10074593'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (NO)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (NO)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (NO)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall D+
ValueF NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A puzzling weekend of work from the Saints: D+.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Emery Jones Jr., 139 picks early at slot 40. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D+.

The James pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Job largely done: offensive lineman settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Kyren Lacy
In pick 9 they get a difference-maker at receiver, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Emery Jones Jr.
A real head-scratcher, Emery Jones Jr. in slot 40 is miles ahead of his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick71 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
Mason Taylor in No. 71 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick91 Rnd3 Riley Leonard
A wild overpay on Riley Leonard in the 91st pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick110 Rnd4 Jordan James
Taking Jordan James in Round 4, Pick 9 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick No. 128 is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.