{"id":1973,"date":"2025-04-26T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1973\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T18:58:09","slug":"saints-select-tyler-shough-vernon-broughton-and-jonas-sanker-in-day-2-of-the-2025-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1973\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints select Tyler Shough, Vernon Broughton, and Jonas Sanker in Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When news broke in early April that Derek Carr&#8217;s 2025 season may be in jeopardy because of an injury to his shoulder, the New Orleans Saints suddenly became a destination for quarterback speculation. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/the-saints-have-their-answer-to-their-quarterback-question-in-louisvilles-tyler-shough\/article_8e570afa-43cb-4955-a6a4-5c3c7caa3afb.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Saints have their answer to their quarterback question in Louisville&#039;s Tyler Shough.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans Saints added an athletic safety with the No. 93 overall pick in Virginia&#8217;s Jonas Sanker. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/saints-draft-virginia-safety-jonas-sanker-93rd-overall\/article_313a7305-e841-41cb-a471-5bbc2e6cd16b.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Saints added an athletic safety who racked up tackles with the last of their Day 2 picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans Saints weren&#8217;t done mining the University of Texas for help in the trenches. With the No. 71 pick, the Saints selected Texas defensive tackle Vernon Broughton, a massive 6-foot-5, 311-pound tackle with an 83 3\/4-inch wingspan. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/saints\/the-saints-select-texas-dt-vernon-broughton-in-the-3rd-round\/article_3cbec3a2-c184-409e-866c-5fbed1b20d17.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"With their first pick in the third round, the Saints continued to build the trenches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When news broke in early April that Derek Carr&#8217;s 2025 season may be in jeopardy because of an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,81,2003,6,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-1973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-latest-news","10":"tag-morning-break","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114405804188977096","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}