2016 NFL Draft: Matt Miller’s Scouting Notebook for Wild Card Weekend

January 8, 2016   ·   Matt Miller   ·   Jump to comments


The Scout's Report — Sean Payton announced in a press conference Wednesday that he's staying with the New Orleans Saints as head coach. I'm told by sources with the San Francisco 49ers that the team never felt comfortable with sending a second-round pick to the Saints in exchange for Payton.
— If I had to zero in on a coaching candidate for the 49ers now, it would be Hue Jackson. The team seems set on going after a coach with an offensive background, and Jackson is the best quarterback mentor on the market now that Payton isn't available.
— Ohio State redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jalin Marshall was a surprise entry into the 2016 NFL draft class, and area scouts I spoke to this week put in him a range between the second and fourth rounds of the draft—depending on workouts, given his smaller sample size on film.
— "He's a home run hitter." That's what one college scouting director said about Louisiana Tech running back Kenneth Dixon....

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