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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (NO)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (NO)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (NO)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Jaheim Bell Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Jaheim Bell
TE Florida State
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (NO)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (NO)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (NO)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Austin Reed Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (NO)
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (NO)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Draft Picks Received
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Austin Reed Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky
Draft Picks Traded
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (CIN)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Saints: B.

The Saints went off the board in a big way for Austin Reed, 60 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.

The McCaffrey pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In pick 18 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick45 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Kamari Lassiter at the Round 2 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick49 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Adonai Mitchell at slot 49 is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick150 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Fair-plus on Tommy Eichenberg, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick168 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Steal is underselling it; Luke McCaffrey at the 168th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jaheim Bell
A tidy little value on Jaheim Bell in No. 170, a step better than break-even. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick175 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
Good price on Javion Cohen in slot 175, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick190 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
They read the board right and Ty'Ron Hopper was the payoff at pick No. 190. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick199 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. at pick 199 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It fills a real need, too.
Pick214 Rnd6 Austin Reed
Austin Reed in the Round 6 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick239 Rnd7 Nathan Thomas
Nathan Thomas at No. 239 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.