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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NO)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (NO)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (NO)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (NO)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (NO)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (NO)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Tylan Grable Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (NO)
Tylan Grable
OT UCF
Draft Picks Received
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (HOU)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (HOU)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (WSH)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (WSH)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints won the night they stopped James from sliding. Grade: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: DJ James, the No. 53 name on the board, stolen at slot 100.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick No. 14 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick67 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at slot 67 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
Jermaine Burton in the Round 3 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick100 Rnd3 DJ James
DJ James in Round 3, Pick 37 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick123 Rnd4 Mekhi Wingo
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Mekhi Wingo at the 123rd pick is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick168 Rnd5 Beau Brade
A safety of that caliber at pick 168 is the definition of value, full stop. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick199 Rnd6 Jha'Quan Jackson
Jha'Quan Jackson in the 199th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick239 Rnd7 Tylan Grable
A tidy little value on Tylan Grable in No. 239, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.