Picayune's New Orleans Saints coverage team sat down recently to analyze where the team stands as it heads into the 2025 NFL Draft and what direction we think the team might take on draft weekend.

The NFL Draft is always a tough beast to have a pulse on. For the New Orleans Saints, they hold the ninth overall pick and four picks in the first two days as we sit here today. That's notable capital.

The Saints could be a surprise player in the 2025 NFL Draft quarterback market, and that would be a huge boost to the Chicago Bears' first-round plan.

Nate Tice and Charles McDonald check back in now that free agency has mostly run its course, and some seismic moves are in play.

It's April, which means the NFL Draft is closer. We've seen the NFL Scouting Combine and top free agents come off the board. That means teams' needs have become more defined, which makes it slightly easier to figure out who will lean which direction early in the draft.

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen are entering a critical year after the franchise went 3-14 in 2024. They finally moved on from former first-round quarterback Daniel Jones and embraced the stress that comes with walking through the unemployed quarterback wilderness.