John DeShazier | Senior Writer - NewOrleansSaints.com
By all accounts, the New Orleans Saints entered the 2019 NFL Draft from an advantageous position: The two-time defending NFC South Division champions, with relatively few (if any) absolutely pressing needs, having positioned themselves through free agency to be able to select the best available players.
That said, the Saints still appeared to help themselves via the draft, with quality overshadowing quantity (just five picks in the seven-round draft), and continued draft-day aggression allowing them to snap up players they view as bargains and believe will be contributors.
New Orleans welcomed Texas A&M center Erik McCoy (second round, No. 48 overall), Florida safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson (fourth round, No. 105), Rutgers safety Saquan Hampton (sixth round, No. 177), Notre Dame tight end Alize’ Mack (seventh round, No. 231) and Idaho linebacker Kaden Elliss (seventh round, No. 244) to the franchise over the weekend.
The Saints traded up in the second (from No. 62 to 48) and fourth (from 116 to 105) rounds in order to select McCoy and Gardner-Johnson. And, along with Hampton, New Orleans believes it was able to draft players in a lower spot than where the Saints had them graded. ...
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