Slim-picking Saints' only choice in 2019 NFL draft: Think long term

METAIRIE, La. -- With no picks in Rounds 1, 3 or 4, the New Orleans Saints won't be too busy on the first two days of this year's NFL draft. When your first pick is No. 62 overall, you have to think even more in the long term than most teams.

Sure, maybe the Saints will hit the jackpot with a breakout star at the end of the second round. Alvin Kamara was the 67th pick in 2017; Michael Thomas went 47th in 2016. But they can’t bank on another Pro Bowl-caliber impact.

As for the rest of their picks (one fifth-rounder, two sixth-rounders and two seventh-rounders), the goal is really just to find players who will stick. That's unlike last year, when four of New Orleans' draft picks didn't even…