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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (NO)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (NO)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (NO)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (NO)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (NO)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (NO)
Julian Pearl
OT-EDGE Illinois
Ryan Watts Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (NO)
Ryan Watts
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Saints for Hadden: B.

The Saints spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Kamal Hadden, the No. 140 name on the board, in the Round 5 slot.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. The cost of the Thomas reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In slot 14 they get juice off the edge. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick45 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
A quiet steal in the 45th overall pick: Quinyon Mitchell for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick149 Rnd5 Logan Lee
Logan Lee in pick No. 149 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick167 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Kamal Hadden in pick 167, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick169 Rnd5 Nathan Thomas
A premium they did not need to pay, Nathan Thomas a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick174 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper slid further than he should have, and Round 5, Pick 38 is lovely value for the linebacker. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick192 Rnd6 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis at the Round 6 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick201 Rnd6 Julian Pearl
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Julian Pearl at the 201st pick. Hard to map this one onto the depth chart at all.
Pick230 Rnd7 Ryan Watts
No drama and no debate, Ryan Watts went about where he belonged in slot 230. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.