Saints make a couple of missteps in this three-round 2023 mock draft

Farrar’s take on the pick:

This is simple math for me. The Saints signed former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr to a four-year, $150 million contract with $100 million guaranteed. If you look back at Carr’s time with the Raiders, tight end Darren Waller was often his most explosive target. When I watched Luke Musgrave play tight end, he reminded me a ton of Waller with his ability to win at the intermediate and deep levels, and occasional issues with blocking and drops. Carr might feel right at home with Musgrave as an addendum for his passing concepts.

Musgrave is a decent prospect, but he isn’t going to take targets away from Juwan Johnson — another Darren Waller-style tight end who the Saints rewarded with a two-year extension after he broke out last season. For someone heralded as a phenomenal receiving tight end, he’s only caught 47 passes in his 34-game college career, with 9 drops against 2 touchdown receptions. He also missed 11 games with a knee injury last year. He blocks well but it’s tough to see the Saints trusting him right away over a veteran in Adam Trautman. He doesn’t have the resume of someone who should be picked this highly. The player taken one slot after the Saints in this mock draft, Clemson defensive end Myles Murphy, would have been a better pick for New Orleans.