The New Orleans Saints have been eliminated from the playoffs for some time now, but their overall order of picks in the 2025 NFL draft is still being shifted thanks to a trade made earlier this season.
When the Saints traded Marshon Lattimore to the Washington Commanders in the middle of the year, they received three draft picks in the third, fourth and sixth rounds. That sixth rounder was the same pick the Saints traded to Washington this summer for John Ridgeway III, so they got it back. Given that the Commanders keep winning games, those picks keep drifting further back in the draft order.
Here is where the experts over at Tankathon have the full New Orleans draft stock after Washington’s latest playoff victory:
- Round 1, Pick 9
- Round 2, Pick 40
- Round 3, Pick 71
- Round 3, Pick 93 (via Washington)
- Round 4, Pick 110
- Round 4, Pick 129 (via Washington)
- Round 6, Pick 182
- Round 7, Pick 251 (projected compensatory)
- Round 7, Pick 254 (projected compensatory)
This is a perfect year to have so many selections, as they are trying to rebuild their roster and they don’t have much money to do so. A large portion of these nine draft picks are going to have to compete next season.