Should the New Orleans Saints Go OFFENSE or DEFENSE in the 2026 NFL Draft? | James Skrmetta Reacts

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1. Who dat!!

2. We should do BPA, but lean towards offense as the tiebreaker if needed. We owe Kellen and Shough that much.

3. Always best player available, regardless of position. But if unsure, 1. OLM 2. DLM

4. depends on free agency signings 🤷🏼‍♂️

5. With velle, polk & the moose we definitely good along with olave. I look for the moose to be even better than velle. U herd it here 1st i guarantee it

6. Look at defense let downs & specific player , try to get better impact players, the offense needs better running attack early in ball games , Tennessee had impact players defense tackle, QB, running back, wide receiver. Atlanta had pass rushers, running back, smart quarterback, better defense. Special teams is getting better

7. From what I read and hear there is a big gap between J. Love and the other running backs. Caleb Downs is supposed to be the top defensive player but there are other dbs and safeties that rate a first round pick. The wr position is supposed to be fairly deep and the Saints have a BAZILLION wrs on the practice team (if they're not worth taking a chance on, why are we paying those guys?). So I say go for the rarest talent available J Love and let Brandon Staley get who he needs in round two.

8. We should probably go defense in the first round and lean mostly into offense with our remaining picks.

9. I’m 1000% good with Estime and Neal

10. Mauinoa will not be available at the saints pick no way.

11. We already have the 8th rushing defense and 12th passing defense, if we make Staley look too good he’s gonna bounce to be an HC. Let’s go fill out this offense

12. Not popular if there is a corner better than Kool aid you get him. I cringe watching him against stars

13. I’m surprised Surratt isn’t getting any top 15 buzz… I watch a ton of football and every time I watch Indiana he’s catch “gotta have” it passes. Back shoulder throws, jump balls, over the middle, and goal line tough slants.

14. It's fun to have the mock draft conversations especially for us in this offseason because we're in the "good problem to have" situation. But really we have to see who the Saints are keeping and/or picking up in free agency before we can know what the intent is for immediate impact players. For example, if the Saints let Alontae Taylor walk because he wants to be an outside corner more than he wants to play the "Star*" position then Caleb Downs may become very appealing to either take on that role or fill a safety spot with someone else shifting Alontae's position next season.

15. We’re all gonna fall in love with a different skill position player — for them to go out, draft an OL, and then figure out who’s going to play inside at Guard

16. i guarantee kellen more is thinking jeremiah love, our run game this year was horrible even when kamara was healthy at the beginning

17. hit the pick regardless, i want Love bad bc he’s a flashy big name but just get a dawg

18. 1st 3 rounds defense Offense do in free agency

19. So tired of the analytics talk when it comes to these draft picks. Get the pop and sizzle with a top 10 pick. I don’t want any player you have to say “ when his hands in the ground he has a high pressure rate “ … can’t over think it. If Love, Tyson or Tate is there you run to the podium.

20. An interesting name to watch is Jake slaughter , center / guard from Florida, would be a day one starter at guard & a good back up center , 2nd round if buffalo doesn't reach for him in the first

21. There is no world, where arvell Reese made it pass the saints. He’s not he number one player on anyone’s board.

22. I'd go Love

23. Bro I wasn't going to say anything but I just want you to know I been trying to let Armstead on his Podcast know how you're the lead for " Saints Realism", I'm trying to get the real ones here.

24. Love or Downs.

25. Caleb downs and Chris Bell will be our first two picks

26. I'm too drunk to taste this chicken, handful of picklebacks got me feelin nicey! Sober enough to know that when the FOTF talks, I listen.

27. When it comes too linebacker saints please get Jacob Rodriguez the safety from Oregon thimmeion how ever you spell denzel Boston or sarratt at receiver the Oregon edge rushers either or ugalelie or the second one tightened Eli stowers corner backs chris Johnson or Keith abbney or running backs love,mike Washington or emmit Johnson ill be kool but definitely line backer Jacob Rodriguez that boy is a problem

28. The saints just need to start believing in Mickey and his staff .. now we see how competent Kellen is we can sleep easy in the big easy 😂

29. Definitely going to offense RB TE or Wr

30. Watching most games this season the saints typically always has less than 10 points in the 1st half, so the offense is clearly the weaker side of the ball on this team, plus we have a quarterback on a rookie contract, so I think if one of the top 2 receivers or Jeremiah Love falls to 8 I would take the best offensive player available, we need guards so if we don’t address that in free agency 8 is to high to draft guard in this particular draft but I’d take a guard in the 2nd round for sure if it’s not addressed in free agency

31. Guard and RB in free agency
    WR, d-line, safety, CB in the draft
    Last offseason we were also bad at safety

    At pick 8? I would love a WR, but not if our guy is off the board, no reaching

32. Doesn't David Bailey have off field issues/concerns? I like Bain, high motor

33. We might actually go Sonny Styles to eventually replace Pete Werner

34. My order would be Love Downs then Tyson I know Reese won’t be available I think Love will have the biggest impact and value more so than gambling on a WR at 8th pick

35. This is a great problem to have on who we should go with on the 8th overall pick. It shows we really don’t have a HUGE need that needs to be drafted. We should go BPA with our first pick and try and get Emmanuel pregnon in the second.

36. Did everyone forget about Trey Palmer? I think he could be a good depth piece for sure! As the four I haven’t heard anybody mention his name basically since we signed him.

37. I think Tyson is the easy WR1 if he didn’t have the medical issues . Tyson’s tape is number 1 receiver level . I think Tate could be a high level 2

38. Top 10 picks you should almost always go BPA . I would love if we left the draft with love or downs I think there the two top talents in this draft. .

39. We need that guard not a sexy pic but we need one. We need them to be able to to protect shough and have a run game. Really we dont need any wr we just picked up 2 I think. We got decent rbs unless you want love . Maybe def tackle and another t.e. safety any db really. Nose guard idk 🤷‍♂️ but all I know is we need a good guard

40. Best player available. Likely means EDGE or OL bc those are more top loaded in this class. Although technically there is a S, CB & LB you might grade as BPA. I'm not sure any of the WRs are worth top 8 compared to who's likely available at that position in rounds 2/3. Arguably might still have good OL depth in Rd 2. All things considered, I'm expecting EDGE to line up nicely. This dude from Texas A&M really catches my eye. You watch literally 2 snaps and it just jumps off the screen. Same with the safety from Ohio State. Those 2 really pop to me, much more than WR. You have to go BPA. We have enough needs to go BPA entire draft really.

41. Go get Michael Trigg a TE.

42. Put Skrmetta in the war room.

43. I’d be fine with Caleb Downs as well. He might be BPA at 8

44. They traded for two WRs and signed two more already. Ain’t no way they drafting WR. I’d be surprised if they drafted RB. It’s a defensive guy. Most likely the Safety if he’s there if not then pass rusher

45. I personally don’t want to draft a RB. We have a good solid room