Grade the Trade: Saints move up with Packers to land CB Kool-Aid McKinstry in 2024 NFL Draft

The Saints get Kool-Aid McKinstry after a trade up with the Packers in the 2024 NFL Draft. What did they give up to get him?

Oct 22, 2022; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry (1) / Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports

After trading up with the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints have added Alabama cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry with the 41st overall pick.

To move up four spots, the Saints gave up just a fifth and sixth round pick tomorrow afternoon to add the Alabama cornerback. In a class with the lowest number of participants, we could see more teams doing what the Saints just did in an attempt to get rid of their Day 3 picks. In the process, the Saints add a player at a premium position as well.

McKinstry was not able to do much this pre-draft process after getting surgery on a Lisfranc fracture in his foot, but still does not fall far.

Grade: A-