Saints start signing draft picks

With training camp only a few days away, the Saints have started signing their draft picks. Early last week, they signed 5th round DT DeMario Pressley and on Friday, they signed two more picks, 6th round K Taylor Mehlhaff and 7th round WR Adrian Arrington.

This leaves the Saints with three draft choices left unsigned, 1st round DT Sedrick Ellis, 2nd round DB Tracy Porter and 5th round OT/G Carl Nicks.

To make room for the signed players and in anticipation of signing other rookies, the Saints waived WR Titus Ryan, CB Anwar Phillips, QB Travis Lulay and DE Jeremy Geathers...we hardly knew ya. The only real disappointment from that group is not seeing Geathers, the son of former Saint Jumpy Geathers, get a shot. Ryan and Lulay were camp bodies and Phillips has lived on the Saints practice squad for a few seasons and hasn't shown much in past camps.

Its just a hunch, but look for Nicks to sign next. You rarely see holdouts from 5th round picks. Porter and Ellis will be tougher to get signed with Ellis likely missing some training camp practices. He may wait until the other top DT, former LSU Tiger Glen Dorsey (5th overall pick), signs with the Chiefs before agreeing to a deal with New Orleans.

All this contact signings and talk is pretty boring, but it means that the offseason has come to a close and football is here again.