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RUN ON APR 24, 2025

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    Saints
Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Kaimon Rucker
DE-EDGE North Carolina
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
CJ Dippre Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
CJ Dippre
TE Alabama
Ja'Corey Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Ja'Corey Brooks
WR Louisville
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Saints spent the 112th pick on Kaimon Rucker, a name most had 43 spots down the list.

Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Mukuba.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In pick 9 they get a disruptor off the edge, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 T.J. Sanders
They paid sticker price for T.J. Sanders in the 40th overall pick, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick71 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
No drama and no debate, Tate Ratledge went about where he belonged in the Round 3 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick93 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
Andrew Mukuba is a better player than slot 93 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick112 Rnd4 Kaimon Rucker
Value said wait; Kaimon Rucker in pick No. 112 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick131 Rnd4 Jeffrey Bassa
Jeffrey Bassa in the 131st pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick184 Rnd6 DJ Giddens
DJ Giddens slid further than he should have, and pick No. 184 is lovely value for the running back. The roster fit checks out.
Pick248 Rnd7 CJ Dippre
CJ Dippre at the Round 7 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
Pick254 Rnd7 Ja'Corey Brooks
Ja'Corey Brooks at slot 254 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.