[update: Saints met with Shedeur Sanders] Shedeur Sanders seen at NFL Combine wearing a Saints cap on his backpack

St. Geezy said

You do realize that we a.) aren't drafting for only the 2025 season and b.) our only opportunity to add talent to the team isn't just with our 2025 first round pick, right?

I like the players, and the draft is more about adding talent and less about filling easy to pinpoint holes that exist right now, and come draft time, the team is likely going to look a lot different than it does at this very moment anyway.

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Silly questions considering my posting history. With that said, you can add all the talent you like, but if the middle of the field is weak, the amount of talent on the outside is worthless. We saw this first hand with Dennis Allen while he kept upgrading the secondary and letting the front 7 weaken, our defense steadily got worse.

On top of that, look at the future of our secondary compared to our front 7. We haven't any answers for the next 4 years there. On the secondary we do (assuming we resign Adebo, keep Taylor) and despite this boards assumption, Honey Badger and Howard are doing quite well though it doesn't appear that way at first glace, because our front 7 is so incredibly weak.

So ya. We have long term answers in secondary for the next few years because that's all Dennis Allen ever upgraded defensively. We don't have a single one in the front 7 except maybe, and its a big maybe, Werner. Bresee, who's one of the worst DT's in the NFL at run defense is not as of now.

Drafting Will Johnson, or Starks is a move I would expect Dennis Allen to possibly make. A large reason I was a big advocate for Moore was because of his philosophy of focusing in the trenches. I would honestly be very, very surprised if Moore uses 1.9 for secondary or WR.