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Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (NO)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (NO)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (NO)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (NO)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (NO)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NO)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (NO)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Draft Picks Received
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (SEA)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (SEA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (PIT)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (SEA)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (DEN)
Jalyx Hunt
DE-EDGE Houston Christian
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (WSH)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Holton Ahlers
QB
Head Shot
Casey Tucker
OG
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B+
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesA FutureB-
The Saints cashed the board's mistake on Vaki: B+.

When a board-topper like Sione Vaki slides to pick 239, you do not overthink it, and the Saints did not. No fireworks, but a solid B+.

Every board in the league had Taylor lower, and that gap is the story. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In No. 20 they get a difference-maker at receiver, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick45 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
They robbed the room for Quinyon Mitchell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick51 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson in the 51st overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick119 Rnd4 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
A real head-scratcher, Tyrone Tracy Jr. in the 119th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick150 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 5 slot with a little surplus value in Mason McCormick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
They jumped the gun on Jordan Jefferson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick179 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in slot 179 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick199 Rnd6 Trey Taylor
Trey Taylor at pick No. 199 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick222 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
You do not let a cornerback like Dwight McGlothern reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick239 Rnd7 Sione Vaki
They will replay Sione Vaki at the 239th pick for years; that is how good the value is. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.