Would you draft Brock Bowers if available?

Depends if a higher rated OT is there, but overall I would like that pick.

Definitely.

Think about how many times a TE burned us this year. Hockenson in the Vikings game, La Porta in the Lions game.

And all those good years Jimmy Graham for the Saints. Having a weapon at TE is as important as ever in today's game.

Look at the two TE's in the Super Bowl today. Kelce and Kittle.

In general I’d rather add someone to the trenches but he’s a must draft if available. I’d be floored if he makes it out of the top 10 though. By the time we get through free agency we shouldn’t have many holes anyways so best player available needs to be the move. And he will be an immediate year 1 playmaker out of the gate. You can find other positions later in the draft but there’s no other TE like him.

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Fwiw, that same mock had us taking Bo Nix.

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I saw that one. It’s a terrible mock.

As far as Bowers; yes, he’s a take unless Joe Alt, Olumuyiwa Fashanu, or one of the top QBs falls to you. Bowers is better value than Verse, but we need a pass rush so badly that that one is kind of a toss up.

Saints need a top tier OT or a pass rusher. I like Bowers as an immediate contributor, especially getting someone as OC from the Shanahan tree, but I don’t think the Saints will gamble passing up on one of their biggest needs in the first round.

If they draft Bo Nix then the front office needs to be burned to the ground.

If he's bpa and OL, DL are reaches. Fine.

A game changing te who can block and catch can do lots for a team. Look at sf, Detroit, and kc

Yes. Excellent blocker and receiver, surprisingly deep route tree. Think about Kittle in SF...I'd imagine Kubiak would integrate him like that.

Having TEs who aren't a tell (Johnson=mostly pass, Moreau=mostly run) would be a huge boon, and thats putting the insane receiving upside aside

I'd sprint to the podium. We've done pretty bad in the last decade taking line players in the first round, except for Ramcyzk and Bresee. Our scouting department has made bigtime hits on O-line deeper in the draft.

I wouldn't mind it - provided our new OC actually gameplans the use of a TE. all pro talent or not, doesn't matter if you do not use them

I've only seen one mock where Bowers lasted to #14.

He's almost always mocked in the Top 10, and most regularly to the Chargers at #5.

Unless, he tanks at the combine/pro day, I don't think he'll even be a realistic option, without trading up (god forbid).