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Draft Selections
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Evan Prater Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Evan Prater
WR Cincinnati
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall D
ValueF NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Hard to find the plan in the Saints' weekend. D.

The Saints bet big and early on Evan Prater, 341 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Put together, it is a D.

They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. That Sanders pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, cornerback very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Que Robinson
In slot 9 they get a double-digit-sack hope, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins at the 40th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick71 Rnd3 Tyler Booker
Circle this one: Tyler Booker at No. 71 is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick93 Rnd3 Shilo Sanders
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Shilo Sanders. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick112 Rnd4 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues in pick 112 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick131 Rnd4 Evan Prater
A real head-scratcher, Evan Prater in the Round 4 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick184 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
A running back of that caliber at Round 6, Pick 8 is the definition of value, full stop. It patches a soft spot without any drama.