The Cost to Move Up in the Draft This Year vs Next Year

The OP literally covers the scenario you refer to (Saints pick range, QB pick range, cost of doing business) and how it's relatively less expensive in terms of traditional trade chart value than our situation this year. At no point does the OP say it's an absolute cert to happen that way, but posits how it might be better if it does.

So either you're describing some other scenario I cannot differentiate from that the OP describes, or you've disregarded what the OP describes. Or a perfectly valid third option I haven't thought of, no doubt 😉

Meanwhile, I still think that teams will struggle to wait a year and be 'wise', as they are all trying to win now.