2020 NFL Draft: New Orleans Saints team preview

Everything New Orleans Saints fans need to know heading into the 2020 NFL Draft

Everything New Orleans Saints fans need to know heading into the 2020 NFL Draft.

VITALS

Head Coach: Sean Payton

General Manager: Mickey Loomis

2019 Record: 13-3

2020 DRAFT PICKS

1 (24)

3 (88)

4 (130)

5 (169)

6 (203)

TEAM NEEDS

Quarterback

The 2020 NFL season will likely be the last for Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints need to find his heir apparent. Taysom Hill has been a great addition to the team but his projection at this point doesn’t seem to be any more than a special teamer/gadget player/backup quarterback. The Saints could have an opportunity to grab their quarterback of the next decade plus if it all falls right for them in the first round.

Wide Receiver

The Saints have one of the best receivers in the game with Michael Thomas but one man cannot do it alone. The team needs to invest in a number two receiver in this draft class. A class that is full of receivers in one of the deepest classes in some time. It isn’t a position that needs to be address in the first round but definitely within their first three selections.

Linebacker

The defense needs to be addressed as far as their depth at linebacker. Manti Te’o is.a free agent, Another key linebacker was AJ Klein who moved on to Buffalo. With some of the talent at linebacker in the class, it wouldn’t be a stretch to find one on day three to come in and compete for a starting role or rotational role immediately.

TOP TARGETS

Kenneth Murray | LB | Oklahoma

Patrick Queen | LB | LSU

Jordan Love | QB | Utah State

Jalen Reagor | WR | TCU

Justin Jefferson | WR | LSU

Brandon Aiyuk | WR | Arizona State

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