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

Of course they do. But you said they have bigger needs. Sometimes teams draft another need if the player is better than what is their biggest need.

But, the fact is that Cleveland, the Giants, Jacksonville, Carolina, the Jets, and Raiders all need a big X contested catch guy like McMillan. They may have bigger needs but they all need at least one more WR and could easily take him. And maybe the Titans will decide they don't like the QBs. If I were them, I would not take Sanders or Ward at #2.
Cleveland is in a great position to draft a QB.

Giants literally just took Nabers last year. Nabers is the focal point of their offense. Would be shocked if they even considered Tetairoa

Jacksonville just took Brian Thomas. Would be shocked to see them take another WR so early.

Carolina is possible, but they also just took a 1st round WR last year. They “could”, but I have doubts they do. Guessing they would look towards someone like Abdul Carter or Mason Graham.

Jets still have Garrett Wilson and Devante Adams for now. Doubt they look at Tetairoa.

Raiders as mentioned seem doubtful as well. Other more pressing needs and a guy like Jeanty would make more sense if they wanted to go “BPA”.