Let’s start with the good news. The New Orleans Saints own eight selections in April’s upcoming 2021 draft, have received a few extra picks through the NFL compensatory formula and netting a late-round addition in a trade. If they hold onto those eight picks, it would be tied for the second-largest draft class in the Sean Payton era.
That includes the seventh round selection previous reports said was forfeited for COVID-19 protocol violations during the 2020 season, which NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed to Pro Football Talk was returned to New Orleans upon appeal on Saturday.