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Draft Selections
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Brandon Adams Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Brandon Adams
CB UCF
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints cashed the board's mistake on Gordon II: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Ollie Gordon II had no business being available in pick No. 248, and the Saints did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The Campbell pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Jihaad Campbell
In slot 9 they get a green-dot type in the middle, a steep price for the projection.
Pick40 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Colston Loveland in No. 40. It fills a real need, too.
Pick71 Rnd3 Cameron Williams
A clean, defensible pick in pick 71 with a little surplus value in Cameron Williams. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jaylin Noel
Jaylin Noel in the 93rd overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick112 Rnd4 David Walker
David Walker at the Round 4 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick131 Rnd4 Deone Walker
Circle this one: Deone Walker at the 131st pick is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
Pick184 Rnd6 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at Round 6, Pick 8 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick248 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II at pick No. 248 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick254 Rnd7 Brandon Adams
They took Brandon Adams at par in pick 254, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.