{"id":848718,"date":"2026-04-02T06:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/848718\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:32:45","slug":"saints-scheduled-picks-for-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/848718\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints scheduled picks for 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With players chosen in the 2023 NFL Draft having finished their third regular season, it&#8217;s decision time on fifth-year options for the class&#8217; first-rounders. All drafted rookies are given four-year contracts to begin their careers &#8212; and teams have the option to extend that pact for a fifth year with players selected in Round 1. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/fifth-year-option-tracker-for-first-round-picks-from-2023-nfl-draft\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Fifth-year option tracker for first-round picks from 2023 NFL Draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With free agency signings and trades clarifying the roster-building picture for many teams, let&#8217;s take another spin at projecting Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft. My third go-around includes a coup for the Cowboys and a trade up by the Cardinals &#8212; but not for the prospect you might be thinking of. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/lance-zierlein-2026-nfl-mock-draft-3-0-cowboys-hit-the-jackpot-at-no-12-plus-two-trades\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Lance Zierlein 2026 NFL mock draft 3.0: Cowboys hit the jackpot at No. 12, plus two trades\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With players chosen in the 2023 NFL Draft having finished their third regular season, it&#8217;s decision time on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[7,81,2003,896,55,2572,2571,6,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-848718","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-latest-news","10":"tag-morning-break","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116333720665062334","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848718","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=848718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}