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  • datman63 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (NO)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (NO)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (NO)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (MIA)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Players traded away
Head Shot
Jamaal Williams
RB
Head Shot
Kendre Miller
RB
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesD+ FutureB-
The Saints let Fannin Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Harold Fannin Jr., slot 93, roughly 41 picks past where he belonged. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They are betting Grant proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on James Pearce Jr.. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick40 Rnd2 Jaxson Dart
Jaxson Dart in slot 40 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick71 Rnd3 Charles Grant
Value said wait; Charles Grant in the 71st pick says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick93 Rnd3 Harold Fannin Jr.
Harold Fannin Jr. in pick No. 93 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
Pick111 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
A clean, defensible pick in No. 111 with a little surplus value in Cam Skattebo. The roster fit checks out.
Pick114 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
You do not let a wide receiver like Tez Johnson reach the 114th overall pick and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
No edge and no loss on Jordan Phillips in pick 115; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick130 Rnd4 Cody Simon
Cody Simon at Round 4, Pick 29 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.