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New Orleans Saints NFL Draft Profile

How the Saints draft: the front office running the board, the needs shaping the next class, and every draft class we cover.

Compiled by the NFL Mock Draft Simulator research desk · Front office: Mickey Loomis (GM), Kellen Moore (HC)

Front office and philosophy

General manager: Mickey Loomis  ·  Head coach: Kellen Moore

Mickey Loomis pairs with Kellen Moore in Moore's second season. Loomis is historically the league's most aggressive cap manipulator and a willing trader of future picks for present talent. Moore's system is pass-heavy and demands playmakers who create after the catch. With Tyler Shough having claimed the quarterback job and the receiving corps rebuilt through a top-10 pick, the 2027 priority shifts hard to defense: only one Saints defender graded above 80.0 last season, and he left in free agency.

Loomis has repeatedly pushed cap obligations forward and traded future capital to compete now, and rarely trades back. New Orleans leans SEC given its recruiting footprint. Shough nearly won Offensive Rookie of the Year and posted the 4th-lowest turnover-worthy play rate among ALL quarterbacks, which removes QB from the priority list. Demario Davis' departure to the Jets left the defense without its only 80.0-plus graded player.

These tendencies are encoded directly into the simulator: when you run a mock and the Saints are on the clock, the engine applies this regime's positional biases and its balance between best-player-available and need-based drafting. See how the simulator works for the full methodology.

Current draft needs

Our needs assessment for the Saints entering the 2027 draft cycle, ordered by priority. These weightings are what the simulator uses when it evaluates this team's board.

Team needs were researched for this class from current rosters. They predate free agency and will be revised after March 2027.

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