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

WhoDat?DrewDat said

I'm not arguing to draft another OLineman. Most of us on here are not arguing that.

We are arguing that the Saints are not in a place talent wise to draft a running back 9th overall. Something that has NEVER translated to winning in the modern era.

We are desperate for WR, TE, Edge, iDL, LB, FS, SS. All of these positions are in desperate need of attention before we address the running back position.

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This line of thinking has proven time and again to be a failing draft philosophy. We always here how any rookie drafted needs to spend a couple of years before they are viewed as dependable, and to determine if the pick was worth it where the player was taken.

you're not drafting for now, you're drafting for two years from now. And two years from now, we have no answer for RB. But we will have a ready and made Oline to support one.

You want a WR, but we have no answer for QB two years from now to throw the ball to them. You demand a defense, but you need at least a handful of good players to completely rebuild it and any defensive player drafted may not work out, so you could still go into next year's draft needing at least a handful of defensive players.

Absolutely nothing wrong with taking a generational talent at 9th overall to secure a running game two years from now since we may not have a passing attack nor a defense regardless of who we take 9th overall in this draft.

You don't pass on a franchise player just because you have needs at other positions this season. Also, how many times have the professionals said to never draft by need? All the time.

The Vikings proved back in 2007, when they selected Adrian Peterson while having no offense at all and he single handedly helped that team become a playoff contender in 2008 with an offense otherwise devoid of talent and good coaching.