{"id":863558,"date":"2026-04-11T01:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863558\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T01:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:12:26","slug":"saints-are-making-their-top-nfl-draft-priority-painfully-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863558\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints are making their top NFL Draft priority painfully obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5f\">Fans have been clamoring that adding talent in the wide receiver room next to Chris Olave and Devaughn Vele is imperative all offseason. It&#8217;s safe to say the Kellen Moore is in agreement. The New Orleans Saints are bringing in nearly every receiver you could think of on one of their top-30 visits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whodatdish.com\/saints-may-be-signaling-bold-draft-plans-with-controversial-prospect-visit-01kntq448anx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jordyn Tyson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/whodatdish.com\/carnell-tate-to-the-saints-just-got-a-whole-lot-more-real-01knmxn2erky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carnell Tate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/whodatdish.com\/saints-one-step-closer-to-giving-tyler-shough-his-wish-in-nfl-draft-01kkfpk3m21h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Bell <\/a>are some of the most commonly discussed prospects in Saints circles, regardless of position. All of them have been brought in as a top-30 visit. Makai Lemon is another option at 8 who the Saints have visited with. The list rounds out with Omar Cooper and Ted Hurst. As the Saints&#8217; list grows, the amount of wide receivers on the list will likely grow as well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">This list doesn&#8217;t even include workouts. Denzel Boston was brought in for a workout, and many other receivers will be also. Regardless of the method, the Saints are making it a point to accumulate as much knowledge on receivers as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Wide receivers are dominating the Saints interests<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">Is wide receiver a massive need for the Saints? Of course. It&#8217;s no surprise the team is doing their due diligence on the position. This is more than due diligence, however. Investing 6 of their 10 visits in the same position is a huge sign of how they feel about the position.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">Interestingly, none of the names reported so far are edge rushers. It&#8217;s another one of the glaring holes on the Saints and figures to be one of the positions in play early. These visits aren&#8217;t the end all be all, but it&#8217;s still surprising to see no edge rushers on the list at the moment. It&#8217;s completely wide receivers, defensive backs and offensive linemen.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">The Saints may not use all 30 of these visits and all of them won&#8217;t be announced either. The odds are they&#8217;re going to bring in at least one or two more receivers for a top-30 visit. Nearly a third of the Saints&#8217; top-30 visits will be dedicated wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">We&#8217;ve seen the Saints go into the draft with an obvious need and don&#8217;t address it. Don&#8217;t expect that to be the case this year. Moore and Co. are too active for it to be a complete smokescreen. It might not be Round 1, but the Saints are poised to pick a wide receiver in the draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans have been clamoring that adding talent in the wide receiver room next to Chris Olave and Devaughn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-863558","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\/116383419132826214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863558","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=863558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}