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MARIO WOULD HAVE FALLEN TO FOURTH
Another intriguing nugget on which we recently stumbled was that defensive end Mario Williams expected in the days prior to the draft to be taken not by the Saints at No. 2, but by the Jets at No. 4.
This expectation gave Williams an even greater incentive to ink a deal with the Texans to become the first overall pick.
Most assumed that Williams would be drafted by the Saints at No. 2, if the Texans took Bush at No. 1. But we're now told that in the days prior to the draft, the Saints opted to focus on Hawk instead of Williams.
So if the Texans had stayed with Bush, Hawk would have gone No. 2 to the Saints, Vince Young would have been taken at No. 3 by the Titans, Williams would have gone to the Jets at No. 4, and the Packers likely would have selected tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson at No. 5.
The Jets, we heard, would have tried to develop Williams into a Richard Seymour-type fixture in their new 3-4 scheme.
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I can't imagine the Packers taking D'Brick, although their greatest need outside of LBs was O Line, and a future Left Tackle makes sense as a first round pick. He was also rated ahead of Davis on the draft grades I saw. This would have required ALOT of explaining. I can see why Ted was worried about the Saints now.
from profootballtalk.com
MARIO WOULD HAVE FALLEN TO FOURTH
Another intriguing nugget on which we recently stumbled was that defensive end Mario Williams expected in the days prior to the draft to be taken not by the Saints at No. 2, but by the Jets at No. 4.
This expectation gave Williams an even greater incentive to ink a deal with the Texans to become the first overall pick.
Most assumed that Williams would be drafted by the Saints at No. 2, if the Texans took Bush at No. 1. But we're now told that in the days prior to the draft, the Saints opted to focus on Hawk instead of Williams.
So if the Texans had stayed with Bush, Hawk would have gone No. 2 to the Saints, Vince Young would have been taken at No. 3 by the Titans, Williams would have gone to the Jets at No. 4, and the Packers likely would have selected tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson at No. 5.
The Jets, we heard, would have tried to develop Williams into a Richard Seymour-type fixture in their new 3-4 scheme.
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I can't imagine the Packers taking D'Brick, although their greatest need outside of LBs was O Line, and a future Left Tackle makes sense as a first round pick. He was also rated ahead of Davis on the draft grades I saw. This would have required ALOT of explaining. I can see why Ted was worried about the Saints now.
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