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Earlier this week, we asked our readers what they would like to see the New Orleans Saints do with their pick in the 1st round of the NFL Draft. 65% of voters said they would like them to stay and pick at 14. Only 20% said they would like them to trade down and just 15% said trade up.

The Saints have several needs on both offense and defense and while we don’t know what will happen, most mock drafts have the Saints taking an Offensive Tackle with the 14th pick.

With the NFL Draft just a little over 24 hours away, what I can tell you is that the excitement is building. In a night that is...

The 2024 NFL draft starts tomorrow and there feels like there is more up in the air than normal in this class. It’s not that no one knows mostly which players should go in the first round, but there a lot of ways the board can fall.

A lot of it is riding on how the quarterback dominoes and how the offensive tackle class end up falling. There are a lot of tackles and wide receivers, and people have them rated completely differently.

Here is our final full first round mock draft, featuring some surprising trade action:

It’s tough to think of a setup worse than the New Orleans Saints’ offensive line right now. Of last year’s five starters, only two are locks to return in their spots for 2024: Pro Bowl center Erik McCoy and right guard Cesar Ruiz.

Left tackle is undecided with the Saints expected to draft competition for Trevor Penning this weekend. Right tackle is an open wound with Ryan Ramczyk facing the very real possibility of a medical retirement. And left guard is now looking worse with James Hurst retiring from pro football.

The Saints need more reinforcements than they can afford with their...

No matter how Mickey Loomis or anyone else tries to spin it, it’s very clear that the New Orleans Saints have one glaring need: Offensive tackle.

It’s such a glaring need that even Daniel Jeremiah, an NFL Network draft expert, said on X “find me a team that has a bigger need than the Saints at OT.”

Luckily for the Saints, this is a very offensive tackle heavy draft. You have Joe Alt who’s considered the best tackle in the draft, but after him, you have another 5+ guys who could, and probably will be first rounders in Olu Fashanu, Taliese Fuaga, Troy Fauntanu, Amarius Mims, JC Latham...

An already-difficult New Orleans Saints offensive line outlook got a little more complicated on Wednesday. Veteran left guard James Hurst announced his retirement after a decade in the NFL, opening a void next to an already-open spot at left tackle. But the Saints weren’t exactly caught by surprise, and the salary cap impact will be minimal.

This may have been broadcast earlier this offseason. Hurst agreed to a pay cut in March that lowered his cap hit from $6.5 million to just $2.97 million, giving up most of his base salary as well as some bonuses. Hurst told NewOrleans.Football’s Mike...

The retirement of James Hurst after 10 NFL seasons leaves the Saints with more offensive line questions on the eve of the 2024 NFL draft.

Hurst surprised many, announcing via social media that he is retiring after 10 seasons in the league at the age of 32.

The New Orleans Saints will now be short another offensive lineman.

James Hurst, who has been in the Big Easy since 2020, announced his retirement on Wednesday in a rather surprising move. Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football was the first to report it.

Hurst was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2014 and spend the first six seasons of his career with Baltimore, appearing in 90 games with 44 starts.

Before the 2020 season, he came to New Orleans and appeared in 60 games with 51 starts, mostly the last two seasons where he started 31 games for the Black and Gold.

Trevor Penning is...

The New Orleans Saints now have their first retirement of the offseason, with offensive lineman James Hurst announcing he will be ending his career in the NFL early Wednesday afternoon.

In a lengthy Instagram post, Hurst thanked many people for their support throughout his career. He ended the thread with a thank-you to the sport itself, saying that it gave him the opportunity to compete with and against some of the best athletes on the planet, and allowed him to accomplish a childhood dream.

Hurst spent 10 seasons in the NFL, six of which were spent with the Baltimore Ravens (who...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints offensive lineman James Hurst announced his retirement on social media Wednesday.

Hurst spent the last four seasons with the Saints after playing his first six seasons for the Baltimore Ravens.

The 32-year-old started in 15 games last season. During his time with the Saints, he appeared in 60 games and started 51 of those.

"Every year playing this sport has been a blessing from God. Football, and the people around it, have played a huge part in shaping me into the man I am today. Twenty-Four of my Thirty-Two years of life have been spent training for...

A starter for the New Orleans Saints is unexpectedly retiring.

Matt Miller projects every first-round pick one last time, using his intel to find landing spots for five quarterbacks.

Tackles keep moving up the mock drafts, so will that force Mickey Loomis’ hand? What about Day 2? Is this do or die for Dennis Allen?

Former New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush is set to reunite with his Heisman Trophy after 14 years.

Bush forfeited his Heisman in 2010 after an investigation was launched by the NCAA into USC and concluded that the former Trojans running back received improper benefits during his time with USC.

In a new world of college football that now includes NIL deals for student-athletes that pay players for their image and likeliness, many fans have demanded the NCAA return the Heisman Trophy to Bush for his legendary season where he rushed for 1,740 yards and 16 touchdowns on 200...