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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (NO)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (NO)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Braiden McGregor Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Braiden McGregor
DE-EDGE Michigan
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (NO)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (NO)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Saints a B.

Nobody had Curtis Jacobs this high, and it is not close. The Saints reached 30 spots to get him at slot 168. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took McGregor.

Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 JC Latham
In the 14th overall pick they get protection for the quarterback. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick45 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Kamari Lassiter at No. 45 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick150 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
They took Luke McCaffrey at par in the Round 5 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick168 Rnd5 Curtis Jacobs
Curtis Jacobs in the 168th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick170 Rnd5 Tykee Smith
Value with a capital V on Tykee Smith in slot 170, a genuine coup. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick175 Rnd5 Cody Schrader
A straight-up fair deal on Cody Schrader at pick 175, value and slot in agreement. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick190 Rnd6 Braiden McGregor
Nice patience on Braiden McGregor, who had no business lasting to pick No. 190. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick199 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
Jaylen Harrell at Round 6, Pick 24 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick239 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus at No. 239 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.