Time Travel Draft'S MOCK DRAFT

Time Travel Draft'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 23, 2026

Saints 2026 Draft

  • Time Travel Draft DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NO)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NO)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Malachi Fields Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Malachi Fields
WR Notre Dame
Skyler Gill-Howard Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Skyler Gill-Howard
DT Texas Tech
Mike Washington Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Mike Washington Jr.
RB Arkansas
Kevin Coleman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (NO)
Kevin Coleman Jr.
WR Missouri
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Barion Brown
WR LSU
Sawyer Robertson Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (NO)
Sawyer Robertson
QB Baylor
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints kept it disciplined and banked a B.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Saints would have aced it. Barion Brown at the 170th overall pick is 36 spots clear of where he belonged. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Robertson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In the 8th pick they get a bell-cow for the offense at fair value.
Pick42 Rnd2 Olaivavega Ioane
Nothing to complain about; Olaivavega Ioane went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Malachi Fields
A straight-up fair deal on Malachi Fields at the 73rd overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick132 Rnd4 Skyler Gill-Howard
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Skyler Gill-Howard. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick136 Rnd4 Mike Washington Jr.
Mike Washington Jr. at No. 136 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick148 Rnd5 Kevin Coleman Jr.
Kevin Coleman Jr. at pick 148 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Barion Brown
A big swing on Barion Brown at the 170th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick188 Rnd6 Sawyer Robertson
Sawyer Robertson at Round 6, Pick 9 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.