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This is an annual advent. I am working on a pot of coffee and a bottle of aspirins this morning after a long night of NFL debauchery. This year we had to do our best at staying with in the cap. Which led to even more aspirins than usual. Amazingly we all did. I think. Round one was started when everyone was already pass the point of tipsy. :p 32 people and a lot of empties later this is what the Saints came away with.

Rules are simple.
Have to stick with tendency from the past. See pick 1
Have trust in gut based Rumors. IE round 3
Stay with in projected caps number

Well here we go.

Project Rookie Cap Saints $7,186,303
Estimated Rookie Contracts: 2017 NFL Draft Tracker | Spotrac

Round 1

pick 11 was popular trade bait. Cle Ari Phi and Hou

swap
11 Cle Via NO 1250
12 NO via CLE 1200
swap
33 CLE 580
42 NO 480
kicker
4th - 108 NO via CLE 78

Picks
1st 12 NO via CLE 1200 -
1st 32 NO via NE 590
2nd 33 NO via CLE 580
3rd 76 NO 210
3rd 103 NO via NE 88
4th - 108 NO via CLE 78
6th 196 NO 12.6
7th 229 NO 1.0

11 Cle - Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU - surprised everyone

trade down Hou had to jump Ari
12 NO via CLE 1200
trade
25 HOU 720
57 HOU 330
Conditional 2nd 2018 via Hou

12 Hou - Mitchell Trubisky, QB, North Carolina - expected

1st 25 NO via HOU 720
1st 32 NO via NE 590
2nd 33 NO via CLE 580
2nd 57 NO via HOU 330
3rd 76 NO 210
3rd 103 NO via NE 88
4th - 108 NO via CLE 78
6th 196 NO 12.6
7th 229 NO 1.0

trade up: Had to jump ahead to Denver

18 Tenn 900
25 NO Via HOU 720
76 NO 210
103 NO via NE 88

18 NO via Tenn 900 - Christian McCaffrey RB/WR/KR Stanford 5115 205 4.48 Jr
SP needs a toy and Cooks could not replace Darrin/Reggie role. Surprised most people
$10,303,908 $5,633,751 $1,873,438 = $1.9

32 NO via NE 590 -
T.J. Watt DE/OLB/TE Wisconsin 6044 252 4.69 #42 rJr
DE opposite of Cam is finally found
$8,860,569 $4,584,050 $1,611,013

2nd 33 NO via CLE 580
2nd 57 NO via HOU 330
4th - 108 NO via CLE 78
6th 196 NO 12.6
7th 229 NO 1.0

Round 2

33 NO via CLE 580
Jets need to jump ahead of SF

Trade down
swap
33 NO via CLE 580
39 NYJ 510
swap
70 NYJ 240
108 NO via CLE 78

33 NYJ via NO via CLE 580 - Patrick Mahomes QB Texas Tech - expected

2nd 39 NO via NYJ 510
2nd 57 NO via HOU 330
3rd 70 NYJ 240
6th 196 NO 12.6
7th 229 NO 1.0

39 NO via NYJ 510 - Kevin King CB/SS/FS Washington 6032 200 4.43 #20 Sr
Solid all around CB to match up with tall WR in the NFC South. Future #2?
$6,534,174 $2,892,126 $1,188,032

57 NO via HOU 330 - Josh Jones SS/FS/CB N.C. State 6013 220 4.41 #11 rJr
A bit raw but plays with attitude. starts off in the sub packages, future FS?
$4,462,066 $1,385,139 $811,285

Round 3

70 NO via NYJ 240 Tyus Bowser, SLB, Houston 6021 240 4.67 #81 Sr
This years man love player for the saints. Just had to pick him. Sub package year 1
$3,780,400 $932,023 $698,006

Cap Saints Remaining $1,004,529 - up against the cap wall with little wiggle room

Round 6

96 NO 12.6 - Robert Davis WR Georgia State 6025 219 4.45
$2,504,502 $149,502 $502,375 = .5 = 7.0

Round 7

229 NO - Brendan Langley, CB/PR/WR Lamar 6002 199 4.44 #21 rSr
$2,439,143 $84,143 $486,036

Cap Saints remaining $161,118

Missed out on TE and OT grrr But

Offense
- The Swiss army knife toy for SP and a big solid WR prospect

Defense gets
- A whole new strong side infusion of talent
- Secondary gets taller and players with an aggressive attitude that are sure tacklers. Solid developmental CB prospect that can play on all phase of special teams.

Picked up

Conditional 2nd 2018 via Hou