2011 NFL Mock Draft: New Orleans Saints and Justin Houston a Good Pairing

Justin Houston Gives New Orleans Saints the Pass Rush They've Been Looking For

During the 2010 season, the New Orleans Saints hardly got any production of their defensive ends, as Will Smith had just 5.5 sacks and Alex Brown had only two sacks all season.

The signing of Shaun Ellis will certainly take some pressure of those two, but there's another way to do that as well: by drafting Georgia's Justin Houston.

Though it was originally thought that Houston would be an outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme, the latest word is that he will indeed by a defensive end in a 3-4.

And the Saints could certainly use him.

Houston exploded onto the college football scene in 2010, with 19.5 tackles for loss and 11 sacks during his junior season, and is an incredibly athletic defender for a guy of his size.

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1. Carolina Panthers: Blaine Gabbert, QB 2. Denver Broncos: Marcell Dareus, DT 3. Buffalo Bills: Nick Fairley, DT 4. Cincinnati Bengals: Da'Quan Bowers, DE	17. New England Patriots: Nate Solder, OT 18. San Diego Charges: J.J. Watt, DE/DT 19. New York Giants: Mike Pouncey, OG/C 20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Ryan Kerrigan, DE
5. Arizona Cardinals: Von Miller, OLB 6. Cleveland Browns: A.J. Green, WR 7. San Francisco 49ers: Patrick Peterson, CB 8. Tennessee Titans: Cam Newton, QB	21. Kansas City Chiefs: Akeem Ayers, OLB 22. Indianapolis Colts: Gabe Carimi, OT/G 23. Philadelphia Eagles: Anthony Castonzo, OT 24. New Orleans Saints: Justin Houston, DE
9. Dallas Cowboys: Prince Amukamara, CB 10. Washington Redskins: Robert Quinn, DE/OLB 11. Houston Texans: Aldon Smith, DE/OLB 12. Minnesota Vikings: Cameron Jordan, DT/DE	25. Seattle Seahawks: Jake Locker, QB 26. Baltimore Ravens: Jimmy Smith, CB 27. Atlanta Falcons: Randall Cobb, WR 28. New England Patriots: Muhammad Wilkerson, DE/DT
13. Detroit Lions: Tyron Smith, OT 14. St. Louis Rams: Julio Jones, WR 15. Miami Dolphins: Mark Ingram, RB 16. Jacksonville Jaguars: Adrian Clayborn, DE	29. Chicago Bears: Jonathan Baldwin, WR 30. New York Jets: Corey Liuget, DT 31. Pittsburgh Steelers: Torrey Smith, WR 32. Green Bay Packers: Brandon Harris, CB

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