Free Agent QBs available pre-draft. (1 Viewer)

[Hedon James]

Hard to know. I tend to think they likely will not take a QB at #9 because they only have a first round grade on Ward, but are likely to take a QB at #40 or move up to the late first to take a QB. But, it will probably depend on if Moore thinks that whoever is on the board is a better option than Rattler.

Personally I tend to think that any of the pocket passers in this draft are close enough to Rattler that Rattler has just as good a chance of being successful. But, I would like to take a shot at a guy with mobility because I think Moore could do some cool things with that and I think it's easier to build a team with a mobile QB these days.

I tend to agree with the mobile QB aspirations. The only other thing I'd like to add to the wish list, since we're wishing for things......I'd like to have some prototypical size. These "smurf QBs" we've been drafting aren't as likely to be franchise material, IMO. Brees was the rare exception, not the rule. Ian Book, Jake Haener, and now Spencer Ratter are all on the smallish side, and likely to be less durable over their careers. It would be nice to see a Josh Allen sized monster take a hard hit, but bounce up and tell the defender "good hit" as he walks back to the huddle to call the next play. Contrast that with scraping the smurf off the turf and sending in the backup QB. The former takes a toll on the defense; the latter gives them more juice.

With that said, I don't want to pre-judge someone unfairly. Maybe we strike gold a second time with a Brees-sized QB. But I think we're more likely to be successful looking for the next Josh Allen than looking for the next DB9. JMO...

 

[DK]

Fun ain't no-one talking about
Taysom.....we got our QB till a rookie steps up

 

[St. Widge]

Fun ain't no-one talking about
Taysom.....we got our QB till a rookie steps up

Hill might not even be ready to play at the start of the season even if you believe that he's somehow going to become an NFL starting QB at age 35.

 

[saintlad]

Instead of beating the Derek Carr thing to death and speculating about what QB the team may draft in two weeks, let's look at what free agents could realistically come in to compete with Rattler and Haener for the starting job. I took the list from overthecap.com's free agency tracker, minus Flaco and Josh Johnson who have both signed with other teams. The list is small and ugly. Who do you take?

Drew Lock (Signed with Seattle)
Easton Stick
Carson Wentz
CJ Beathard
Teddy Bridgewater
Jeff Driskel
Tyler Huntley
Ian Book
Desmond Ritter

That's the list they provide as 2025 Free Agent QBs. Who you got?

Not feeling good about the FA list. Maybe Wentz or Bridgewater.

At this point I would just take a chance in the draft or sign starting UFL/ CFL QB going into season.

Roll with Rattler or see what other guys can do

 

[El Caliente]

Boys, it’s Taysom Time.

 

[dvdman]

Did Rodgers finally sign with someone?

 

[DSnfla]

I would like to see what 3 former QBs can do with Wentz. His #'s with Indy were pretty decent. The guy was a high draft pick and has had some pretty decent seasons

 

[JackDiesel]

Saints have known about the injury for a while and haven't signed any free agent QB's when there were much better ones available. I don't think we're going that route.

 

[St. Geezy]

Saints have known about the injury for a while and haven't signed any free agent QB's when there were much better ones available. I don't think we're going that route.

Great point.

 

[MikeyF]

Ryan Tannehill

 

[Devildog]

At this point, I'm of the opinion that we stay clear of QBs this draft, roll with Rattler, and see what happens. Then we can use this year as an evaluation and if we happen to limp into the playoffs, great, but I'm over 50% sure we're going to be bad. Then next year, we can focus on a QB.

 

[Elvis]

Ryan Tannehill

He didn’t make the list because he wasn’t a free agent this year, he was a free agent last year but didn’t get signed. That could be your vet backup.

 

[SirLoinSaint64]

I think Wentz could have a Geno type revival with the right team.