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Draft Selections
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Thomas Fidone II Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Thomas Fidone II
TE Nebraska
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Saints a B-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Saints spent No. 254 on Thomas Fidone II, a name most had 111 spots down the list.

Getting Royals where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Armand Membou
In the 9th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick40 Rnd2 Jordan Burch
Jordan Burch at the Round 2 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick71 Rnd3 Landon Jackson
Landon Jackson in the 71st pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals at Round 3, Pick 29 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick112 Rnd4 Cody Simon
A conviction pick on Cody Simon at pick No. 112 that the board grades a round light. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick131 Rnd4 Que Robinson
Que Robinson at slot 131 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick184 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at Round 6, Pick 8 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It fills a real need, too.
Pick248 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Teddye Buchanan. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick254 Rnd7 Thomas Fidone II
Value said wait; Thomas Fidone II in the 254th pick says they were not listening. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.