According to Todd McShay only 23 players have 1st round grades this year

Looks good considering the Saints top two needs are WR and OT.

Can he play both guard and center? =P

Lagniappe: He says these guys are graded early 2 round:

24. George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue (89)
25. Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa (89)
26. Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas (89)
27. Kenyon Green, G, Texas A&M (89)
28. Jahan Dotson, WR, Penn State (89)
29. Andrew Booth Jr., CB, Clemson (89)
30. David Ojabo, OLB, Michigan (88)
31. Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington (88)
32. Boye Mafe, OLB, Minnesota (88)
33. Zion Johnson, G, Boston College (88)
34. Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi (88)
35. Quay Walker, ILB, Georgia (87)
36. Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati (87)
37. Christian Harris, ILB, Alabama (86)
38. Arnold Ebiketie, DE, Penn State (86)
39. Travis Jones, DT, Connecticut (86)
40. Logan Hall, DE, Houston (86)
41. Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor (86)
42. Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan (85)
43. Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan (85)
44. Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State (85)
45. Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State (85)


These guys are graded late 2nd- early 3rd:

46. Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State (84)
47. Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida (84)
48. Leo Chenal, ILB, Wisconsin (84)
49. Phidarian Mathis, DT, Alabama (84)
50. Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina (84)
51. Perrion Winfrey, DT, Oklahoma (84)
52. Lewis Cine, S, Georgia (84)
53. Nick Cross, S, Maryland (83)
54. Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn (83)
55. Abraham Lucas, OT, Washington State (83)
56. Nik Bonitto, OLB, Oklahoma (83)
57. George Pickens, WR, Georgia (83)
58. Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa (82)
59. Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State (82)
60. Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota (82)
61. Drake Jackson, OLB, USC (81)
62. DeMarvin Leal, DE, Texas A&M (81)
63. John Metchie III, WR, Alabama (81)
64. DeAngelo Malone, OLB, Western Kentucky (80)
65. Chad Muma, ILB, Wyoming (80)
66. Jaquan Brisker, S, Penn State (80)

With the power that a guy like McShay has with these subjective "ratings", you'd think he'd have a ton of opportunities to get future scoops from agents and players for "adjusting" his grade on them a couple ticks now and then.

He is in a better position to get scoops than Schefty, for example.

3 things here.

1. The Saints pick in the top 23 so there is that.
2. Saints need to take a QB
3. Trade down which they never do. Get more picks.

Good thing Todd McShay doesn’t know shite and his rankings suck

So the Saints are able to get a 1st round talent @ 18.

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2. Saints need to take a QB

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Lol absolutely not.

No team ever needs to take a certain position. ….. but the draft is about trusting the process the interviews and the scouts … if you believe thier is a player that is worthy of the pick trust the process .. Take Malik as an example … if you have Malik as a top qb in the draft and top 5 prospect overall frick what everyone else thinks and go for it … just because fans or media doesn’t think a qb or wr warrant that pick who cares … in the end it’s the personell of the organization whose job is on the line not the media or fans

I don’t know… McShay claimed Chase was the wrong pick last year for the Bengals not a bad pick just the wrong pick