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Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NO)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NO)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
A'Mauri Washington Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
A'Mauri Washington
DT Oregon
Chris Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Chris Johnson
CB San Diego State
Diego Pavia Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (NO)
Diego Pavia
QB Vanderbilt
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (NO)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NO)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
Trinidad Chambliss Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Trinidad Chambliss
QB Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Saints reached some 47 spots for Trey Moore, and value like that does not grow back. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

On value alone, Pavia makes the weekend a net positive. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In the 8th pick they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at fair value. More want than need.
Pick42 Rnd2 Olaivavega Ioane
Olaivavega Ioane in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick73 Rnd3 A'Mauri Washington
Quietly one of the better values of the day, A'Mauri Washington at slot 73. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick132 Rnd4 Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson slipping to pick No. 132 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick138 Rnd4 Diego Pavia
Somehow Diego Pavia was still sitting there in the 138th overall pick, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick149 Rnd5 Logan Jones
Logan Jones in Round 5, Pick 10 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick171 Rnd5 Trey Moore
Trey Moore at the 171st pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick190 Rnd6 Trinidad Chambliss
By-the-book stuff, Trinidad Chambliss at the 190th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.