66'S MOCK DRAFT
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66'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 26, 2025

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  • 66 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints let Johnson fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Saints one, and it paid up: Kaleb Johnson, the No. 47 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 71 like a gift left on the doorstep. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Every board in the league had Fortune lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Armand Membou
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker at pick No. 40 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick71 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
You do not let a running back like Kaleb Johnson reach No. 71 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick93 Rnd3 Sebastian Castro
A tidy little value on Sebastian Castro in pick 93, a step better than break-even. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick112 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
A slide stopped in the 112th overall pick, with Tez Johnson worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick131 Rnd4 O'Donnell Fortune
Value said wait; O'Donnell Fortune in Round 4, Pick 29 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick184 Rnd6 CJ West
A straight-up fair deal on CJ West at slot 184, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.