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

nakadish said

How about this? Let's say the Saints do as some say and build the trenches first and ignore premium positions till they've built that up first. But then they are picking in the teens and have to trade up to where they are now. Why not just get those premium guys now that the Saints already have a top 10 draft pick. There's no way to build a Superbowl roster in 1 year. If you have a chance to get a good player, you get him because you may not have as good of an option in next year's draft.

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I'm in no way opposed to drafting skilled players high, my #1 wish player is McMillan but the chances are he will not be there. So what do you do, reach for a player just because he's a skilled player?? Heck no. I think an X WR is one of our biggest needs. I don't think Burden is worth the 9th pick and he's not an X.

I don't think Jeanty is worth the 9th pick plus we have AK for 2 more yrs and I think he'll play at an elite level for those 2 yrs and we also need to see just what we have in Miller, so we use the 9th pick to have Jeanty and just stash him for a couple yrs ?? Or we move on from Miller only to have him be great somewhere else? OR we get Jeanty who has pretty high usage already beat up behind a not ready for prime time OL for a couple yrs It does not make sense.

If Graham is there we take him, him along with Bresse gives us a good future on the interior DL and helps with stopping the run something we have not been able to do for yrs.

If both are gone ( most likely) I hope Dallas give us a 2nd to move up and get Jeanty and can fill out the roster with BPA at a position of need