Triplett's draft preview
This was a horrible article, and the Vilma omission is the least of it. Triplett says Ali Highsmith is an option in the first round. You have to be kidding me. Highsmith is more like a 3rd or 4th round projection.
He says Bryant and Balmer are first round options. Not at number 10 they are not. Balmer may be a second round pick option for the Saints, but not in the first.
Others have mentioned that Triplett simply whiffed on several top CB prospects. Most people think the Saints's top CB option at #10 is Leodis McKelvin. Not a word about him in the article.
Dumbest of all is the suggestion that the Saints would pick Kenny Phillips at 10. Phillips is a late first round projection. This will not happen.
I wish I got paid to write garbage like that.