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2026 Draft

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Draft Selections
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (NO)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Darius Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (NO)
Darius Taylor
RB Minnesota
Dontay Corleone Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NO)
Dontay Corleone
DT Cincinnati
Jude Bowry Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (NO)
Jude Bowry
OT Boston College
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Barion Brown
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall D+
ValueF NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
A puzzling weekend of work from the Saints: D+.

The tape said wait; the Saints did not. Patrick Payton went at Round 1, Pick 5, a good 210 picks before the board was ready.

That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. That Corleone pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and cornerback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Patrick Payton
In slot 5 they get a double-digit-sack hope, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick36 Rnd2 Darius Taylor
Darius Taylor at Round 2, Pick 4 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Dontay Corleone
The board fumbled Dontay Corleone all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick147 Rnd5 Jude Bowry
Jude Bowry at the 147th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick190 Rnd6 Barion Brown
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Barion Brown. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.