How Each Draft Pick Fits into New Orleans Saints’ Plan in 2012

May 1, 2012   ·   Jason Bernos   ·   Jump to comments

After my initial reaction to the New Orleans Saints' 2012 draft class, I've come to look past that they reached on three of their five picks, and possibly a fourth.
Marcel Jones was a fringe seventh-rounder, but you can't fault the team for not wanting to compete for his services in the undrafted free agency after the draft.
Last time the Saints had five or fewer picks was 2009, the year they won the Super Bowl.
It's also the year they "threw away" two fourth-round picks on injury-prone players that never saw the playing field, Chip Vaughn and Stanley Arnoux.
New Orleans did get Malcolm Jenkins and Thomas Morstead out of that draft, so you just never know.
With that being said, let's take a look at how each pick fits into the team's plans this year and beyond. 
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