Haener film looks better than Young.

Belfast Saint said

Also, on the point of the thread, I like Haener, I liked the pick and glad so far it's looking good. And what's really important is that Haener isn't just some guy who plays football - he's a QB. Starting calibre QB's are like gold dust and largely separates the haves from the have nots in the NFL. So if Haener becomes something, that's a force multiplier for this draft class - everyone else could be average, ok, whatever, but if you get a starting QB out of it, especially in the middle rounds, this is a A grade draft.

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I think what I reflect on about this pick, and the pick of Saldiveri, is that the Saints traded up to get both. In both cases, that meant they saw those players as being graded high enough / good enough to warrant the pick, as well as being at risk of being selected by other team(s) before the Saints next selection if they didn't.

And in both cases, that assessment seems to have been correct, as both picks were followed by a run of QBs and interior OL picks respectively. The Saints got in ahead of both and to me it suggests other teams felt similarly about those players. It doesn't automatically make them studs, but it does mean they were perceived as good value at their respective draft positions.

What they do from here is up to them and the team around them. If they both turn into valuable depth, rather than front line starters, that's just fine, particularly given the regular concern I see raised on SSF about drafting for depth vs those top heavy, trade up drafts that we sometimes see.