I know that some of the forum members follow WalterFootball.com pretty closely as a NFL draft resource, and I'm sure many are aware that he holds a "Reader" mock draft annually. In it, he posts a cloud of players and allows the readers to vote on who they would draft at each position, if they were the GM for each team. Here is the link:
WalterFootball.com: Reader 2014 NFL Mock Draft
As of Monday, April 14... they're currently on the Chargers. Now while the Saints' selection isn't until 27, we can just about extrapolate who will be available to choose from at that point. At pick 25, the Chargers vote currently seems to be primarily split between Bradley Roby and Louis Nix, but Louis Nix seems to be winning by a decent margin and will probably be the pick. (You can see who is currently leading in the voting.) Then at 26, the Browns select again. Everyone knows the Browns need a QB, and in this mock draft they actually selected Sammy Watkins earlier in the draft... With Derek Carr still available, I'm willing to bet that he will be the pick for Cleveland. At the very least, I doubt a WR, OLB, or CB would be the pick.
So a potential Derek Carr pick would put the Saints on the clock. Keeping in mind the fact that Walter seems to hate Zach Strief, I would bet that he will be listing the pair of OT prospects in addition to the pair of Centers he included in the Bengals' last vote. Adding these guys to the top WR, OLB, and CB prospects still available (that have also appeared in the previous votes), this could leave the Saints with the following cloud of players to select from:
Marqise Lee, WR, USC
Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State
Dee Ford, DE/OLB, Auburn
Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
Ryan Shazier, OLB, Ohio State
Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia
Joel Bitonio, OT, Nevada
Marcus Martin, C, USC
Weston Richburg, C, Colorado State
Who would SaintsReport.com prefer out of these options? I think it will be interesting to compare who Saints fans prefer as opposed to "general" NFL fans.
UPDATE: Louis Nix has been selected by the Chargers at 25, and Derek Carr is currently leading the Browns' voting with about 72% of the total votes. I think it's possible we might even see the Browns' selection end prematurely and the voting for the Saints open as early as this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
WalterFootball.com: Reader 2014 NFL Mock Draft
As of Monday, April 14... they're currently on the Chargers. Now while the Saints' selection isn't until 27, we can just about extrapolate who will be available to choose from at that point. At pick 25, the Chargers vote currently seems to be primarily split between Bradley Roby and Louis Nix, but Louis Nix seems to be winning by a decent margin and will probably be the pick. (You can see who is currently leading in the voting.) Then at 26, the Browns select again. Everyone knows the Browns need a QB, and in this mock draft they actually selected Sammy Watkins earlier in the draft... With Derek Carr still available, I'm willing to bet that he will be the pick for Cleveland. At the very least, I doubt a WR, OLB, or CB would be the pick.
So a potential Derek Carr pick would put the Saints on the clock. Keeping in mind the fact that Walter seems to hate Zach Strief, I would bet that he will be listing the pair of OT prospects in addition to the pair of Centers he included in the Bengals' last vote. Adding these guys to the top WR, OLB, and CB prospects still available (that have also appeared in the previous votes), this could leave the Saints with the following cloud of players to select from:
Marqise Lee, WR, USC
Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State
Dee Ford, DE/OLB, Auburn
Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
Ryan Shazier, OLB, Ohio State
Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia
Joel Bitonio, OT, Nevada
Marcus Martin, C, USC
Weston Richburg, C, Colorado State
Who would SaintsReport.com prefer out of these options? I think it will be interesting to compare who Saints fans prefer as opposed to "general" NFL fans.
UPDATE: Louis Nix has been selected by the Chargers at 25, and Derek Carr is currently leading the Browns' voting with about 72% of the total votes. I think it's possible we might even see the Browns' selection end prematurely and the voting for the Saints open as early as this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
