Saints Player Rankings: Multi-use Taysom Hill barely edges top 10

At the No. 9 spot in our “Top 25 Current Saints Players” comes fan-favorite quarterback Taysom Hill who agreed to a new two-year deal this offseason.

Taysom Hill is known as the Saints’ Swiss Army Knife that can do just about anything the teams send him out on the field to do.

While his stats aren’t the more glaring thing on his resume, it’s his ability to do the necessary things to get either first down or touchdown that gets fans excited.

Drew Brees is the main draw for fans of the Saints, but when Taysom Hill comes under center, they believe anything can happen. We even graded him an A+ this past year as a quarterback for everything he does for the team.

Beyond catching and running in touchdowns, Hill creates huge blocks playing FB, TE, and WR.

This is such an underrated part of what he does because this allows others to become open in the field. His ability to make the defense question the play call makes him that much more of a threat whether he is included in the play or simply just a decoy.

In 2020, Hill will begin to have a larger role on offense given his 2-year, $21 million contract extension. This will expose his game more, but it will also help get the reps in needed if he should become the team’s next franchise quarterback.

Prior to last season, Hill was far away from a top-ten Saints player, but last year really showed what value he brought to the table scoring 7 total touchdowns and 457 total yards.

With Jameis Winston now in the quarterback fold, this allows Taysom to take on more risk again, making him that much more dangerous with experience on his side. Taysom Hill could be a player this year that scores 10 total touchdowns given more opportunities.

One thing is for sure with Hill in the lineup. The defenses will need to study him more, allowing Brees to have an even bigger advantage to pick up big play yardage. While Hill is not the current quarterback under center, he knows this is his time to shine to give Saints fans hope after the Drew Brees era.

Some have said Winston may take over that role, but running quarterbacks who can just do more are taking over the NFL such as Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, and Josh Allen. Hill is not the passer these guys are, but he can create more with less.

Hill earned a 10.3 average rank among out 12 writers and was slotted in just above Jared Cook.