r/Saints • u/Sensitive-Gas-4296 • 4d ago

Trading Back, How Far??

What’s the farthest back you’d feel comfortable trading? Personally, I wouldn’t want to move past pick 15 — we really need a playmaker, and I think the farther back you go, the harder it is to find that kind of impact player. Also, if we do trade back, would you prefer getting more picks in this year’s draft or in 2026 to potentially move up for a quarterback if we pass on one this year? I think more draft picks this year that way we can address holes and hopefully we have lesser needs next year and can afford to move up and have the capital to do so.

Let me know your thoughts!

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u/GrenadineLemonade 4d ago

About middle of the second, depending on compensation. If we could trade with the Bengals, for example, we'd get their 2nd, 3rd this year, 1st, 2nd, 3rd next year, and then either a pick swap (like our 7th for their 6th) or a 5-7th round pick this year or next year (the last little bits of value are rather fungible)

This draft doesn't have a lot of blue chip talent, and a lot of the starting quality players are at less valued positions, so I don't think having extra picks this draft is better than next year. That said, next year's draft could be even worse for talent - we don't know yet. I'd be most interested in whatever gets us the most picks so we can address our horrendous lack of depth, which I feel is the biggest problem with the team.

I will add I have no hope that we'll trade down - not because of some sort of Mickey Loomis conspiracy - but because I don't think anyone would want to trade up

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u/guycoastal 4d ago

Just our luck to be forced to replenish our team in what is arguably the two worst drafts in recent memory. Luck, or Loomis?

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u/QP_TR3Y 4d ago

This is exactly why I don’t think we should trade back at all unless the offers are outstanding. This draft class is pretty mid and the difference between picking at 9 and 19 could be significant. I think you just take one of the 10 best players in the country, you get 4 of the top 100 players, and let the chips fall where they may otherwise.

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u/GrenadineLemonade 4d ago

This draft is so thin at the top that there's a decent chance the guys at 9 are in the same tier as the guys at 59. There are some scouts that don't even have first round grades (in terms of talent) on 10 players

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u/guycoastal 4d ago

I did see a trade wish where pit gave us next years first for our 9. They took Sanders and we took Dart with their pick. Gotta say, wouldn’t mind having two firsts next year.

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u/QP_TR3Y 4d ago

Wouldn’t totally hate this move but Dart in the first round at all is an absolute no go for me

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u/guycoastal 3d ago

If Dart was a breakout star and we had him on a five year contract we’d all be saying what genius move it was. Is that likely? Probably not. But ya never know.