Mario Williams for Asante Samuel?

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by WMH

You might be right, but recall that Phillips said Mario would be an OLB way before the draft. While Smith was likely their #1 option, when he wasn't available they moved to Watt, and had an OLB pegged for the 2nd (Reed fell in their laps, but other options were there too). You can't have too many quality LB's in a 3-4, so I think they were just covering bases. I could be wrong of course, but I'm thinking Mario @ OLB has been in the plans since February.

Did not know that Wade made that statement pre-Draft ? If that's true, then I'm definitely all wet about my theory.