This is A Great Draft for the Saints - all 7 picks

I think everyone (probably) recognises that this draft could give us 7 starters or 7 guys no longer with the team in a few years, and at the final reckoning it will probably be somewhere in between.

This is a good draft, in my opinion, because of the following:

• The picks seemed to match the areas of need (albeit with some exceptions)
• The picks seemed to fit what we do/fit our scheme/fit our prototypes
• The players selected appeared to provide reasonable to good value (when you consider composite rankings)
• The players selected seem to have the talent, athleticism, experience, production, potential etc to be seen as potential contributors, and often early contributors
• The players selected seem to fit our culture with a heavy weighting to character, leadership and service
• There was a good balance of risk and reward
• The trades we made made sense and didn't feel like over-paying for the value of the players we got
• We maneuvered our way through the draft and got ahead/ started two runs on a specific position group, getting our first choice in that target area
• There was a pleasing consistency to the draft where every pick just sorta made sense (to me at least) either immediately or with a minimum of reading up - no real clangers, or head scratchers - just good prospects at positions of need/value

If there's a negative from this draft, beyond the obvious which is that every player could be a dud, it's that we missed out on a few areas of need (LB/1T) and created a new one (TE).