Best way for the Saints to move up in the draft....

wowatkin said
I know many of us don't want to hear it, but the best (and most realistic) way for us to move up is to use Will Smith as trade bait. When Charles Grant signed his mega deal this past year, I immediately cringed at thinking what dollar amout it would take to retain Smith. I'm not a draft-nik nor do I pretend to be one. Will is probably our best defensive talent, but for some reason, I keep seeing him in another jersey at some point in the near future.

I know a lot of posters out there are drawing up scenarios that would get us into top-5 position. Can Will Smith get us there? Not that I would like to see it happen, but just a thought.

I've braced myself, so flame away....

That's addition by subtraction, and wouldn't benefit the Saints whatsoever. There are other ways to move up in the draft a couple of slots w/o such a foolish move.

Besides, it is VERY likely the player the Saints are targeting will slide or be sitting there at #10.

Every year I read draft guys who provide a list of top 10 picks, and yet every draft we see the guy who was supposed to be taken in the top five slide down into the teens and twenties.

There is no reason not to expect the same thing to happen this year.