One of the only positives to a losing season is that the NFL draft becomes more fun, thanks to securing a good pick. That is not the case for the New Orleans Saints this season as they keep losing, this time an embarrassing home defeat to the Las Vegas Raiders, and their draft positioning has not improved.
According to the experts at Tankathon, the New Orleans Saints would currently be given the No. 10 overall pick, which is the same exact spot they were in before their back-to-back awful losses.
There are simply too many bad teams this year. Especially with the 17th game being added, securing a record bad enough to end up at the top is too hard. Even though the Saints are 5-11, there are nine teams in the league that have at least 12 losses. Next week is their last week to improve.
They actually dropped this week in the full order, because their draft picks received from the Washington Commanders went a few spaces higher.
Here’s where the Saints currently slot in through all seven rounds, per Tankathon:
- Round 1, Pick 10
- Round 2, Pick 42
- Round 3, Pick 74
- Round 3, Pick 90 (via Washington)
- Round 4, Pick 111
- Round 4, Pick 128 (via Washington)
- Round 6, Pick 185
- Round 7, Pick 253 (projected compensatory)
