AveryCooks'S MOCK DRAFT
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AveryCooks'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 23, 2026

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2026 FINAL MOCK

  • AveryCooks DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NO)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Devin Moore Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Devin Moore
CB Florida
Oscar Delp Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Oscar Delp
TE Georgia
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (NO)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Pat Coogan Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Pat Coogan
C Indiana
Draft Picks Received
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ARI)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Ty Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (ARI)
Ty Simpson
QB Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LV)
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Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesA- FutureC
Larceny in Round 4, Pick 32 lands the Saints a B-, Hurst and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Ted Hurst had no business being available in the Round 4 slot, and the Saints did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The cost of the Payton reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In slot 3 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece. Need was not the driver here.
Pick73 Rnd3 Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter in the 73rd overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick132 Rnd4 Ted Hurst
Ted Hurst in pick No. 132 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick136 Rnd4 Devin Moore
They robbed the room for Devin Moore here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick150 Rnd5 Oscar Delp
A quiet steal in the Round 5 slot: Oscar Delp for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick172 Rnd5 Cole Payton
They reached a country mile for Cole Payton at Round 5, Pick 32, and the board is aghast. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick190 Rnd6 Pat Coogan
Pat Coogan at No. 190 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.