METAIRIE, La. -- Spoiler alert: With their first-round pick in this month’s draft, the New Orleans Saints already landed defensive end Marcus Davenport.
The Saints made a bold move for the athletic edge rusher during last year’s draft, trading the 27th overall pick, a 2018 fifth-rounder and their 2019 first-round pick in exchange for the 14th overall pick, which they used on Davenport.
The rookie flashed some enticing potential, with 4.5 sacks in a part-time role, though his progress was stalled by a midseason toe injury that required surgery after the season. But the Saints will be counting on him more in 2019 -- especially after New Orleans lost starting defensive end Alex Okafor to the Kansas City Chiefs in free agency.