Trade Taysom Hill to the Indianapolis Colts

The Colts own pick No. 34 in this year’s draft, just ten spots behind the Saints at No. 24. Adding that pick would give the Saints an opportunity to add multiple playmakers at key positions, like a real receiver who could be five or six years younger than the Saints’ third-string quarterback/part-time slot receiver/special teams coverage ace.

Of course, this hinges on the theory that Sean Payton is bluffing when he talks Hill up as the next Steve Young. It would mean that the Saints don’t view Hill as face-of-the-franchise material, which makes sense considering more than half his snaps came in the kicking game. All those tackles he made, leading with his throwing shoulder, weren’t for nothing. It’s the ultimate test of words versus actions.

Why the Colts? They need a new quarterback after Jacoby Brissett’s underwhelming time in the starting job, and Hill could be a better pickup than the past-his-prime Philip Rivers. Imagine what Colts coach Frank Reich, of “Philly Special” fame, could do with Hill in the fold. The Colts own multiple picks in the top two rounds, including two in the second round, and they could more easily justify the cost to acquire him than most.

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