SAINTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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2026 SAINTS MOCK DRAFT B-

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New Orleans Saints

The Saints checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

by New Orleans Saints · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades D+
Future A

The Saints put a flag in the ground for Aaron Graves, 28 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Scott value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Chris Bell · WR · rank 41
In No. 28 they get a matchup problem out wide, reach and all. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 34
Dillon Thieneman slid further than he should have, and the 42nd pick is lovely value for the safety. A minor itch, scratched.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 54
Jake Slaughter at pick 59 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Keionte Scott · CB · rank 62
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Keionte Scott in pick No. 73. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Mike Washington Jr. · RB · rank 116
A conviction pick on Mike Washington Jr. at Round 4, Pick 6 that the board grades a round light. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · Oscar Delp · TE · rank 127
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in Oscar Delp. It fills a real need, too.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 129
Harold Perkins Jr. in the 136th pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.10 · Pick 150 · Beau Stephens · OG · rank 152
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Beau Stephens. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.27 · Pick 167 · Aaron Graves · DT · rank 195
They talked themselves into Aaron Graves at Round 5, Pick 27, and the board did not agree. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.32 · Pick 172 · Eric Rivers · WR · rank 162
Nice patience on Eric Rivers, who had no business lasting to pick 172. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.9 · Pick 190 · Bobby Jamison-Travis · DT · rank 200
They went early on Bobby Jamison-Travis in No. 190, and the value did not follow. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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