USC defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis is known as a great athlete and a guy with the character that makes him too good a person to be a Bengal, so it's a good thing that the New Orleans Saints traded up and took Ellis before the Bengals could get their filthy paws on him.
NFL teams have said Ellis will play defensive tackle, and that's where he should play for the Saints, but I could easily see him moving to end if that's what they need down the road. He's versatile enough to play anywhere on the line.
The Saints made clear that they were willing to pay a big price to get better on the defensive line. They traded up to get Ellis, and they got better on the defensive line.
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1. On what the SAINTS did with ELLIS............ My BIG BROTHER today before the Saints pick asked me who do I think the Saints should choose. I told him QUOTE!! Put these players on a piece of paper. (CB)Cormartie (LB) Kieth Rivers (DE,DT) Sedrick Ellis... Put their names in a bucket an I'll pick 1 without looking in it. Those were 3 great picks to have a getting ELLIS I've very happy with.
Posted at 8:51PM on Apr 26th 2008 by Tim