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Jan 9.1

  • Slam DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (NO)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (NO)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (NO)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints robbed the room for Johnson. Final grade: B.

Call it larceny. Kaleb Johnson sat on the board until the Round 4 slot, and the Saints did not need to be asked twice.

Every board in the league had Smith lower, and that gap is the story. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the 9th pick they get a double-digit-sack hope. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick40 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
They did well to land Tyler Booker in slot 40, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick71 Rnd3 Tyler Warren
Circle this one: Tyler Warren at pick No. 71 is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
Pick90 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jayden Higgins at the Round 3 slot is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick111 Rnd4 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson in Round 4, Pick 10 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick128 Rnd4 Deontae Lawson
Deontae Lawson at No. 128 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick183 Rnd6 Sonny Styles
A safety of that caliber at pick 183 is the definition of value, full stop. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick253 Rnd7 Tim Smith
Tim Smith in the 253rd overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.