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Draft Selections
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (NO)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Quenton Nelson
OG
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Saints won the night they stopped Henderson from sliding. Grade: B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. TreVeyon Henderson had no business being available in slot 111, and the Saints did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Mykel Williams
In the 14th pick they get juice off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Taking Walter Nolen in pick 40 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick71 Rnd3 Gunnar Helm
Fair-plus on Gunnar Helm, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
They robbed the room for Jayden Higgins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick111 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson in No. 111 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
Circle this one: Jared Wilson at Round 4, Pick 29 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.