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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Ahmed Hassanein Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Ahmed Hassanein
DL-EDGE Boise State
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Mac McWilliams Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
Mac McWilliams
CB UCF
Kitan Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Kitan Crawford
S Nevada
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Saints.

Some picks age like wine; Ahmed Hassanein at Round 4, Pick 29 will need to, sitting 106 spots clear of his grade. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

They banked enough surplus on Tuten to cover a lot of smaller sins. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In slot 9 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Donovan Ezeiruaku
Donovan Ezeiruaku in the 40th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick71 Rnd3 Luke Kandra
A wild overpay on Luke Kandra in pick 71, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick93 Rnd3 David Walker
David Walker at No. 93 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick112 Rnd4 Savion Williams
You do not let a wide receiver like Savion Williams reach the 112th overall pick and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick131 Rnd4 Ahmed Hassanein
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ahmed Hassanein this early at the Round 4 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick184 Rnd6 Bhayshul Tuten
Taking Bhayshul Tuten in Round 6, Pick 8 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick248 Rnd7 Mac McWilliams
Fair-plus on Mac McWilliams, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick254 Rnd7 Kitan Crawford
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kitan Crawford in pick No. 254. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.