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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NO)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (NO)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (NO)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (NO)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (NO)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Stanford
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (NO)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (NO)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Jaishawn Barham Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Jaishawn Barham
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (HOU)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Stanford
Draft Picks Traded
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints let Taylor fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

You could see the war room lean forward. Mason Taylor at Round 6, Pick 13 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

The Bailey reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In the 11th overall pick they get a wrecking ball inside. A real need, handled.
Pick57 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
You do not let a safety like Nick Emmanwori reach Round 2, Pick 25 and blink. They did not. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick76 Rnd3 Luke Kandra
Luke Kandra in pick 76 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick87 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
A premium they did not need to pay, Maxwell Hairston a notch or two before his time. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick89 Rnd3 David Bailey
David Bailey at the Round 3 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick112 Rnd4 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson in No. 112 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick123 Rnd4 Elic Ayomanor
They robbed the room for Elic Ayomanor here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick188 Rnd6 Mason Taylor
Mason Taylor in the 188th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick253 Rnd7 Jaishawn Barham
Taking Jaishawn Barham in the 253rd overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.