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Saints’ draft picks shut out on NFL.com’s 2024 All-Rookie Team

The Saints were blanked on the NFL.com 2024 All-Rookie Team. Taliese Fuaga was their most likely candidate, but he was passed in favor of JC Latham:

Despite having a well graded NFL draft, the New Orleans Saints had no 2024 draft picks make it to the NFL.com All-Rookie team, offensively or defensively. If there was one player who could have made it on this list, it was first-round pick Taliese Fuaga.

Fuaga comes in as one of the best players at his position, but that position was deep and headlined by star players. Four offensive tackles were selected in the first 15 picks. Only quarterback had more players selected in that range.

Joe Alt moving to right tackle for the Chargers opened the for Fuaga to make this team. Alt was the one lock. Unfortunately, NFL.com’s Chad Reuter went with fellow top-10 pick JC Latham, who is making the switch to left tackle similar to Fuaga.

After Fuaga, the draft class is littered with players whose greatest impact will likely be after Year 1. Kool-Aid McKinstry could be a Week 1 starter for this team next season. That likely only happens this year due to injury.

Khristian Boyd is the next draft pick who could make an impact as a rookie, but he shouldn’t be predicted to make the All-Rookie Team. The Bub Means and Spencer Rattler hype trains are rolling but they do sit low on the depth chart at their respective positions. The Saints figure to get a strong first-year impact from their rookie draft class, but other teams will be leaning on their rookies harder. That’s a ripple effect of the Saints lacking their third- and fourth-round picks this year.

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No Saints were selected for NFL.com’s All-Rookie Team watch list

No New Orleans Saints players were selected for this All-Rookie Team watch list, which features a puzzling snub for RB Kendre Miller | @DillySanders @crissy_froyd

There are some exciting New Orleans Saints rookies with the chance to make an immediate impact in 2023, but it seems that they’re being overlooked around the country. When Chad Reuter of NFL.com released his All-Rookie Team watch list for the 2023 draft class, it did not include a single member of the Saints.

Bryan Bresee and Isaiah Foskey were both skipped over for the four defensive line spots despite being in line for a lot of playing time off the jump. The one defensive tackle, Jalen Carter, is joining a very busy defensive line with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Houston Texans No. 2 pick Will Anderson being chosen for the defensive ends is very understandable and obvious, but Reuter selected BJ Ojulari and Lukas Van Ness over Foskey. Foskey is a pro-ready defensive end that will come in and have an important role in the Saints pass rush unit; Ojulari will have the snaps but is further away from a finished product. Van Ness is also more of a potential player, coming in younger and with less experience than the rest of the guys.

On the offensive side, Reuter selected Los Angeles Rams sixth-round rookie Zach Evans at running back. Kendre Miller pushed Evans out of the running back rotation at TCU and was drafted three rounds earlier but Reuter still likes Evans better. To be fair, Evans has Cam Akers as his only competition which is a nod in his direction. But with Alvin Kamara’s possible suspension and Miller having a much better team around him, it’s hard not to imagine Miller making a case for All-Rookie recognition by year’s end.

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Raiders G Dylan Parham named to SIS All Rookie 2nd team

Dylan Parham recognized for his work at LG for the Raiders this season. He has been named to SIS All Rookie 2nd team

With no picks until the third round for the Raiders, and only one rookie starter this past season, they didn’t have a lot of players who were really eligible for rookie honors. But that one rookie starter has just earned a mention.

Third round guard Dylan Parham has been named an All Rookie second teamer by Sports Info Solutions.

Parham started every game for the Raiders this season. The first four starts he split time between center and right guard before settling in to start at left guard the remainder of the season.

He played his best in run blocking, helping Josh Jacobs to take the rushing title this season. While his main concerns were as a pass blocker.

Though bouncing around to every interior line spot throughout the offseason, preseason and the start of the season likely didn’t help him to find his footing at the position, he played his best football over the latter half of the season.

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Notre Dame in the NFL: Tranquill Named to PFWA All-Rookie Team

Wednesday the Pro Football Writers Association released their All-Rookie Team and Tranquill was named to it as the Special Teams Specialist.

It’s fitting that Drue Tranquill is making an impact on special teams his first year in the NFL as the first memory most Notre Dame fans have of him is a blocked punt he had against Stanford in his freshman year of 2014.

Tranquill went on to become a captain and a huge reason Notre Dame’s defense was lights-out in 2018, helping guide them to a 12-0 regular season.

Tranquill was drafted in fourth round of last year’s NFL Draft to the Los Angeles Chargers and has already turned heads across the league for his play there.

Wednesday the Pro Football Writers Association released their All-Rookie Team and Tranquill was named to it as the Special Teams Specialist.

Tranquill was the only Notre Dame product named to the team and finished 2019 with 71 tackles between special teams and on defense for the Chargers.