Saints head coach Sean Payton sat down with Fox Sports Radio for a little pre-draft interview yesterday and offered an interesting nugget of information about what position the Saints are likely to draft in the first round of tonights NFL Draft.
Are you looking for defensive line going into the first round of the draft at pick number twenty-four?
"I think that's a good place to start. It's an area we feel like we want to address and help get some depth and help bring some young players into that group. I also think it's an area of this draft where there is some depth...the last four or five days has really been looking at that group and kind of going through some scenarios and come into the second round for that group of players...
Woah, that's pretty revealing stuff for a deceptive man of few words like Sean Payton. Which can only mean that defensive line is probably the last position the Saints will target with the 24th overall selection tonight. Take this with a grain of salt, Saints fans. The biggest grain of salt you can find.
What do you think? Is Payton setting up the smoke screen for INGRAMANIA!!! tonight? Or is he really telling us the truth?
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