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Draft Selections
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall
B
ValueB+
NeedB
TradesB-
FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Saints for Loveland: B. You build a draft on nights like this. Colston Loveland had no business being available in slot 71, and the Saints did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
Spending an early pick on linebacker with edge rusher, cornerback and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. If Majors pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick Analysis
Pick9
Rnd1
Tetairoa McMillan
In No. 9 they get a weapon on the perimeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40
Rnd2
Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker at the Round 2 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick71
Rnd3
Colston Loveland
Colston Loveland at pick 71 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick93
Rnd3
Jake Majors
They jumped the gun on Jake Majors, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick111
Rnd4
Chris Paul Jr.
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending slot 111 on Chris Paul Jr. with edge rusher, cornerback and other spots unsolved.
Pick130
Rnd4
Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips at Round 4, Pick 29 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.






