SAINTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New Orleans Saints

The Saints fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

by [email protected] · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 6 reaches
Value C-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

The Saints put a flag in the ground for Eric Gentry, 165 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Jayden Higgins deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

The Price steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but offensive lineman.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.6 · Pick 38 · Elijah Sarratt · WR · rank 77
Elijah Sarratt at No. 38 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Caleb Banks · DL · rank 42
They took Caleb Banks at par in Round 2, Pick 10, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Keionte Scott · CB · rank 63
No edge and no loss on Keionte Scott in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Jadarian Price · RB · rank 61
A quiet steal in slot 73: Jadarian Price for less than the market said. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Malachi Fields · WR · rank 79
Malachi Fields is a better player than the 89th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Nadame Tucker · DE-EDGE · rank 176
Nadame Tucker in pick No. 129 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · Trey Moore · LB-EDGE · rank 186
They reached into another round for Trey Moore, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 138
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on DeMonte Capehart. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.10 · Pick 150 · Domani Jackson · CB · rank 179
Domani Jackson at the Round 5 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.32 · Pick 172 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 192
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jeff Caldwell well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.9 · Pick 190 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 355
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Eric Gentry. A minor itch, scratched.
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