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John Sigler

Saints move inside the 2024 NFL draft’s top-10 picks after Week 13

There aren’t many silver linings for a 5-7 football team that envisioned itself as a playoff contender, but a lucrative pick in the 2024 NFL draft is one of them. And the New Orleans Saints are currently projected to pick at No. 9 overall after losing to the Detroit Lions.

And they’ll stay there regardless of other games’ results, at least this week. The Saints are tied for the lowest strength of schedule (.367) in the league which gives them an edge in any tiebreakers with other teams.

Here are the Saints’ projected 2024 draft picks, per Tankathon:

  • Round 1, pick 9
  • Round 2, pick 47 (via Denver Broncos)
  • Round 5, pick 144
  • Round 5, pick 168 (compensatory)
  • Round 5, pick 171 (compensatory)
  • Round 5, pick 174 (compensatory)
  • Round 6, pick 189
  • Round 6, pick 209 (via Philadelphia Eagles)
  • Round 7, pick 235 (via Denver Broncos)

If you’re curious, here are the teams slotted in ahead of the Saints through the first eight picks:

  1. Chicago Bears (via Carolina Panthers)
  2. New England Patriots
  3. Arizona Cardinals
  4. Washington Commanders
  5. Chicago Bears
  6. New York Giants
  7. New York Jets
  8. Tennessee Titans
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