Saints Rumors: Florida’s Kyle Trask Intrigues Unique Orleans in 2021 NFL Draft

As the Unique Orleans Saints look an extended-time frame replacement for Drew Brees, one quarterback within the 2021 NFL draft class has reportedly caught their seek. 

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Saturday on SportsCenter that the Saints “fancy” Florida’s Kyle Trask. 

The Saints presently be pleased the 28th bewitch within the most considerable spherical. It appears to be like to be unlikely they’d be in a region to switch up far ample to make a need one of many tip 5 quarterbacks in this class, significantly if three of them are off the board after the most considerable three picks are made. 

ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has Trask ranked as the sixth-simplest quarterback this 365 days, leisurely Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Zach Wilson, Mac Jones and Trey Lance. 

In Todd McShay‘s most new mock draft released Thursday on ESPN.com, the Chicago Bears chosen Trask within the 2d spherical with the 52nd bewitch. 

McShay notes that Trask has “mammoth contact and anticipation on his passes despite some shortcomings with arm energy.”

That scouting epic would seem to compare the blueprint that head coach Sean Payton ran in new years, when Brees’ arm energy prevented him from pushing the ball deep down the field. 

Unique Orleans presently has Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston as its in-dwelling alternatives to interchange Brees. 

Payton said final month on The Dan Patrick Gift he is searching forward to Hill and Winston to compete for the initiating job, but he added “there could be a pair of issues which will aloof be accessible.”

Hill began four games final season when Brees modified into as soon as injured. He threw for 928 yards, ran for 457 yards and accounted for 13 touchdowns in 16 appearances in 2020. 

Trask led the nation with 43 landing passes and completed 2d with 4,283 passing yards in his final season at Florida.