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

At this point, I’m on board for Mason Graham, or Tetairoa if available when we pick at #9. However it seems doubtful that will be the case.

If neither is on the board still, I’d see if we could trade down to either Dallas at 12 or Denver at 20. Looking at the teams behind us, those 2 teams stick out as teams potentially willing to trade up for Jeanty. Obviously if it was Denver they would need to give more in a trade scenario, which isn’t all that bad. If we were able to trade down in either of those scenarios, I’d have Tre Harris and Tyler Warren as my top 2 targets after a trade down while picking up an extra 2nd (and ideally an extra 3rd if Denver trades).

If we can’t trade down, then I’m all in on Jeanty getting arguably the best player in this draft at pick #9 even though it’s not our biggest need. I’d then want at least 1 of Harold Fannin, Orande Gadsden II, or Jayden Higgins on day 2 of the draft. Still really want a bigger bodied receiving threat with reliable hands that can consistently win in contested catch situations and move the chains for us.