That's fine if you like those players, but if Payton and the FO staff don't like them, then it's irrelevant. I haven't heard anything from truck man or realchrism about Smith, Barwin, Mack, or English. I don't think the Saints see them as viable targets at #14. If somehow we're able to strike a deal and trade down (without getting hosed) then that's another story.
There was already only a slim chance that we were picking a LB with our pick. The possible steroid allegations effectively eliminated them as possibliities, or at least that's my opinion.