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

Jesse Custer said

Hopefully Penning attends Duke's school again and Duke tells him to pass block like he run blocks. Because he is just vicious in the run game. I saw him manhandling 350lb DTs like they were DBs and just destroying their will to face him. I think he still may be overthinking his pass blocking.

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I just think with Penning we have to let his development play out. When drafted it was clear he was under-developed technically, but with the right tools, etc. It was always going to take time. At this point he managed to start a full year and he has a number of things to improve on, but the platform he is on to improve is much higher than it was in the off-season.

And in general, OL tend to need that 2-3 years development to become what they will be. Saldiveri is another case in point - he has underwhelmed so far but he can still turn out good. There are plenty of exceptions but letting these guys grow into starting roles often is what is required.