If confidence were a draft strategy, the Saints would have aced it. Dominic Zvada at the 42nd overall pick is 265 spots clear of where he belonged.

Johnson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The Zvada pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at cornerback, offensive lineman and other spots. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.