New Orleans Saints

Coming off a season that defied expectations and rewrote the narrative—from a 2–8 start to a playoff berth—the Saints entered the draft with a rare advantage: they did not need to chase desperation. Instead of forcing immediate starters, this class reflects a front office focused on sustainability, matchup leverage, and long-term roster control.

This was not a flashy draft. It was a deliberate one.

The Philosophy Behind the Class

When teams overachieve unexpectedly, the temptation is to double down aggressively—reach for stars, trade future capital, or overload one side of the ball. The Saints resisted that impulse. Instead, they leaned into three core principles:

Length and athletic ceilings
Positional redundancy
Scheme compatibility over raw ratings

Every pick fits within those boundaries.

Ja’Kobi Lane (WR, 80 OVR): The Prototype Modern X

Lane is the most NFL-ready player in the class and immediately alters how defenses must align. At 6’4” with elite agility and smooth acceleration, he profiles as a true outside weapon rather than a manufactured-touch receiver.

What makes Lane particularly valuable is not just production potential—it’s geometry. Defenses now must respect vertical space on both sides of the field, which directly benefits slot routes, intermediate concepts, and the run game.

He does not need to be force-fed targets to justify his selection. His presence alone tilts coverage.

Short-term role: rotational outside receiver
Long-term ceiling: primary boundary target with matchup control

Bray Hubbard (FS, 75 OVR): Quiet Stability in the Middle

Safeties rarely headline draft classes, but they often determine defensive consistency. Hubbard is a classic Cover 3 fit: rangy, disciplined, and assignment-sound.

He brings balance rather than chaos. In a defense that already thrives on takeaways, Hubbard’s value lies in preventing the explosive mistake—the busted coverage, the late rotation, the missed angle.

This is the type of player whose impact shows up indirectly: fewer panic throws, tighter windows, more predictable reads for corners underneath.

Short-term role: sub-package and rotational safety
Long-term ceiling: dependable starter who stabilizes the back end

Jayden Virgon-Morgan (EDGE, 71 OVR): Functional Physicality

Virgon-Morgan is not a pass-rush specialist, and that is precisely why he fits. His strength, awareness, and size make him useful in early downs and controlled fronts.

In a league increasingly obsessed with speed rushers, players like Virgon-Morgan quietly extend drives defensively by setting edges and forcing offenses into longer down-and-distance situations.

He is not asked to be explosive. He is asked to be correct.

Short-term role: rotational edge, run support
Long-term ceiling: reliable depth piece who earns snaps through discipline

Duce Robinson (WR, 70 OVR): The Long Bet

At 6’6”, Robinson is the definition of a developmental gamble. His athletic profile suggests mismatch potential, but his awareness and refinement lag behind.

The key here is patience. Robinson does not need immediate relevance. In red-zone packages and situational deployments, his size alone creates defensive stress. If his route nuance improves, the payoff could be significant.

This pick signals confidence in the existing receiver room—there is time to let him grow.

Short-term role: specialty packages, depth
Long-term ceiling: matchup-driven red-zone threat

Carter Smith & Kage Casey (LT 69 OVR / RT 68 OVR): Insurance That Matters

Offensive line depth is rarely celebrated until it is missing.

Smith and Casey are not meant to displace starters. They are meant to prevent collapse. Both offer size, strength, and baseline awareness—traits that allow an offense to survive injuries without completely changing its identity.

In a season defined by momentum swings and availability, these picks quietly protect the most valuable asset on the roster: continuity.

Short-term role: backup tackles, emergency starters
Long-term ceiling: stable depth that avoids crisis

Final Takeaway

This draft will not dominate highlight reels. It will not win social media debates. What it does instead is reinforce the exact reason the Saints surged late in the season:

They win by stacking advantages, not chasing moments.

Length at receiver
Discipline in the secondary
Depth in the trenches
Development over desperation

In a league where many teams overreact to one season, the Saints drafted like an organization that expects to be relevant again next year—and the year after that.

That may be the most important win of the offseason.

Quartebacks

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	COD	THP	SAC	MAC	DAC	TUP	TOR	PAC	BKS
John Mateer	23	6'1"	QB	Scrambler QB	83	88	92	89	90	90	93	88	89	85	90	82	86
Tyler Shough	27	6'5"	QB	Strong Arm QB	71	84	84	77	75	92	83	83	77	75	81	86	64
Spencer Rattler	26	6'1"	QB	Scrambler QB	69	82	85	77	77	90	84	79	76	79	83	71	78

Backs

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	COD	STR	AWR	JKM	SPM	SFA	TRK	BCV	CTH	SRR	RBK	IBK	LBK
Desmond Reid	23	5'8"	HB	Elusive Back HB	80	91	94	94	91	60	70	85	77	71	68	86	62	62	33	28	41
Alvin Kamara	32	5'10"	HB	Elusive Back HB	78	87	89	89	82	77	85	83	78	86	85	82	74	77	41	39	41
Devin Neal	24	5'11"	HB	Elusive Back HB	72	87	89	81	85	71	67	84	80	67	74	85	68	60	40	42	38

