- The New Orleans Saints made a surprising trade up in the NFL Draft on Thursday to take defensive end Marcus Davenport.
- They swapped first-round picks with the Green Bay Packers while sending a fifth-round and 2019 first-round pick to move up to the 14th pick.
- Many in the NFL world were surprised by the haul the Saints traded to take a pass-rusher.
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New Orleans Saints surprise NFL world by trading a haul to move up and take a pass-rusher
The Saints paid an extra two picks to move up to land Marcus Davenport, a talented pass-rusher but one few saw being taken so high.
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The New Orleans Saints made a surprising trade with the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday to land defensive end Marcus Davenport.
The Saints sent their own first-round pick, a fifth-rounder, and their 2019 first-round pick to the Packers to move up from the 27th to the 14th pick.
Davenport, a 6-foot-6, 246-pound defensive end from University of Texas-San Antonio, was projected to go slightly later in the draft, but not by a much. A consensus mock draft from experts had Davenport going 18th.
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Many in the NFL world reacted with surprise by the amount the Saints traded to land Davenport.
No one beat up the draft wo... @ Dan Graziano
That's really, really bold ... @ Michael Rothstein
Marcus Davenport helped him... @ Jordan Schultz
As ESPN's Dan Graziano noted, the Saints may have won the draft last year by landing Marshon Lattimore and Alvin Kamara. With a stingy secondary, running back duo in Kamara and Mark Ingram, solid offensive line, and Drew Brees, the Saints decided to beef up their pass rush.
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Nonetheless, the pressure is on Davenport to produce right away.
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