Here is a thought. The Saints haven’t been crappy enough to warrant a top 10 pick since 2008 and not crappy enough for a top 5 since 2006. That’s a long time. So, on the unlikely chance the team sucks badly enough for a top 3 pick next year then maybe we get our future QB. Not that I’m predicting anything.

So we got that going for us, which is nice.

It could be said that Carr is 1 year older and playing behind a much less experienced offensive line and facing a less easy schedule of opponents in 2024 than 2023. Last year many said we would have a great record because Lattimore and Thomas's injuries in 2022 were a fluke, but it turns out that with age and risk factors injuries can be a pattern.

But in the end its ok. If we don't win a lot of games we still have our own 1st round pick so we have insurance. If we win, great, if we don't, we could be in a position to draft a QB of the future and that position will also help attract better coaching candidates than for example Carolina was able to with no 1st round pick and looking for a coach or we would have been this offseason with a later 1st round pick than our own.