Saints met with top QB prospect Cam Ward [Schefter: CLE, NYG or maybe Saints have to make an offer compelling enough for #1 pick]

I don't have a problem with the Saints making a big move to draft Ward if they like him that much. But, given how much the Titans appear to like him, the cost would be very high. Which is fine, but they damn well better have a really good plan for how they are going to build a team around Ward without multiple premium picks because their mid-round picks have been very underwhelming.

We don't have close to the roster that K.C. had when they moved up to get Mahomes.

The one thing that could make the cost reasonable enough is either including Olave in a trade with the Titans or trading Olave to the Pats to move up to #4 and then moving from #4 to #1. But that will depend on how the Titans or the Pats feel about Olave's injury history. Carr could have been a good piece to a trade with the Titans to reduce the draft pick cost, but I don't think we can absorb the cap hit of a pre-June 1 trade.
I reported 9/40/71/next year's 2nd or 9/40/next year's first round pick. I'd assume Carr would be in the mix as well. I think the Titans like Ward and may now are zeroing in on him as their guy but that certainly was not the case the last month or so as they really have wanted Abdul Carter. Because this QB class isn't last year's and Ward isn't seen to be the same level of prospect that Bryce Young was, the cost to move up is considered lower. However, I've always maintained I highly doubt TEN does the deal because moving to 9 takes them out of the range of Carter or Hunter which is something I'm 99% sure they don't want to do.

But premium picks are just that... they are premium until they become players and then they are... Payton Turner? Davenport? Penning?