{"id":849765,"date":"2026-04-02T18:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849765\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:23:18","slug":"saints-pass-rush-solution-may-be-sitting-at-no-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849765\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints\u2019 Pass Rush Solution May Be Sitting at No. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which direction will the New Orleans Saints take with the No. 8 pick in the first round of the 2026 National Football League Draft?  <\/p>\n<p>Arguably, there are three routes New Orleans could\/should take. The three are wide receiver, the edge or a cornerback. These are the team&#8217;s three biggest weaknesses right now after the first wave of free agency. Now, of course, the franchise could add elsewhere, but if the Saints go in a different direction with the No. 8 pick than any of these three, it would be the wrong move. New Orleans has a chance to add serious talent at No. 8. There will be a few good offensive linemen at the pick, for example, but the Saints&#8217; offensive line is in a good position right now. Enough to not use the No. 8 pick on a lineman. <\/p>\n<p>But, who should the Saints take? New Orleans was tabbed as the &#8220;favorite pick&#8221; for Rueben Bain Jr. from Miami at No. 8 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/48346957\/2026-nfl-draft-favorite-team-fits-20-top-prospects-reese-love-simpson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN&#8217;s Matt Bowen.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Edge Rueben Bain Jr. to the Saints,&#8221; Bowen wrote. &#8220;Height: 6-2 | Weight: 263. College: Miami. Where New Orleans could get him: Pick No. 8. There&#8217;s a need here to add a pass rusher in New Orleans, as veteran Cameron Jordan is still a free agent. Plus it&#8217;s an opportunity for coordinator Brandon Staley to add a potential game-wrecker for his defense. <\/p>\n<p>The Saints would be wise to add Rueben Bain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Which direction will the New Orleans Saints take with the No. 8 pick in the first round of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-849765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-neworleans","12":"tag-neworleanssaints","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116336512392282875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849765","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=849765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}