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Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (NO)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (NO)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (NO)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (NO)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (NO)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (NO)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints let Legette fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Xavier Legette, pick No. 48, roughly 34 picks past where he belonged.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In No. 19 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick48 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They barely believed it either: Xavier Legette still on the board at the 48th pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick136 Rnd4 Max Melton
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Max Melton at slot 136. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick156 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
A straight-up fair deal on Javion Cohen at the Round 5 slot, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick170 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
They paid sticker price for Malachi Moore in the 170th overall pick, and that is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick176 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ty'Ron Hopper. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick197 Rnd6 LaDarius Henderson
You do not let an offensive lineman like LaDarius Henderson reach Round 6, Pick 22 and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick210 Rnd6 Jasheen Davis
Jasheen Davis at pick 210 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.