MIAMI -- One of the best moves the Saints have made in recent years was getting wide receiver Marques Colston in the seventh round of the 2006 draft.

But general manager Mickey Loomis wasn’t gloating about that move Tuesday. Although Colston has turned out to be one of the biggest steals in draft history, Loomis was very modest and admitted that the Saints weren’t forecasting greatness when they made the pick.

“We felt good about the pick, but I think in our building we would have said to you, “Hey, this is a guy who we can spend a few years with, maybe on the practice squad, and develop into a guy who can contribute to our team’’, Loomis said. “No one in our building would have said, 'Hey, this guy is going to be an 80-catch, 1,000-yard receiver in Year 1'. ”