Why the low draft grades?

SaintsBrah said

Seeing pretty much grades of “C” across the board on all the sites.

Main criticism is we gave up too much- but haven’t seen any real criticism of the actual picks.

Considering we got 3 key pieces - it feels like a huge success.

1) We now have 2 WRs with vertical speed to stretch the field (Olave, Harris) and will free up Thomas in the slant game. Winston will have a much easier time with this.

2) 2 mean mauling tackles with Ram and Pennington, protecting Winston

3) A solid S replacement after losing Marcus Williams.

Love the picks so far. I clearly remember prior drafts where we cut half our picks or more anyways…so I say 3 potential starters is a win

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I think this whole "Value" proposition is over rated in the NFL draft. When viewed in a silo maybe it makes sense but this is about building a team. The Saints FO looks more at filling needs than about making sure we get the appropriate value. Olave was at a MUST position and is either the best WR or in the top 3. So we filled a big need with a top level talent. Did we over pay? Perhaps.. But we dramatically upgraded not only the position but our team as a whole. So if we were worried about "value" we could have waited... gotten value... but with a player that would not have provided the upgrade on the team

So maybe the ATL got "Value" getting their QB some viewed as a #2 at #3.. Good for them.. This guy is a mid level QB that may be servicable in a couple of years... They got "value"... But will this guy have the same IMPACT as Olave? I think not