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

Everyone keeps saying this but.... how does anyone know? Attainable how? If the Saints are picking 15-16 range (or even let's just say 9 again) and the QBs "are better next year" (which by all accounts they will be) then two things happen:

1) the cost to trade up becomes even HIGHER than this year
2) teams picking high don't trade those picks because the QB prospects are better. LV tried to trade the farm to WASH last year for JD5 and they didn't budge. Same for NYG to NE for Maye, they didn't budge.

So everyone keeps bringing up that argument and... it logically doesn't make sense. It only makes sense if you expect the Saints to be awful next season and picking top 3-5 (which they could be).
You will not have to go to #1 to get a prospect on the level of Ward next year. You might not have to trade at all.

This is a historically awful year for QBs in the draft.