The New Orleans Saints have been awarded the No. 254 choose within the NFL Draft after the NFL Administration Council recalculated this yr’s compensatory picks. The Saints had been anticipated to get one after they had been introduced earlier this week, however they had been left off the unique checklist.
Nothing can ever be plain and easy for the Saints, can it?
The Dolphins received the unique comp choose, however after corrections, choose 254 goes to the Saints. The choose was initially No. 256, however with the Saints getting it and shifting as much as 254, the Browns and Chargers now transfer again one choose every.
The Saints had been awarded the choose for shedding Issac Yiadom in free company final yr. Satirically, he returned to the group only a couple day in the past on a three-year deal after spending 2024 in San Fransico.
The No. 254 choose hasn’t produced a lot expertise up to now with essentially the most notable guys within the final decade being Pittsburgh punter, Pressley Harvin III in 2021 and Bears DB Elijah Hicks in 2022.
In all chance, the choose will likely be utilized in a commerce package deal. Saints GM Mickey Loomis has proven up to now that he likes to maneuver up within the draft, particularly within the mid rounds, so there’s a superb likelihood the Saints might by no means even make this choose.
