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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (NO)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Steve Linton Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Steve Linton
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (NO)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (NO)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (NO)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

The tape said wait; the Saints did not. Jaylen Wright went at pick No. 176, a good 135 picks before the board was ready. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The Clark pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 JC Latham
In slot 14 they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick45 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A reach for Edgerrin Cooper in pick No. 45; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick136 Rnd4 James Williams
A clean, defensible pick in pick 136 with a little surplus value in James Williams. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick152 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jaylin Simpson at the 152nd pick is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick170 Rnd5 Steve Linton
A real head-scratcher, Steve Linton in Round 5, Pick 34 is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick176 Rnd6 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright in No. 176 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick192 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
No edge and no loss on Michael Barrett in the 192nd overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick203 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
They read the board right and De'Corian Clark was the payoff at pick No. 203. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.