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Draft Selections
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (NO)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (NO)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (NO)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (NO)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Sai'vion Jones Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Sai'vion Jones
DE-EDGE LSU
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (NO)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
Ty French Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NO)
Ty French
LB-EDGE West Virginia
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Draft Picks Received
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (CAR)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (SEA)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (SEA)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (SEA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (TEN)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (IND)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Players Gained
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Raekwon Davis
DT
Head Shot
T'Vondre Sweat
DT
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueD- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
Nobody dealt better than the Saints this weekend: B.

Some picks age like wine; Ty French at pick 185 will need to, sitting 254 spots clear of his grade. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. Landing Collins that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
In slot 10 they get protection for the quarterback, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick52 Rnd2 Bradyn Swinson
Bradyn Swinson at Round 2, Pick 20 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick82 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 82 is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick87 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at pick 87 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick111 Rnd4 Sai'vion Jones
Sai'vion Jones at the 111th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick123 Rnd4 Donovan Smith
Donovan Smith at the Round 4 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick136 Rnd4 Trey Moore
Trey Moore at Round 4, Pick 35 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick185 Rnd6 Ty French
A wild overpay on Ty French in No. 185, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick253 Rnd7 Akheem Mesidor
Value said wait; Akheem Mesidor in slot 253 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.