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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (NO)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Jonah Monheim
OT USC
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (NO)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (NO)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (NO)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Draft Picks Traded
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (CHI)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Marshon Lattimore
CB
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall D
ValueB- NeedA- TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Saints to a D.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Saints spent the 176th pick on Dwight McGlothern, a name the board had a full 44 spots lower.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In slot 9 they get a premier pass rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick45 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy at pick 45 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick136 Rnd4 Javon Foster
Javon Foster at pick No. 136 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick152 Rnd5 Darius Robinson
By-the-book stuff, Darius Robinson at Round 5, Pick 16 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jonah Monheim
A straight-up fair deal on Jonah Monheim at the 170th pick, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick176 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern at the Round 6 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick192 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
They took Michael Barrett at par in No. 192, which is nothing to complain about. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick205 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nathaniel Watson. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.