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Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NO)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Malachi Fields Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (NO)
Malachi Fields
WR Notre Dame
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Mike Washington Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (NO)
Mike Washington Jr.
RB Arkansas
Will Lee III Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Will Lee III
CB Texas A&M
Nadame Tucker Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Nadame Tucker
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
Kaleb Elarms-Orr Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (NO)
Kaleb Elarms-Orr
LB TCU
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Zavion Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (NO)
Zavion Thomas
WR LSU
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIA)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Malachi Fields Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (GB)
Malachi Fields
WR Notre Dame
Mike Washington Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (GB)
Mike Washington Jr.
RB Arkansas
Zavion Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (GB)
Zavion Thomas
WR LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (MIA)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Brandon Cisse Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (GB)
Brandon Cisse
CB South Carolina
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kenneth Grant
DT
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB-
The Saints turned the phones into found money: B.

The Nadame Tucker pick is the one that will follow the Saints into the fall. They took him 41 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. For all the activity, offensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain. That Stowers pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In slot 11 they get a green-dot type in the middle. More want than need.
Pick52 Rnd2 Malachi Fields
This one needs a full-page explanation: Malachi Fields in pick 52, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick73 Rnd3 Eli Stowers
Eli Stowers slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Pick84 Rnd3 Mike Washington Jr.
Value with a capital V on Mike Washington Jr. in No. 84, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick132 Rnd4 Will Lee III
A reasonable price with a little left over, Will Lee III in the 132nd pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick136 Rnd4 Nadame Tucker
A real head-scratcher, Nadame Tucker in Round 4, Pick 36 is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick150 Rnd5 Trey Moore
They reached into another round for Trey Moore, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick172 Rnd5 Kaleb Elarms-Orr
Kaleb Elarms-Orr in pick No. 172 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick190 Rnd6 Zane Durant
Fair-plus on Zane Durant, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Zavion Thomas
Zavion Thomas at the 236th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.