Peter King of TheMMQB.com, citing someone familiar with their thinking, reports that the Saints are “leaning toward” keeping their top three picks as opposed to trading them for Patriots CB Malcolm Butler.
King adds that the Saints are still interested in Butler, but believe their board between No. 25 and No. 75 has a “slew of players capable of contributing immediately, with grades close to each other, and the thought of dealing one or more picks for Butler, then paying him a huge contract, is less attractive than it once seemed.