Receivers

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	COD	STR	AWR	JMP	JKM	SPM	SFA	TRK	BCV	CTH	CIT	SPC	SRR	MRR	DRR	RLS	RBK	IBK	LBK
Chris Olave	27	6'0"	WR	Deep Threat WR	87	93	95	91	92	59	82	82	75	72	42	32	79	94	85	86	86	87	89	85	40	39	21
Ja'Kobi Lane	22	6'4"	WR	Deep Threat WR	80	90	90	95	84	74	73	90	77	68	81	69	78	88	84	94	77	90	79	81	67	41	44
Calvin Austin	28	5'9"	WR	Slot WR	77	95	96	91	92	53	68	90	81	75	44	34	84	84	79	79	80	76	78	70	48	39	20
Trey Palmer	26	6'0"	WR	Deep Threat WR	75	95	92	80	86	54	76	79	73	66	49	45	81	85	78	79	75	76	80	74	57	47	28
Devaughn Vele	29	6'5"	WR	Slot WR	74	90	90	83	80	58	77	86	74	68	49	41	76	87	84	81	77	76	74	71	43	37	26
Duce Robinson	22	6'6"	WR	Deep Threat WR	70	86	89	88	78	73	62	88	72	70	68	75	62	75	84	85	73	76	78	75	62	39	46
Will Sheppard	25	6'3"	WR	Slot WR	69	86	91	80	81	68	68	89	80	71	52	51	83	80	82	82	75	73	71	69	50	45	26
Bryce Oliver	27	6'1"	WR	Slot WR	67	87	86	80	81	60	68	78	78	73	53	57	79	82	78	80	71	74	69	65	51	44	22
Jermaine Jackson	27	5'7"	WR	Slot WR	65	86	84	81	86	57	67	84	77	69	38	48	77	80	78	80	71	74	66	67	42	38	27
Eli Stowers	24	6'4"	TE	Vertical Threat TE	78	88	90	87	85	72	64	95	72	72	70	74	77	84	87	75	73	81	75	67	47	48	42
Juwan Johnson	30	6'4"	TE	Vertical Threat TE	73	86	87	82	77	69	70	84	75	71	59	50	80	82	82	86	70	65	61	69	62	54	31
Moliki Matavao	24	6'6"	TE	Vertical Threat TE	65	79	80	76	69	76	67	79	62	61	57	68	67	80	73	74	64	62	54	66	63	63	58

Offensive Line

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	ACC	AGI	COD	STR	AWR	PBK	RBK	IBK	LBK
Kelvin Banks Jr.	23	6'5"	LT	Pass Protector OL	84	72	58	59	86	84	89	87	88	86
Carter Smith	24	6'5"	LT	Pass Protector OL	69	74	68	61	85	75	76	69	73	74
Isaac Seumalo	33	6'4"	LG	Power OL	80	72	67	53	84	88	79	81	87	83
Joshua Gray	27	6'5"	LG	Agile OL	63	81	65	59	76	64	70	73	78	80
Erik McCoy	30	6'4"	C	Power OL	89	77	62	58	89	95	83	93	86	91
Jax Harrington	24	6'4"	C	Pass Protector OL	68	66	59	53	89	72	78	67	78	72
Corey Bullock	25	6'3"	C	Power OL	63	65	61	54	85	62	69	74	81	80
Kevin Dotson	30	6'4"	RG	Power OL	86	69	59	51	90	90	75	91	88	92
Cesar Ruiz	28	6'4"	RG	Power OL	80	75	55	57	87	84	81	80	84	83
Torricelli Simpkins III	25	6'5"	RG	Power OL	65	66	41	51	78	66	76	74	77	86
Taliese Fuaga	25	6'6"	RT	Power OL	83	73	63	50	93	76	79	87	89	88
Kage Casey	23	6'5"	RT	Pass Protector OL	68	76	69	59	90	65	77	71	76	70
Xavier Truss	26	6'7"	RT	Power OL	63	68	57	47	88	58	72	70	78	79

