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    Saints
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (NO)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NO)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
Nico Iamaleava Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NO)
Nico Iamaleava
QB UCLA
Jack Endries Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NO)
Jack Endries
TE California
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (NO)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NO)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Malik Hartford Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (NO)
Malik Hartford
S Ohio State
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints won the night they stopped Iamaleava from sliding. Grade: B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Nico Iamaleava slide, and the Saints were the ones holding the card at the 69th pick. Highway robbery. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain. Reaching for Hunter left real value on the table behind him.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In the 5th overall pick they get a ballhawk on the back end at fair value.
Pick37 Rnd2 Mikail Kamara
A reasonable price with a little left over, Mikail Kamara in pick 37. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick69 Rnd3 Nico Iamaleava
Taking Nico Iamaleava in the Round 3 slot is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick105 Rnd4 Jack Endries
Jack Endries at No. 105 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It fills a real need, too.
Pick138 Rnd4 Lee Hunter
A reach for Lee Hunter in the 138th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick144 Rnd5 Earnest Greene III
They did well to land Earnest Greene III in Round 5, Pick 6, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick183 Rnd6 Malik Hartford
Malik Hartford slipping to slot 183 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Stacking talent where they were already deep.