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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (NO)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (NO)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (NO)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (NO)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (NO)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NO)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
Nic Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (NO)
Nic Anderson
WR Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (CIN)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (MIN)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (CHI)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (CIN)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (CIN)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Draft Picks Traded
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (CIN)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Domani Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (MIN)
Domani Jackson
CB Alabama
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CHI)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Dani Dennis-Sutton Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (CHI)
Dani Dennis-Sutton
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Saints and Johnson: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Kaleb Johnson had no business being available in pick No. 150, and the Saints did the only sane thing and turned in the card. No fireworks, but a solid B.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. Every board in the league had Anderson lower, and that gap is the story.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick 13 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick28 Rnd1 Will Johnson
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick48 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks at the 48th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick78 Rnd3 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker at Round 3, Pick 14 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick109 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Smael Mondon Jr. in No. 109, plain and simple. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick150 Rnd5 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson in the 150th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick182 Rnd6 Parker Brailsford
They robbed the room for Parker Brailsford here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick252 Rnd7 Nic Anderson
Nic Anderson at pick No. 252 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.