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Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NO)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (NO)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (NO)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Kaleb Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Kaleb Proctor
DL SE Louisiana
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Draft Picks Received
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CHI)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Joshua Josephs Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (CHI)
Joshua Josephs
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Keagen Trost Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (ATL)
Keagen Trost
OT Missouri
Players Gained
Head Shot
Cobee Bryant
CB
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB- TradesB FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Saints: C+.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Saints spent Round 6, Pick 9 on Patrick Payton, a name most had 61 spots down the list.

The Perkins Jr. pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback, running back and other spots. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

Hit on Sonny Styles and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In pick No. 8 they get a downhill thumper at linebacker, even if it was a touch early.
Pick57 Rnd2 Daylen Everette
They talked themselves into Daylen Everette at pick 57, and the board did not agree. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick73 Rnd3 Logan Jones
They jumped the gun on Logan Jones, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick89 Rnd3 Harold Perkins Jr.
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Harold Perkins Jr. at linebacker with quarterback, running back and other spots open.
Pick132 Rnd4 Ted Hurst
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ted Hurst this early at slot 132. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick136 Rnd4 DeMonte Capehart
A straight-up fair deal on DeMonte Capehart at No. 136, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Pick150 Rnd5 Kaleb Proctor
Kaleb Proctor at pick 150 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick190 Rnd6 Patrick Payton
Patrick Payton in slot 190 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.