NFL Draft Anthony Richardson could very well be in play if Saints land a late 1st for Payton. (1 Viewer)

[Saint Taysom]

I’ve heard Underhill and others speak to how Dennis Allen would like a mobile QB to lead his ball control offense (even though he went with Andy Dalton down the stretch!?!?). That’s why the Saints were prepared to go “all in” in for Watson.
QB is a massive need for the Saints, and things are looking like the Saints either get a late 1st rounder for Payton, or they get stuck sitting on him and their early 2nd rounder…

…In either case, they could find themselves staring at Anthony Richardson on the board when their pick comes up.

Richardson is an absolute freak when it comes to tools and ability! He’s big, strong, fast, has a cannon for an arm, and runs like a RB. He should only help himself in pre-draft workouts, because his upside is OFF THE CHARTS!

However, if you’ve seen him play in games, you know that he’s erratic and his accuracy is below average. He tends to hold the ball too long, and when he misses, he misses BADLY!

Still though… Scouts will drool over his tools… and with Jalen Hurts leading an offense that looks darn near unstoppable when he’s healthy… other teams will want that.. and Richardson has that ability in spades!

He’s got the highest ceiling of any QB in the draft class.
He also has a very high chance to BUST and be relegated to a poor man’s Taysom Hill role at best.

In the games I’ve seen where Richardson has flashed… he looks UNBELIEVABLE!

But when he struggles, he looks like he’s got no business playing QB.

With Dennis Allen as HC, fans don’t know what to expect… and I don’t even think DA knows what the plan is…!

But Richardson is out there… and someone will invest a higher pick than most think in his immense abilities.

 

[Snakehead]

Will Levis.

 

[Saint Spud]

Lots of similarities to Allen coming out of Wyoming (although Richardson’s “bad” moments seems to be worse than Allen’s bad moments from scouting reports I’ve read).

If we still had someone like Payton, I’d be really excited to see him work with Richardson. I’m not sure what to think with this staff. Like would Allen be Allen if he didn’t work with Daboll so long?

 

[Saint Taysom]

Richardson is bigger, stronger, faster, and has a much better arm than Hurts… He doesn’t have the skins on the wall that Hurts had, but teams will look at that talent and see him as Hurts v2.0

 

[Saint Taysom]

Will Levis.

Richardson is a superior athlete to Levis.
I saw an article talking about how they both went to a camp or something (maybe the Manning camp)
And guys were blown away by Richardson skill-set.
Levis was there too and impressive as well…

…but from what I gathered, it was Richardson… then Levis… then everyone else

 

[jasonsw]

No let's not, for everyone of these QBs that work out, many fail. I don't like Athletes that happen to play QB. It's much better when a QB happens to be athletic.

 

[Saint Greg]

Will Levis.

He’s going top 5.

 

[Saint Taysom]

This isn’t a thread where I cross my fingers and hope for Richardson to the Saints…


I’m just pointing out that considering the Saints biggest needs, and likely position with their 1st selection, Richardson is likely to be around.

I’d be scared to death if the Saints drafted him! The talent is there, but he needs coaching and a scheme that will help him… and we just saw an offense that didn’t know how to include ALVIN KAMARA!!!

 

[jesusfish]

We will see how it plays out, but I think Richardson ends up going top 15. We might need the Texans 12 or Panthers 9 to get him.

 

[BELOWSEALEVEL]

Sounds like a 2023 Malik Willis type player. Maybe he'll drop to day 3

 

[SAINTSFAN]

Sounds like a 2023 Malik Willis type player. Maybe he'll drop to day 3

He goes higher if for no other reason the fact that he played for Florida and not Liberty.

 

[Saint Taysom]

We will see how it plays out, but I think Richardson ends up going top 15. We might need the Texans 12 or Panthers 9 to get him.

I think you may very well be right! Richardson is going to WOW folks in the Underwear Olympics that is the Combine and Private Workouts.

 

[Saint Taysom]

He goes higher if for no other reason the fact that he played for Florida and not Liberty.

…and Richardson has prototype size, better speed, a better arm, and more power that Willis while also plying for a SEC school.

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

I like him, seems to be an erratic thrower w/ a windup motion and inexperience but he’s a gamer. LSU’s D gave him fits.

Hire Gregg Roman and see if he can mold him like he did Lamar in B’more.

His best trait(outside of his arm talent) is that he steps up into the pocket vs looking to scramble outside like young QBs tend to do