Bayou77'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Kamari Ramsey Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Kamari Ramsey
S USC
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (NO)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (NO)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (NO)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (NO)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (HOU)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesD FutureA-
Singleton should have been long gone. The Saints pounced, and earned a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Nicholas Singleton, the 183rd pick, roughly 84 picks past where he belonged. No fireworks, but a solid B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend. The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.

Offensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a featured back. A real need, handled.
Pick71 Rnd3 Kamari Ramsey
Steal is underselling it; Kamari Ramsey at Round 3, Pick 7 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick90 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
Value with a capital V on Deontae Lawson in slot 90, a genuine coup. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick96 Rnd3 Aeneas Peebles
Aeneas Peebles slid further than he should have, and pick No. 96 is lovely value for the interior defensive lineman. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick111 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
They read the board right and Mason Taylor was the payoff at the 111th overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jake Majors
They robbed the room for Jake Majors here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick183 Rnd6 Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton in the 183rd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick253 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Jamon Dumas-Johnson at No. 253 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.