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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NO)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NO)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Max Klare Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Max Klare
TE Ohio State
Keylan Rutledge Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Keylan Rutledge
OG Georgia Tech
Skyler Gill-Howard Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 4 (NO)
Skyler Gill-Howard
DT Texas Tech
Jaden Greathouse Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (NO)
Jaden Greathouse
WR Notre Dame
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NO)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (NO)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

For all the boxes ticked, the Saints skipped the loudest one: edge rusher is exactly as bare as it was. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Klare falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
Jeremiyah Love in pick 8 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick42 Rnd2 Sonny Styles
A tidy little value on Sonny Styles in pick No. 42, a step better than break-even. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick73 Rnd3 Max Klare
Max Klare slipping to Round 3, Pick 9 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick132 Rnd4 Keylan Rutledge
A straight-up fair deal on Keylan Rutledge at slot 132, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick137 Rnd4 Skyler Gill-Howard
No edge and no loss on Skyler Gill-Howard in the 137th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jaden Greathouse
Jaden Greathouse at the 149th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick171 Rnd5 Xavier Nwankpa
Xavier Nwankpa at the Round 5 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick189 Rnd6 Miles Kitselman
They took Miles Kitselman at par in No. 189, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.