The New Orleans Saints shocked us all with another trade in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, moving up to pick No. 105 (owned by the Minnesota Vikings) in exchange for all of their remaining selections in this year’s event. And they did it to targeting Adam Trautman, a tight end out of Dayton ranked near the top of many draft boards.
To recap: the Saints just swapped all four of their picks in the final four rounds for one player. As things stand now, they’re out of selections in the 2020 draft.
Trautman might be worth it. ESPN’s Louis Riddick said on the draft broadcast, “I like everything about this player. I’m shocked to see him still on the board.”
The big tight end — Trautman weighed in at 6-foot-5 and 255 pounds, with a 78-inch wingspan and a 4.8-flat time in the 40-yard dash — caught 178 passes in college, gaining 2,295 receiving yards and scoring 31 touchdowns. He’s a big-play threat who has a lot to learn as the understudy to Jared Cook, a veteran entering the final year of his Saints contract.
We’ll see if the Saints give up any of their future draft picks to sneak back into the draft on Saturday, but it doesn’t feel likely. Then again, who saw this coming?
