It’s never too early to get started on next year’s NFL draft, or to at least get an idea of which other teams we should check in on during the upcoming college football season when our own rooting interests aren’t a factor (excited as I am to see my Golden Eagles start their Sun Belt takeover, they aren’t the only show in town).
And while the New Orleans Saints don’t have as much to work with as some teams in the 2023 draft, having already traded away their first-round selection. That means the soonest they’ll get on the clock is at No. 33 overall, the first pick of the second round. And, ah, they’ll be hoping for much better results this year than what earning that high of a pick would require.
The good news is that plenty of talent is available in the second round; recent picks New Orleans has made there include linebacker Pete Werner, center Erik McCoy, free safety Marcus Williams, and wide receiver Michael Thomas. The Saints have cleaned up in round two, and they’ll be expecting to do so again in 2023.
