With the 9th Pick in the 2025 draft, who should the Saints select? (merged)

dutar76 said

Sooner or later we gotta hit on an edge rusher pick, right? I feel like DL whether its edge or interior will be the pick at 10. I do feel like we almost have to draft a guard in the 2nd.

I wouldnt be mad if we took a TE, WR, RB, or safety in the first two rounds. Not worried about how smart it is to draft a RB or TE in the high first. We need young talented playmakers. If we have to use a premium pick to acquire them, then so be it.

My peraonal pick would be Graham.

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Graham makes me nervous. Time and again we've seen these awesome 3 tech DT's enter the draft and didn't meet expectations while the NT they played with in college went somewhere else and suddenly everyone on that line is performing better.

So, its a very fair question to ask, how much of Graham's success can be attributed to Kenneth Grant, and would Graham be as successful without a NT (because we don't have one). I'm afraid the answer is "he wouldn't meet expectations of a top 10 pick".

One thing I've noticed, is that you can spend top 10 picks on Tackles, and if your Center sucks, your line is going to still suck. Likewise the defensive line seems to be similar with NT's.