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Back to EpisodesSaints Insider, April 17: So the Saints need a tackle. Which one should they take?
Description
Our Saints Insider crew of Luke Johnson, Jeff Duncan, Matthew Paras and Zach Ewing break down the top six offensive tackles available in the NFL draft, their strengths, weaknesses, style of play and the chances they're available when the Saints pick at No. 14
We dissect:
• Notre Dame's Joe Alt
• Penn State's Olu Fashanu
• Oregon State's Taliese Fuaga
• Alabama's JC Latham
• Washington's Troy Fautanu
• Georgia's Amarius Mims
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0:00 Introduction
2:31 How certain the Saints will take an OT?
3:35 Difficulty in evaluating tackles
7:57 NFL draft giveaway
8:32 Olu Fashanu, Penn State
16:31 Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
22:48 Is Andrus Peat still a possibility in free agency?
25:53 Joe Alt, Notre Dame
29:26 Troy Fautanu, Washington
33:45 JC Latham, Alabama
41:01 Amarius Mims, Georgia
46:12 Final thoughts/verdict