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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NO)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (NO)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NO)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (NO)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (NO)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (TEN)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CHI)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CLE)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Players traded away
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Chris Olave
WR
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Kendre Miller
RB
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Spencer Rattler
QB
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall D
ValueA NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Saints let Dart fall and pounced. Final grade: D.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jaxson Dart had no business being available in the 184th pick, and the Saints did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick 9 they get a problem off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick40 Rnd2 Armand Membou
They robbed the room for Armand Membou here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jahdae Barron
Jahdae Barron at No. 67 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick71 Rnd3 Walter Nolen
Taking Walter Nolen in pick No. 71 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
Circle this one: Jihaad Campbell at slot 93 is a fall that decides a draft. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick94 Rnd3 Grey Zabel
They will replay Grey Zabel at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick104 Rnd4 Josaiah Stewart
Josaiah Stewart at the 104th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick112 Rnd4 Trey Amos
Steal is underselling it; Trey Amos at Round 4, Pick 10 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick120 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
They barely believed it either: Jayden Higgins still on the board at slot 120. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick131 Rnd4 Elijah Arroyo
You do not let a tight end like Elijah Arroyo reach Round 4, Pick 29 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick148 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Smael Mondon Jr. in the 148th overall pick, plain and simple. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick184 Rnd6 Jaxson Dart
A quarterback of that caliber at pick No. 184 is the definition of value, full stop. It fills a real need, too.
Pick248 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 248th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick254 Rnd7 Isaac TeSlaa
The board fumbled Isaac TeSlaa all the way to pick 254, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.