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Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (NO)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (NO)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NO)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (NO)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (NO)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (DEN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (DEN)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (DEN)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Saints: B-.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Saints did exactly that with JD Bertrand in Round 5, Pick 16.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick45 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
A big swing on Braden Fiske at No. 45, well ahead of any board in the building. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick113 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Cam Hart in Round 4, Pick 13 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick152 Rnd5 JD Bertrand
They talked themselves into JD Bertrand at the 152nd overall pick, and the board did not agree. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick170 Rnd5 Eric Watts
They reached a country mile for Eric Watts at slot 170, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick176 Rnd6 Jha'Quan Jackson
Value said wait; Jha'Quan Jackson in the 176th pick says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick200 Rnd6 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Brevyn Spann-Ford at No. 200 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.