3 difficult decisions New Orleans Saints will need to make this offseason

3. Take An Honest Look At The QB Situation

Derek Carr's going to be the starting QB for the Saints in 2024 – unless the Saints and Carr's agent find a way to restructure his contract – which isn't totally unlikely – his cap hit is going to be over $35 million (taking up roughly 14% of the team's cap space). If they decide to let Winston explore other opportunities, they could be in a prime spot to take one of the 2nd- or 3rd-tier QBs in this year's draft. That way, they'd be able to start evaluating what their post-Carr future looks like, and whichever QB they drafted wouldn't necessarily feel the pressure of having to start in Week 1. Maybe the 14th overall pick is a little high for this Saints roster to go after a QB, but using their 2nd or 5th round pick on a developmental projected isn't the worst idea. Good teams take fliers on QBs even when they don't think they need it.