Saints take cornerback Lattimore 11th overall in National Football League draft

They had previously taken cornerback Marshon Lattimore with the 11th pick of the round, so they were able to address both sides of the ball before the night was out.

Lattimore seems like a solid pick.

The Saints wound up landing the top cornerback in this year’s draft when Lattimore fell to 11.

The “in time” thing is what bothers me. They need to win in 2017. He started one season, but was a first-team All-Big Ten pick with four interceptions. “I am just going to be myself and contribute to this team as much as I can”. Even with that, Lattimore is the best at his position by a wide margin.

The second round of the National Football League draft started with a flurry of trades and a couple of defensive back teammates from Washington being selected.

The Buckeyes had an absurd core in the secondary previous year, including Lattimore, Gareon Conley and Malik Hooker.

After rediscovering his love of the game in two seasons with the Pointers, Ramczyk pursued a reunion with Chryst, who had since taken over at Wisconsin. Ross was the third receiver selected in the first nine picks after Tennessee took Western Michigan’s Corey Davis at No. Nonetheless, I could see the Saints trading a player on the current roster for some picks and acquiring a veteran player or some more picks.

Ramczyk, at least for now, gives the team a capable backup. In 2015, the Saints selected Stanford offensive tackle Andrus Peat 13th overall.

“I did everything I did (to strengthen and treat) when I had time too”. I knew what was at stake and I went in there every day and tried to get my hamstrings right. The Bengals own the ninth pick, which means they should be drafting the 625th player in franchise history sometime between 9:15 and 9:30.

Lattimore said he, as well, expected to be taken higher, but added, “It’s all good”. With only five picks left, it will be fun to see what Mickey Loomis and Sean Payton do in Rounds 2-3 on Friday. 10 overall pick previous year to select former Buckeye corner Eli Apple.

They chose the best player on their board.

“For some of our fans, probably (they’ll) pause for a second”, Lewis said. Conventional wisdom says pass rusher is still a need for the Saints. You have to judge them collectively. Why compare a four star cornerback recruit like Lattimore (2014 class) to a linebacker like Lee (2013) who was only rated as a three star athlete? He only played one season with the Badgers but faced off against great players nonetheless. How surprised were you when the Saints called?

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“I’m a pretty good tackler and I don’t miss many tackles”, he said.