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  • cyac DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (NO)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NO)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (NO)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Colbie Young Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NO)
Colbie Young
WR Georgia
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 6 (NO)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 7 (NO)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (LAC)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (LAC)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (LAC)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (LAC)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Colbie Young Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LAC)
Colbie Young
WR Georgia
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 6 (LAC)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 7 (LAC)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Draft Picks Traded
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (LAC)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (LAC)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (LAC)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LAC)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Tommi Hill Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (LAC)
Tommi Hill
CB Nebraska
Julian Fleming Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 6 (LAC)
Julian Fleming
WR Penn State
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedB TradesD+ FutureB-
The Saints land in the muddy middle: C+.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Logan Jones at slot 207 is 67 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Harold Perkins Jr.
In pick 15 they get a green-dot type in the middle at fair value.
Pick47 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
They paid a round early for Tate Ratledge in Round 2, Pick 15, more than the board wanted. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick79 Rnd3 Donovan Edwards
Donovan Edwards in the 79th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
Pick111 Rnd4 Wyatt Milum
A straight-up fair deal on Wyatt Milum at the 111th pick, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick143 Rnd5 Colbie Young
They reached into another round for Colbie Young, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick162 Rnd6 Alfred Collins
A conviction pick on Alfred Collins at No. 162 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick207 Rnd7 Logan Jones
Logan Jones at No. 207 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.