New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton identified linebacker as a position of need going into the second day of the 2020 NFL Draft, though he acknowledged the team might not be able to address it with a rookie draft pick. New Orleans might consider a free agent after the compensatory pick cutoff passes by on Monday, with veteran options like Nigel Bradham still available.
But linebacker has been the overwhelming pick for the Saints in updated NFL mock drafts, with experts doing their best to predict what may happen in rounds two and three. Not scheduled to pick until No.