Update: I’m hearing it’s a virtual certainty the pick the #49ers will receive from the #Saints from the Kwon Alexander trade will be a fifth-round selection in 2021. https://t.co/0fxWeSP8fZ
— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) December 26, 2020
It’s awful that the New Orleans Saints lost linebacker Kwon Alexander for the rest of the year with an Achilles injury, both for what it means for his career and the absence the team must now fill in his place on the eve of the playoffs. And it appears that the Saints are also losing a conditional fifth-round draft pick they swapped with the San Francisco 49ers to acquire Alexander sooner rather than later.