B
New Orleans Saints
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Saints a B.
by foidling ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 3 picks
· 1 steals
· 1 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Darrell Jackson Jr., 29 picks early at the 73rd pick.
A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Concepcion.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 8th overall pick they get a building block for the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They read the board right and KC Concepcion was the payoff at pick 42. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Darrell Jackson Jr. this early at No. 73. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.