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  • datman63 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (NO)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (NO)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (NO)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (NO)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (NO)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NO)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Maxen Hook Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (NO)
Maxen Hook
S Toledo
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (NO)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (NO)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Brian Ugwu Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Brian Ugwu
DL-EDGE Miami (OH)
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (DEN)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Maxen Hook Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Maxen Hook
S Toledo
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DEN)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Players traded away
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Jamaal Williams
RB
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Kendre Miller
RB
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Ryan Ramczyk
OT
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Taysom Hill
QB
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall C-
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The phones sank the Saints this weekend: C-.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Brian Ugwu in pick 254, a good 166 spots before the room expected him.

Skattebo falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. They punted on wide receiver, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty at the Round 1 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick40 Rnd2 Donovan Ezeiruaku
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Donovan Ezeiruaku. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick71 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Good price on Deone Walker in pick No. 71, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick81 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They will replay Xavier Watts at Round 3, Pick 17 for years; that is how good the value is. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick93 Rnd3 Harold Fannin Jr.
They robbed the room for Harold Fannin Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick110 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Luke Kandra. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick120 Rnd4 Mello Dotson
Mello Dotson in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick129 Rnd4 Miles Frazier
They talked themselves into Miles Frazier at slot 129, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick148 Rnd5 Cody Simon
A quiet steal in the 148th overall pick: Cody Simon for less than the market said. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick182 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
Taking Cam Skattebo in pick 182 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick186 Rnd6 Maxen Hook
Maxen Hook at the 186th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick205 Rnd6 Kobe King
Kobe King in Round 6, Pick 30 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick251 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser in No. 251 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick254 Rnd7 Brian Ugwu
Brian Ugwu in pick No. 254 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.