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Draft Selections
RJ Oben Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
RJ Oben
DL-EDGE Notre Dame
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Ja'Quinden Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Ja'Quinden Jackson
RB Arkansas
Ethan Downs Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NO)
Ethan Downs
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
KJ Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (NO)
KJ Jefferson
QB UCF
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NO)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall C-
ValueF NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Saints: C-.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: RJ Oben in pick 9, a good 220 spots before the room expected him.

Landing Turner that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 RJ Oben
In pick 9 they get a disruptor off the edge, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Jack Sawyer
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jack Sawyer in Round 2, Pick 8. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick71 Rnd3 Luke Kandra
A big swing on Luke Kandra at the Round 3 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick93 Rnd3 Derrick Harmon
They will replay Derrick Harmon at slot 93 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick112 Rnd4 Ja'Quinden Jackson
Ja'Quinden Jackson at No. 112 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The roster fit checks out.
Pick131 Rnd4 Ethan Downs
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Ethan Downs well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick184 Rnd6 KJ Jefferson
They talked themselves into KJ Jefferson at the Round 6 slot, and the board did not agree. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick248 Rnd7 Will Howard
The board fumbled Will Howard all the way to pick No. 248, and they scooped it up. It fills a real need, too.
Pick254 Rnd7 Shemar Turner
Taking Shemar Turner in Round 7, Pick 38 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.