Why the low draft grades?

Looking at things with a dispassionate (i.e., non-Saints fan) eye, there wasn't anything particularly ingenious about how we conducted this draft. We got a couple players who we believe will help our team right away, but every other team feels the same about their picks. We spent a good bit of extra capital to acquire our guys, which isn't ideal, but it's acceptable. We didn't get eye-popping value with any of our picks, didn't pull off any major trade coups. Relative to every other team, we had a decent draft. It's fine. We did fine. Time will tell if we did better than "fine," but for now, a 'C' isn't a terrible grade.