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The New Orleans Saints, with 'The Curse' in the role of GM, are up in the 2014 Big Blue View Community Mock Draft. With that pick, the Saints have selected Florida State wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin.
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'The Curse' explains:
Mickey Loomis must be scratching his head at this point in the BBV draft as his biggest needs after free agency are center, cornerback and wide receiver. Unfortunately, Loomis has nobody but himself to blame for putting himself in this painful position of only have 3.5 million in salary cap space left (that's if Graham signs the tender or even worse wins his grievance adding another five million to his franchise tag) and that must go towards signing his draft picks.
The two most glaring needs are at center and linebacker and while Martin and Richburg are nice players they certainly are not of value at here at the 27th
With the 27th pick, Drew Brees gets a dynamic and massive red-zone target opposite Jimmy Graham with Kelvin Benjamin from FSU. The 6-foot-5, 235-pound Benjamin has excellent hands, tracks the ball well and is an above average blocker in the run game. Benjamin has shown great speed on vertical routes and shown a Plaxico-like ability to win jump balls in any situation but like most big men must work on his ability to get lower prior to and after his breaks to improve his route running. Benjamin does get a case of the drops and has issues with balls thrown low but with the pinpoint accuracy that Brees has it should not be an issue.
Round 1
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'56 4life' |
Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina [Full Story] |
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'BigBlueWreckingYou' | Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson [Full Story] |
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'NYG 28' | Blake Bortles, QB, UCF [Full Story] |
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'NewYork!' | Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M [Full Story] |
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'Giants_Fan4Life' | Khalil Mack, OLB, Buffalo [Full Story] |
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'parksy52' | Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn [Full Story] |
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'nyg25' | Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M [Full Story] |
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'ad3lm0' | Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville [Full Story] |
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Bigbluethruandthru | Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina [Full Story] |
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'Wangstu13' | Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh [Full Story] |
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'Larry Soprano' | Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State [Full Story] |
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Ed V. | Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan [Full Story] |
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'BigBlueWreckingYou' | Zack Martin, OT, Notre Dame [Full Story] |
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'jagyossarian' | Hasean Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama [Full Story] |
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'ross_stephen' | Darqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State [Full Story] |
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'pataroons' | Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M [Full Story] |
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'derekturner356' | Anthony Barr, OLB, UCLA [Full Story] |
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'Jonathan' | Odell Beckham Jr., WR, LSU [Full Story] |
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'gobs10' | Xavier Su'a-Filo, OG, UCLA [Full Story] |
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'jensvoigt' | Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State [Full Story] |
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'ct17' | C.J. Mosley, MLB, Alabama [Full Story] |
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'RevengeOfTheBlackshirts' | Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State [Full Story] |
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'dviswr20' | Marqise Lee, WR, USC [Full Story] |
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'Freedmad25' | Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri [Full Story] |
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'Giantsstep' | Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech [Full Story] |
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'GiantBuckeye' | Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama [Full Story] |
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'The Curse' | Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State |
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'Tundra89' | |
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'TNYFBG' |
'Turn and Coughlin' is our GM for the Carolina Panthers. That selection should be posted a bit later this morning.