NFL 30 to Watch: Marques Colston, Wide Receiver, New Orleans Saints

TDJets72027 · Aug 12, 2007

Marques Colston won't sneak up on unsuspecting defensive coordinator's this year, not after the rookie season he put together. The 2006 seventh-round pick caught 70 passes for 1,038 yards a year ago, leading everyone to wonder how 31 teams could pass on him ... seven times (and, to be fair, how the Saints could use their six previous picks on other players). Apparently, Colston was a wide receiver/tight end tweener, thought to be too slow to play outside in the NFL, and his mediocre showing at the February combine only reinforced those sentiments.

Now the 6-4, 230-pound former Hofstra star is New Orleans' No. 1 receiver. With Joe Horn now in Atlanta, Terrance Copper, by process of elimination, will start opposite Colston (don't get me wrong, Copper's a nice player, but he's not a No. 2, at least on a playoff team). The Saints drafted Tennessee wideout Robert Meachem in the first round, but he -- like most rookies -- has been slow to pick up the offense, and there's no telling when he'll actually see the field on a consistent basis.

Although Colston's certain to be quarterback Drew Brees' favorite target, Reggie Bush's out-of-the-backfield ability will also make it more difficult for defenses to focus on just one aspect of the offense. If Deuce McAllister can run effectively between the hashes, and Bush continues to, well, evolve, Colston could improve on his rookie numbers.

Bottom line:Yeah, the Saints didn't look all that interested last night against the Steelers, but let's not forget: it's August 6. We've got a month until the games actually count. And if New Orleans has designs on making it back to the postseason, Marques Colston will need to have a big year.
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Buck Fenson · Aug 13, 2007

but the inability to get into the endzone last friday night bothered me. We put up the yardage but no points.

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