Saints met with top QB prospect Cam Ward; Cam Ward: “It would be a dream of mine to play for the Saints” [Saints may inquire about trading up for Cam]
My guy instinct has been that we're going to move up to draft Ward.. we'll see, but definitely have the smoke present..
The smoke/story is that the Saints asked the Titans about the cost of a trade and the Titans want more than the Saints will give, so the Saints moved on.
As far as sources, I find this new story just to be a retelling of the previous story that the Saints were willing to trade with the Titans, but the price was too high.
I find it doubtful that anyone high up in the Saints organization would spill the beans that the Saints "will pull out all the stops" to get Cam. Why would they leak that when they know that Titans would raise their asking price even higher? If a high level source is leaking it, I think it's counterintelligence. I don't think that's happening either.
If there is a source, I suspect it's either someone fairly low in the organization who only has partial third hand information at best or someone not in the organization who's speculating more than any thing.
People are starting to talk themselves into expecting the Saints to get Ward. If that doesn't happen, it's going to be another miserable year on this board, because most people get upset when their expectations aren't met.