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Every year Rayshawn Jenkins Color Rush Jersey , as the clock ticks away and the NFL Draft gets closer and closer, fans and pundits alike try to find the themes, hints, and clues that could lead to predicting a team’s motives once...closer, fans and pundits alike try to find the themes, hints, and clues that could lead to predicting a team’s motives once they’re on the clock in late April.Many look to athletic thresholds and measurments. This is one of the simpler ways to draw some conclusions.“Is this guy at least this tall?”“Does he weigh at least X pounds?”It’s sometimes fun and people like numbers. No surprise on the popularity of this one.Some look at the number of players drafted at certain positions and make statements like, “This general manager doesn’t value position X as much as position Y and that’s why they’re more likely to draft one over the other.”This idea makes some sense, as well. After all, heading into last year’s draft Justin Jones Color Rush Jersey , it was well-known that Tom Telesco hasn’t valued the safety position all that much and, even though it was a significant team need, the plan wasn’t to draft one in the first....until Derwin James fell all the way to 17.In the last two years, I’ve been lucky enough to travel to Mobile, Alabama to take in the Reese’s Senior Bowl with the rest of the football world. Both trips have been enlightening while maintaining a level of top-tier talent that only the top all-star showcase could gather.After last year’s draft class, I noticed that four of the seven players drafted had participated in the Senior Bowl. Those players were LB Uchenna Nwosu (2nd), DT Justin Jones (3rd), LB Kyzir White (4th), and C Scott Quessenberry (5th).That made me check out the roster from the prior year and see if they had done something similar in Anthony Lynn’s first year as head coach.It was more of the same.The Chargers had drafted another four players who participated in that year’s showcase, including picking up another as an undrafted free agent. They were OG Dan Feeney (3rd), S Rayshawn Jenkins (4th) Kyzir White Color Rush Jersey , CB Desmond King (5th), DE Isaac Rochell (7th), and WR Artavis Scott (UDFA).It’s got to be more of a coincidence, right? Two years is a small sample size, I know, but let’s take a look at the numbers in the previous four years of Telesco’s tenure prior to the hiring of Lynn in January of 2017.In 2013, Telesco’s first year at the helm, the Chargers drafted Alabama offensive tackle DJ Fluker in the first round of the draft. He was the only selection that played in that year’s Senior Bowl.In 2014 and ‘15, the team only selected one participant each year with those two being OLB Jeremiah Attaochu (2nd) and LB Denzel Perryman (2nd), respectively. Then, in 2016 Virgil Green Color Rush Jersey , they didn’t select anyone from the annual showcase.So taking a step back, we can see there was a potential shift in philosophy between 2016 and ‘17. One major change that obviously happened around the same time was the hire of Lynn.So yeah, there might be something to this crack-pot theory.It’s not a big surprise to see a team covet the players invited to such a prestigious event. After all, the selection committee for the event are good at their jobs and put in a ton of work to find the right players. Traits such as character, leadership, and experience are big when it comes to receiving an invitation. When it comes to Lynn, you just know those types of players get his juices flowing.Now that we’ve gone over all of that, we can take this mindset and direct it towards the most recent group of prospects to have played in Mobile.With positions of need still being the offensive tackle, defensive tackle, linebacker and safety (maybe a WR3?), we can start to narrow in on some potential targets in this year’s draft class.Here are a handful of players at each position that I think should be on everyone’s radar come April:Offensive TackleAndre Dillard - Washington State (Might go before #28)Kaleb McGary - WashingtonTytus Howard - Alabama StateChuma Edoga - USCDalton Risner - Kansas State (Might go before #28)Defensive TackleKhalen Saunders - Western IllinoisDaylon Mack - Texas A&MRenell Wren - Arizona StateLinebackerTe’Von Coney - Notre DameGermaine Pratt - North Carolina StateBobby Okereke - StanfordTerrill Hanks - New Mexico StateSafetyNasir Adderley - DelawareJuan Thornhill - VirginiaMarvell Tell - USCMike Edwards - KentuckyDarnell Savage - MarylandMarquise Blair - Utah NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints got two touchdown passes from Drew Brees Caleb Sturgis Color Rush Jersey , two interceptions by Marcus Lattimore, and rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-14 Sunday to advance to the NFC championship game.Using a dominant ball-control offense after a horrendous start, Brees took the Saints (14-3) on scoring drives of 92, 79 and 67 yards. And a few gambles paid off to assure New Orleans will host the Rams (13-4) next Sunday for a spot in the Super Bowl.Los Angeles, which fell 45-35 at the Superdome in November, will try again next week, with the winner taking on either Kansas City or New England in the Super Bowl in Atlanta. The Saints’ win finished off a sweep of the divisional round by teams coming off byes.Wil Lutz added two field goals for the Saints, who last got this far in 2009, when they won the Super Bowl.Philadelphia (10-8) will not repeat as NFL champion; no team has done so since the 2004 Patriots.This was really two games in one. Philly scored on its first two drives as the Saints could do virtually nothing right.After that opening period, it was all New Orleans, yet the resilient Eagles kept it close enough that when Lutz missed a 52-yard field goal with 2:58 remaining Mike Pouncey Color Rush Jersey , they were only one-score behind.Nick Foles, the hero of last year’s Super Bowl run, got them in position for yet another late winning score — just like last week at Chicago and last February against New England for the championship.Then Alshon Jeffery couldn’t handle a second-down pass from the Saints 27 and Lattimore grabbed his second interception to clinch the win.PATRIOTS 41, CHARGERS 28FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Sony Michel ran for 129 yards and had three touchdowns and New England beat Los Angeles in the divisional playoffs to earn its eighth straight trip to the AFC championship game.New England (12-5) will play at Kansas City in next week’s AFC title game. The Patriots beat the Chiefs 43-40 in Foxborough in Week 6. The Patriots finished 9-0 at home this season.It is the 13th conference championship game appearance by the Patriots during the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era.The Chargers (13-5) haven’t reached the AFC title game since the 2007 season.Philip Rivers finished 25 of 51 for 331 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. He is 0-5 in games played in Foxborough, including 0-3 in the postseason.Brady finished 34 of 44 for 343 yards and a touchdown. He improves to 8-0 as a starter against Rivers, who drops to 1-8 against New England all-time.James White tied Darren Sproles‘ NFL postseason record with 15 catches, totaling 97 yards.New England scored on its first four possessions of the game to build a 35-7 halftime lead.Julian Edelman had nine catches for 151 yards.