Archie Manning is always one of the most loved players in New Orleans of all time. Peyton, Eli and Cooper Manning played high school in Isidore Newman in New Orleans. Mannings are football royalty and New Orleans is their house.
Apart from LeBron James written by Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003, there are not many more natural and fun oars in history than the quarter-back of the University of Texas Arch Manning who returned to the saints in 2026. It is not as if the saints were not aware of this possibility.
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Saints are one of the most interesting teams of NFL 2025 draftBut the real intrigue could be preparing for next year's project. It is impossible for New Orleans not to dream a little of landing Manning, Cooper's son and the nephew of Peyton and Eli. Most projections of the NFL 2026 draft class have manning as perspective n ° 1.. The saints have been stuck in boring mediocrity for a few years without path. Manning would change this.
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And perhaps the saints approach the project in this spirit, on several levels.
Will the saints go in place to QB in 2026?
The saints have a waste at the quarter-Arrière. Derek Carr would have wants to go out. After Cam Ward, it is Not a strong shoad of quarter-arre. For a certain time, the saints taking a quarter of a quarter were favored by Betmgm ratingsBut that has cooled, especially with regard to Sheder Sanders. Perhaps the saints decide to transmit their decision to the quarter to a better and deeper class in 2026.
Manning's dream is fun, but there is no guarantee that Manning is in the 2026 class. In the Nile era, the quarter-arres do not have the same pressure to go to the NFL. The money will be there for Manning. Maybe he will want another year in Texas. It is also possible that a full start -up season would exhibit a little in Manning and push it in the draft tables. It happened before.
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But it would be ok for the saints. Manning is a fun adjustment due to the bounds of the hometown, but the repechage class of next year has many interesting options like Drew Allar de Penn State, Garrett Nussmeier de Lsu, the sellers of Lanorris de Caroline du Sud and others. Other quarters will also emerge, as Jayden Daniels did throughout his season of the Heisman trophies. If the saints have the bottom in the hope of a quarter of a quarter in 2026, all their hopes would not be pinned on Manning.
If there is a season to decide to be bad, in the hope of obtaining a franchise changer in a quarter in one year, it could be the right time to do it.
Perspectives of saints for the NFL 2025 project
Tanking does not occur in the NFL, not in the way most people talk about it. You cannot tell the coaches or players not to do their best. But teams can make personnel decisions that are not necessarily conducive to victory. Putting the quarter-back in the draft and letting Spencer Rattle Start throughout the season would be this type of moving. If the end result of a terrible season is to make a difference to make quarterrier, and above all a massively excited quarter of New Orleans, fans of saints would probably not be too upset.
The chances of Sanders Betmgm written by the saints went from +160 on Monday (New Orleans was the favorite to write Sanders) to +350 Tuesday. It is a big change. The favorite of the first position written by the saints went from the quarter to the defensive line. It seems that the buzz has changed for the saints not choosing a quarter of the first round this year, and who knows if they are planning to take a quarter in the first round. The saints could use their first choices on offensive talents and set up for anyone who is their very written quarter next year.
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The marketing dream would be that this quarterrier was Arch Manning, to be welcomed by any offensive line player (Kelvin Banks Jr.?) Or a position of jurisdiction (Tyler Warren? Tetairoa McMillan?) They write the ninth of this year's recovery instead of a quarter.
It is not guaranteed to execute it properly. The saints could stinking and still do not get the first choice. Manning could stay in school or prove that he is not really the NFL prospect that he should be at the moment. But if the saints transmit the quarter of a quarter in this project, without any good idea of whom they would start all season, it is a sign that they have greater things in mind.
