Marshon Lattimore of New Orleans Saints looking on.Marshon Lattimore (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
A blockbuster trade proposal has the New Orleans Saints sending superstar cornerback Marshon Lattimore to an AFC team in a move that would drastically shake up the 2024 NFL playoff picture.

There aren’t any indicators that the Saints are open to trading Marshon Lattimore, who remains a core piece of a defense that has finished top-10 in scoring in each of the last four years.

But the Saints are in a miserable salary cap situation and must begin a rebuild sooner rather than later. So if the right offer came along for Lattimore, GM Mickey Loomis would have to be open to dealing his top defensive back.

Bleacher Report’s Alex Ballentine proposed a blockbuster trade idea that would see the Saints trading Marshon Lattimore to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2025 third-round draft pick (via the Minnesota Vikings):

“The Jacksonville Jaguars are attempting to contend in an AFC that has a ton of firepower and elite quarterbacks. That requires an elite secondary that can contend with the likes of Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and Joe Burrow.

Right now, the Jaguars have Tyson Campbell and Ronald Darby as starting outside corners with not a whole lot behind them. An injury to either of them would pose a serious issue for new defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen.

Nielsen made himself known as a defensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints. It might be time to get on the horn with his former team and see what it would take to bring in Marshon Lattimore.”

The four-time Pro Bowler has been limited to 17 total games over the last two years, so he’s missed the equivalent of a full season. New Orleans was just 4-3 without Lattimore last season, and 4-6 in games he missed the year before.

That alone goes to show how valuable a healthy Marshon Lattimore is. And he would be a big-time difference-maker on a Jaguars defense that finished 26th against the pass last season.

Marshon Lattimore Would Make Jaguars A Super Bowl Contender

The Jaguars have a star-level quarterback in Trevor Lawrence, a deep set of weapons and a dangerous front seven. They’re one great cornerback away from emerging as a Super Bowl contender in the crowded AFC, and a player of Lattimore’s caliber would get them there.

With Lattimore, the Jaguars would have an elite shutdown corner who can go up against top receivers in the AFC like Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Marquise Brown, Rashee Rice, Davante Adams, Zay Flowers, George Pickens, Calvin Ridley, Nico Collins, Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle and Garrett Wilson.