Derek Carr

NewOrleans Football’s Nick Underhill said that if the Saints take a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft, they will likely do so with their second-round pick.

Speculation as to what the Saints will do with the No. 9 overall pick has increased lately, with commentators commonly linking them to Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders. Underhill’s “guess” is “that pick is not going to be a quarterback,” instead labeling the Saints’ No. 40 overall pick as “the sweet spot” for the position. Underhill does not believe there “exists” a quarterback prospect that the team deems worthy of the No. 9 pick, and addressed Derek Carr’s recent shoulder-injury saga by saying, “if [that type of quarterback prospect] didn’t exist before all of this happened, it probably doesn’t exist now.” Should Carr remain a Saint for 2025, he may be battling a second-round rookie for the starting role.