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

Two guys I'm watching at QB, and the only two that have me intrigued is Quinn Ewers and Dillion Gabriel. If we get an offensive minded head coach, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see us look at a QB for him to groom. Those are the two that I have my eye on if it were Joe Brady. The thing I really like about Gabriel, and I know I'm going to get a whole lot of flack for this, is he reminds me of Brees at Purdue. Gabriel is already showing that he can progress through his reads. I've seen him progress through 3 of em often, and calmly. That's really good for a college QB. He's also ridiculously accurate. Unfortunately, exactly like Brees, he's short. If Drew Allar were declaring (and rumor has it he still may), he would be in the mix, definitely ahead of Ewers.
I'd rather use draft picks this year on other needs and roll with Carr/Rattler next season and depending on how things go, draft a qb in 2026. The qb class this year is pretty meh.