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By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
The message the New Orleans Saints front office has sent out for the last several months is clear: It is all in on the here and now.
Tuesday (Oct. 23), New Orleans traded a 2019 fourth-round pick and a 2020 seventh-round pick to the Giants for cornerback Eli Apple, meaning the Saints will have one selection in the first four rounds of next year’s draft. ...
New Orleans has now traded away its first-, third- and fourth-round picks in the 2019 draft. Each of those moves — even the one for a player who has not played a meaningful snap this season — show an organization that believes its championship window is now.
This past offseason, the Saints identified a fortified pass rush as one of their primary goals. When the 2018 draft rolled around, they sent their 2019 first-round pick to the Packers in order to move up and select Marcus Davenport.
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