Patriots Trade 7th Overall Pick to New Orleans Saints

With the 7th pick, the Saints take DT Sedrick Ellis. The Saints had to give up their third round choice, leaving the door open for them to still trade for Shockey with their 2nd. In return, the Saints also get the Patriots' 5th round choice. In all, a pretty fair trade.

Ellis isn't, by himself, a dynamic pass rusher. What he's going to bring to the Saints is very quiet trench performance. Why this pick worries me is because Ellis is going to be better at reducing pressure on DEs Will Smith and Charles Grant than he will be at getting sacks himself. As a top pick however, he'll be expected to perform statistically and might not. He'll have to deal with a lot of media heat. 

What counts about this is that the Bengals just got royally messed up. They wanted to address the D-line, but none of the top prospects have fallen to them and both Jacksonville and New Orleans traded up to steal the secondary prospects. It'll be interesting to see what they choose.