Vegas Oddsmakers on New Orleans Saints No. 1 Pick
Las Vegas oddsmakers set the bets on the New Orleans Saints first pick in round one of the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 29.
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Apr 29, 2021 Las Vegas oddsmakers set the bets on the New Orleans Saints first pick in round one of the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 29.
Oddschecker.com list the favorites for the New Orleans Saints draft choice if they stay at No. 28.
Here are the betting odds for the New Orleans Saints in the 2021 NFL Draft:
Cornerback (+250)
Offense +140
Defense -177
New Orleans under GM Mickey Loomis and Sean Payton have been aggressive in previous NFL Drafts. The rumors are for the Saints to select cornerback Caleb Farley from Virginia Tech as their primary target. SNN Contributor Mike Detillier projects the Saints may have the draft equity to trade up into the 15-23 spots of tonight s draft.
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Apr 29, 2021
Cornerback Marshon Lattimore has been one of the NFL s best since the New Orleans Saints selected him with the 11th overall pick in the 2017 draft out of Ohio State. Lattimore has allowed under 52% completion percentage when targeted over the last two years. In his 4 NFL seasons he has 10 interceptions, 55 passes broken up, 9 fumbles either forced or recovered, and three Pro Bowls bids.
Apr 29, 2021
NFL Draft Day feels a lot like Christmas. You never know what you re going to get, and there s sure to be some surprises to go along with the lumps of coal that are draft picks. The Saints enter Thursday evening with the 28th overall selection, and all of the past couple of months have been spent predicting what the team will do. Ahead of that, we ll look at a final mock draft for New Orleans.
We re going to only do four rounds, and trust me, it was difficult to do anything past three just because it s really difficult to project anything in the late rounds, and it honestly serves more of a purpose to get to know a prospect at that point. Also, we ll operate under the assumption that the Saints won t have all of those picks. Here s how things went.