Juco transfer has been busy with private workouts and team visits this spring, a sure indication he’s a priority free agent target. It turned out that there was a team ready to spend a draft pick on him, and my hunch is they’re glad they did. As for Konz? His athleticism is intriguing, and from a physical standpoint, he’s a little more of a Connor Barwin type. At 6-foot-3 and 234 pounds, he posted a 46-inch vertical and ran a 4.38 40-yard dash at his pro day, and is seen as a “move” type of tight end, making him an interesting potential project to take on. There’s all of that, and then there’s the fact that I found one person who compared him to Lattimer, which is always a plus. – Albert Breer, Boston Globe"

You can also read a whole lot more about him here:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/archive/1123488?tag=pageRow;pageContainer

… per http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Source-Al-Woods-visiting-Saints-today.html