The Reese s Senior Bowl has been an intriguing place for the Saints to find draft picks over the years. Last year saw them take three players they got a close look at during the week in Mobile.
SABAN PROMOTES LUPOI // DECISION IS LOOMING FOR K.J. HILL University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban has announced the hiring of Tosh Lupoi. Lupoi, who was on Alabama's staff last season as an analyst, will serve as Alabama's outside linebackers coach. "We are happy to have Tosh on board as a full-time assistant coach,"
Saints 2021 Draft Prospects: Chazz Surratt
This former ACC college quarterback has the potential to make an immediate impact as a defensive playmaker and Day 2 draft choice for the New Orleans Saints.
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Apr 18, 2021
Through the middle part of last decade, the linebacking corps was a major team weakness on a struggling New Orleans Saints defense. Gone were players like Jonathan Vilma, Jo-Lonn Dunbar, Scott Fujita, and Scott Shanle that helped fuel three playoff runs and a Super Bowl title between 2009 and 2011.
In their place were draft busts like Stephone Anthony and Hau oli Kikaha and disappointing free agent pickups like Curtis Lofton or James Laurinaitis. The New Orleans linebackers were athletically and strategically overmatched, leading to consistent defensive breakdowns.
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Andrus Peat and P.J. Williams are the only members of the 2015 draft class that still remain on the New Orleans Saints roster. In 2020, Peat earned his third consecutive Pro Bowl nod. He started in his 75th career game for an offense that rushed for over 200 yards for the second consecutive week at Atlanta on Dec. 6 and notched 13 starts in the campaign but was forced to miss three regular-season games due to injury. Williams played in 12 games with four starts, recording 14 tackles, two interceptions and four passes defensed, picking off his first pass in his second Saints stint on October 4 at Detroit, when he filled in for an injured Janoris Jenkins and Marshon Lattimore.