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

We are a running team. We are NOT a passing team. Just like Loomis/Payton needed to draft Brees replacement prior to his retirement, we are now in the same boat but at RB. We need to start looking for Kamara's replacement because as of right now if Kamara declines this season with our current roster we will not only be a non-passing team, we'll also be a non-running team.

RB is a need. Not a luxury.

You have no idea if we are a running team or passing team. We don't have a HC, much less an OC, so nobody knows that kind of team we will be. It is premature at best to claim that we need to draft a RB in the 1st because we are a running team.

And nobody is saying we don't need to draft a RB. We do need another RB, but you don't have to draft one at #9 to get a very good RB, especially in this draft.