That sounds like Taysom HillHis time as quarterback is over. Speaking to reporters at the owners’ meeting, Saints head coach Dennis Allen said Hill will play mostly tight end in 2022.
“A lot more of the F-tight end, sort of a tight-end roll,” Allen said (via WDSU.com). “I think that’s the direction we need to move with him. Because I think he could be one of the better players in the league in that role.”
According to Jeff Duncan of NOLA.com (on Twitter), it was always the Saints’ plan to move Hill to a full-time tight end. The player’s four-year extension should pay him like a tight end, and the escalators were only in place for the slim chance of Hill returning to the quarterback position.
Hill flirted with the quarterback position early in his career, and he’s had opportunities to show what he’s got while filling in Drew Brees in 2020 and filling in for James Winston during the campaign to Brees 2021. While the Saints went 7-2 when Hill started under center, he still has just eight touchdowns against eight interceptions while completing 64.2 percent of his passes.
Of course, Hill has also shown that he can be a game-changer in a Swiss Army knife-type role. Over the past four years, Hill has mustered 1,571 yards from scrimmage and 23 touches on 255 touches.