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gormenghast20'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 24, 2025

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  • gormenghast20 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Nohl Williams Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Nohl Williams
CB California
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Thomas Fidone II Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
Thomas Fidone II
TE Nebraska
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Saints: B.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Saints took Oluwafemi Oladejo at the 93rd pick, roughly 45 spots before his name belonged. No fireworks, but a solid B.

The Egbuka pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In slot 9 they get a building block for the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka in pick 40 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick71 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins at the 71st pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick93 Rnd3 Oluwafemi Oladejo
They reached into another round for Oluwafemi Oladejo, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick112 Rnd4 Jackson Slater
A big swing on Jackson Slater at No. 112, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick131 Rnd4 Nohl Williams
A clean, defensible pick in the 131st overall pick with a little surplus value in Nohl Williams. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick184 Rnd6 Jason Marshall Jr.
A premium they did not need to pay, Jason Marshall Jr. a notch or two before his time. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick248 Rnd7 Thomas Fidone II
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Thomas Fidone II. It fills a real need, too.
Pick254 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
Nothing to complain about; Teddye Buchanan went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.