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  • Pj DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
R.J. Mickens Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
R.J. Mickens
S Clemson
Fentrell Cypress II Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
Fentrell Cypress II
CB Florida State
Keenan Pili Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Keenan Pili
LB Tennessee
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall C
ValueF NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A mixed bag for the Saints, and a C to match.

Nobody else had Keenan Pili anywhere near the Round 7 slot. The Saints did, by 90 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

Conerly Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Deone Walker
Deone Walker in the Round 1 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick40 Rnd2 Mykel Williams
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Mykel Williams in the 40th overall pick, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick71 Rnd3 Josh Conerly Jr.
Josh Conerly Jr. at No. 71 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
They robbed the room for Jalen Royals here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick112 Rnd4 LeQuint Allen
They talked themselves into LeQuint Allen at pick 112, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick131 Rnd4 Jackson Slater
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jackson Slater well ahead of where he belonged. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick184 Rnd6 R.J. Mickens
R.J. Mickens in pick 184 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick248 Rnd7 Fentrell Cypress II
Fentrell Cypress II at slot 248 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick254 Rnd7 Keenan Pili
Keenan Pili at the 254th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.