{"id":823223,"date":"2026-03-20T14:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/823223\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:23:30","slug":"nfl-draft-expert-daniel-jeremiah-has-top-edge-rusher-fall-to-saints-at-8th-overall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/823223\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft expert Daniel Jeremiah has top EDGE rusher fall to Saints at 8th overall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">NFL Draft expert Daniel Jeremiah dropped his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/daniel-jeremiah-2026-nfl-mock-draft-3-0-rb-jeremiyah-love-lb-sonny-styles-crack-top-five\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL mock draft 3.0<\/a> on Tuesday, having the New Orleans Saints selecting Texas Tech EDGE rusher David Bailey with the 8th overall pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bailey was ultra productive in 2025, logging 14.5 sacks and 19.5 tackles for loss. That wasn\u2019t it for Bailey, who would go on to combine his production with an incredible combine performance. The Texas Tech pass rusher ran a 4.5 40-yard dash, 10\u20199\u201d broad jump, and had a 35\u201d vertical, displaying his freak athleticism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bailey has been projected as high as the 2nd overall pick since the draft process has continued. While the hype for the 6-foot-4 pass rusher has fallen a bit, he remains an incredibly interesting prospect to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Part of Bailey\u2019s fall to 8th in Jeremiah\u2019s mock draft was the emergence of Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles and Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, both players who have often been mocked to New Orleans. With a lot of movement at the top of the draft, a talented player is bound to fall into the Saints\u2019 lap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New Orleans has a desperate need for a pass rusher as well. Chase Young has developed into one of the league\u2019s most underrated edge rushers, but the Saints are losing plenty of talent on defense to free agency, including longtime edge rusher Cameron Jordan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New Orleans has focused on building its offense this offseason, opening the window for the draft to lean more towards building Brandon Staley\u2019s defense. Drafting the best player available at all times of the NFL Draft is the way to go, and Jeremiah does just that with Bailey falling to the Saints in his mock draft. With a desperate need as a pass rusher and a top-10 draft pick, David Bailey is the perfect candidate to be New Orleans\u2019 selection at 8th overall, if he\u2019s still available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Draft expert Daniel Jeremiah dropped his 2026 NFL mock draft 3.0 on Tuesday, having the New Orleans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,896,55,402,403,401,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-823223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-orleans","10":"tag-new-orleans-saints","11":"tag-new-orleans-saints-draft","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints-mock-drafts","13":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","14":"tag-neworleans","15":"tag-neworleanssaints","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116261959067634385","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}