Defensive Line

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	COD	STR	AWR	BSH	FMV	PMV	TCK	PWR	PUR	PRC
Chase Young	28	6'5"	LEDGE	Speed Rusher DL	80	83	87	84	71	86	74	82	85	73	83	82	83	73
Joe Evans	28	6'1"	LEDGE	Speed Rusher DL	65	82	88	80	71	74	59	75	66	63	72	78	75	65
Alim McNeill	27	6'2"	DT	Run Stopper DL	85	75	81	64	55	93	89	86	73	82	84	79	81	90
Bryan Bresee	25	6'5"	DT	Power Rusher DL	77	78	85	70	68	88	79	76	66	79	80	84	80	79
Khristian Boyd	27	6'2"	DT	Run Stopper DL	71	63	69	55	50	88	68	78	67	69	82	80	76	69
Vernon Broughton	26	6'5"	DT	Power Rusher DL	71	72	80	63	59	86	70	75	73	81	77	83	72	69
Denzel Lowry	24	6'1"	DT	Power Rusher DL	66	67	78	63	56	89	63	67	62	75	70	81	76	70
Aliki Vimahi	26	6'4"	DT	Power Rusher DL	64	56	68	61	42	89	63	68	63	73	73	84	73	69
Carl Granderson	30	6'5"	REDGE	Run Stopper DL	80	81	84	74	66	80	81	84	81	73	88	76	87	82
Jayden Virgon-Morgan	24	6'3"	REDGE	Power Rusher DL	71	81	77	74	69	78	76	67	62	79	79	82	77	62

Linebackers

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	COD	STR	JMP	AWR	BSH	FMV	PMV	TCK	PWR	PUR	PRC	ZCV	MCV
Jaylan Ford	25	6'3"	WILL	Run Stopper LB	77	82	85	81	75	73	81	75	84	60	64	89	85	80	76	57	54
Quincy Williams	31	5'11"	WILL	Pass Coverage LB	76	88	85	75	69	65	89	82	63	57	49	81	89	89	82	73	64
Dorian Mausi Jr.	25	6'1"	WILL	Run Stopper LB	63	83	83	77	76	68	80	61	64	51	48	79	77	79	61	60	54
Danny Stutsman	24	6'3"	MIKE	Run Stopper LB	80	87	90	79	77	74	79	79	78	59	56	91	81	85	81	62	55
Carson Bruener	26	6'1"	MIKE	Pass Coverage LB	65	86	90	81	73	67	81	63	58	46	44	76	74	80	62	68	60
Pete Werner	29	6'3"	SAM	Run Stopper LB	79	84	88	81	72	72	89	82	74	54	61	90	82	87	79	70	70
Niko Taylor	25	6'5"	SAM	Pass Coverage LB	67	82	83	80	78	67	75	71	65	49	51	80	48	77	67	71	59

Defensive Backs

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	COD	STR	JMP	AWR	ZCV	MCV	BSH	TCK	PWR	PUR	PRC
Joey Porter	27	6'2"	CB	Man-to-Man CB	85	90	94	89	84	67	89	82	82	90	58	64	78	78	76
Kool-Aid McKinstry	24	6'0"	CB	Man-to-Man CB	80	90	92	91	87	53	83	76	79	85	50	67	59	75	73
Joshua Williams	27	6'3"	CB	Zone CB	76	89	93	86	82	59	88	76	79	72	46	62	66	70	76
Quincy Riley	26	5'11"	CB	Man-to-Man CB	75	90	90	90	85	64	85	74	80	80	44	48	56	72	71
Isaac Yiadom	31	6'1"	CB	Zone CB	70	88	89	85	86	54	83	74	74	70	53	53	73	73	72
Shemar Bartholomew	27	6'0"	CB	Zone CB	67	91	93	79	77	60	85	71	68	63	52	54	63	76	70
Mello Dotson	25	6'1"	CB	Man-to-Man CB	63	87	90	87	83	54	83	56	68	68	42	56	60	71	53
Jonas Sanker	24	6'1"	FS	Zone S	82	90	89	82	87	58	87	80	85	68	56	77	81	84	76
Bray Hubbard	23	6'2"	FS	Zone S	75	86	89	89	86	72	84	76	81	69	50	71	62	64	62
Tysheem Johnson	24	5'10"	FS	Hybrid S	65	89	92	81	84	53	84	61	69	62	48	66	74	73	58
Justin Reid	30	6'1"	SS	Zone S	86	91	91	90	86	66	87	86	82	77	62	78	85	85	87

Special Teams

Name	Age	Hgt	Pos	Arch	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	COD	STR	AWR	KPW	KAC	LS
Blake Grupe	28	5'7"	K	Power K	77	76	75	64	52	28	64	92	87	10
Bryce Baringer	28	6'3"	P	Power P	79	73	75	67	59	50	66	95	86	10
Alec Lindstrom	29	6'3"	LS	Strong Arm QB	49	66	76	66	55	82	68	16	14	50

Regular Season

Week 1

Offense	Stat	Defense
()	Total Yards	()
()	Pass Yards	()
()	Rush Yards	()

Player	Comp/Att	%	Yards	TDs	INTs	Long	Rating
T.Shough	352/555	63.4	5374	49	30	84	102.2
J.Mateer	218/306	71.2	3524	33	11	100	130.3
S.Rattler	74/124	59.7	1094	9	9	79	82.5
V.Jones Jr	1/1	100	11	0	0	11	131.3
M.Matavao	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1
A.Kamara	1/0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1
C.Olave	2/0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1
T.Palmer	7/0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1
Totals	655/987	66.4	10003	91	50	100	109.1

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