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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NO)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (NO)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (NO)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (NO)
JT Tuimoloau
DE Ohio State
Dontay Corleone Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Dontay Corleone
DT Cincinnati
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (NO)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (NO)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints let James fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The Saints did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Jordan James fell into slot 123. The bottom line is a respectable B.

The cost of the Jackson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The skill positions did well by the weekend.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the 11th overall pick they get a go-to option on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick43 Rnd2 Harold Fannin Jr.
Harold Fannin Jr. slipping to pick No. 43 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Pick75 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at No. 75 is a conviction pick that outran the value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick87 Rnd3 JT Tuimoloau
You do not let an edge rusher like JT Tuimoloau reach the 87th pick and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick112 Rnd4 Dontay Corleone
Good price on Dontay Corleone in Round 4, Pick 11, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
Pick123 Rnd4 Jordan James
Taking Jordan James in slot 123 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick187 Rnd6 Chris Paul Jr.
Chris Paul Jr. at pick 187 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick253 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
A straight-up fair deal on Shilo Sanders at the Round 7 slot, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.