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Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (NO)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (NO)
Caleb Banks
DE Florida
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NO)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Max Klare Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Max Klare
TE Ohio State
C.J. Fite Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (NO)
C.J. Fite
DT Arizona State
Cade Klubnik Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 4 (NO)
Cade Klubnik
QB Clemson
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NO)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (NO)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (NO)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
Draft Picks Received
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Max Klare Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (LAR)
Max Klare
TE Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (LAC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Francis Mauigoa Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (LAR)
Francis Mauigoa
OT Miami
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jordan Whittington
WR
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B+
ValueA- NeedB TradesC FutureA+
Grand theft in pick 137: the Saints steal Klubnik and grade out a B+.

You could see the war room lean forward. Cade Klubnik at the 137th pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

The Moore pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.

The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In the 22nd pick they get a downhill hitter at safety at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick35 Rnd2 Caleb Banks
Caleb Banks in No. 35 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick69 Rnd3 Nyck Harbor
They read the board right and Nyck Harbor was the payoff at pick 69. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick93 Rnd3 Max Klare
Max Klare in the 93rd overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick127 Rnd4 C.J. Fite
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like C.J. Fite reach slot 127 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick137 Rnd4 Cade Klubnik
They barely believed it either: Cade Klubnik still on the board at the Round 4 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez at Round 5, Pick 3 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick166 Rnd5 Trey Moore
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Trey Moore well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick183 Rnd6 Bryce Lance
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick No. 183 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.