Tyran Mathieu as a potential Saints pick (*Speculation only)

It comes as no surprise that the Saints have interest in him. Rob Ryan apparently got to pick his brain on the plane ride home from the combine and we had a good showing at LSU's pro day. And just this morning it was mentioned that the Saints are one of the NFL teams highest on drafting him. So my question is if we truely are high on him when do you think that the Saints would grab him?

I think he may be there when we pick in the 3rd and I would not mind grabbing him there. Now I know we have Galette, Tez, and the recent addition of Butler at the OLB position and it looks as though we are targeting at least one more pass rusher in FA with Abraham's name being thrown out there on a few occasions. So if we do indeed pick up another OLB in FA to go along with our young stable of OLB'ers currently on the roster do you think this shifts our direction in the draft to another postion of need such as D-lineman, Safety, or even CB. And if this is the case to you think the front office may reach and grab Mathieu in the first if they think he may not make it to our pick in the 3rd? Personally I would hope if that is the case that we would look for a trade partner and trade down in the 1st and pick up an additonal pick or two and grab him in the bottom of the second at the earliest or the top of the third.

So what's your thoughts? And before you go bashing Mathieu for his off the field issues please look at this situation based off of this guys potential to help our defense. I truly believe this kid made some mistakes and should be afforded the opportunity to show he has moved on from those mistakes. There is no doubt this kid has a nose for the football and is a playmaker. We haven't had a ball hawk on the team since Sharper and it would be nice to to be on the plus side of turnovers again and I think Mathieu could help us in that department as well as the return game.