Coach Pete Update: Not Good on Davenport. Some on Hill and Bridgewater, Some Saints Good News also
Nice to be able to sit back a year after and make statements. There was not a single thread about Saints drafting Davenport before the Coach Pete call. If it was so apparent, especially on SR, there would have been a dozen threads on picking a UTSA new program DE.
Doesn't matter that there weren't any threads on this site. There were several news articles about the Saints showing a lot of interest in Davenport at the Senior Bowl. A few posters here said they had inside information that confirmed the Saints really liked Davenport. So it was no secret that the Saints liked Davenport.
There were several articles that mentioned the Saints were looking to trade up to get one of the top DE's. The speculation among sports writers was that they would try to trade up far enough to get Chubb and if they couldn't get high enough to get Chubb, then they'd trade up for one of the other DE's they'd like. Several mock drafts and analysts had Davenport as the second best DE behind Chubb.
While there was no other post on this site predicting that the Saints would trade up and draft Davenport, it shouldn't have been a complete surprise to anyone paying attention to everything that was being said and reported outside of this site.
Davenport knew how much the Saints were interested in him, so his college coaching staff knew how much the Saints were interested. Personal trainer Pete knew some of Davenport's college coaching staff which would explain why he knew the Saints were interested in Davenport. The Saints had Chubb rated higher, something that the Davenport camp wouldn't have known which probably explains why personal trainer Pete didn't tell Swimmer that. The Saints weren't willing to pay the price to trade up high enough for Chubb, so they targeted Davenport as the draft drew near.
Personal trainer Pete knew the right people outside of the Saints organization at the right time which is why he was aware that the Saints were trying to trade up for Davenport. Personal trainer Pete's "inside source" was with Davenport's college coaches, not the Saints. The longer Davenport is in the league, the less of a connection he will have with his college coaches. Personal trainer Pete's 15 minutes of "inside sources" is up.
Everything since drafting Davenport that personal trainer Pete has allegedly passed on from sources inside the Saints has been vague, generic, and a repeat of speculation already shared on this site or in sports news. Most of his alleged "inside information" since drafting Davenport hasn't turned out true.
For instance, personal trainer Pete allegedly said that his "inside sources" with the Saints told him McCoy was drafted to be a "strong side" guard and that he wasn't suited to be an NFL center. How's that looking right about now?
The world of reality is different from the world of fantasy.
It absolutely is.