My idea to start the rebuild of the Saints.

Here’s my best idea how to get the Saints back on the road to rebuilding in 2024. It’s not happening in a year or even 2 years (until Carr is gone) but here goes.

1. Bring Peat back on a 2 year incentive laden deal to play LT and push Penning to be something besides a 315 lb paperweight.

2. Trade 14 and 149 plus our 2nd or 3rd next year to the Rams for 19 and 52.

3. Take WR Brian Thomas Jr at 19 (no not just b/c LSU, he’s going to be a star). At 45 take T’Vondre Sweat because he would immediately fix your run defense problem and fill the double team role that Onyemata left which lets guys like Breese, Granderson and Jordan to be freed up 1 on 1. At 52 I would love to have an OL fall, especially the OL from Duke Graham Barton, but i’m going with LB Edgerrin Cooper from Covington. Demario isn’t getting any younger and Werner is a good player but Cooper is a freak athlete with real football speed much like Demario Davis does. He would take over for him in time as leader of the defense. The LB from NC State, Payton Wilson, would also be a great guy to combo with Werner if Cooper is off the board.

4. I’m challenging one of Penning and Saldiveri to take the starting LG job this year now that they are both healthy while still having James Hurst as a serviceable fallback option. If it fails then next year you’re drafting OL first but we have invested heavily in OL lately and we need to give those two guys all the chance to succeed as possible before you move on. I would look more to getting Carr a big bodied target that still has speed and would be a perfect 1-2 with Olave with Shaheed being your speed guy and then you look to fixing your defense up the middle making it younger, cheaper and more athletic.

This all changes if Alt were to fall to 14 as he’s the only sure thing LT I can see besides JC Latham but most see him at RT because of his size. We have so many needs that we really would be best served taking the best plater available because chances are we need help in that area.

Let me know what y’all think. Upvote, downvote, it’s all good. I know most would draft OL first in this draft but right now is the time to finally trade back and pick up another pick in the top 100. I think Brian Thomas could very well end up being the best WR in this class in time. Nabers is more polished and will be great but I love the character of Thomas to go with his measurable traits. He would be basically the quiet storm Colston 2.0 that just came to work and did his job like a pro.