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

St. Widge said

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.

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Probability says we are likely not going to be a passing team the first year. We have a top 5 RB in the NFL, and who's our franchise QB that can carry the team with their arm? No one. Carr looks good for two plays then looks like Will Levis the next. So if you're hoping to put our offense on his arm, you're going to be disappointed about the results.

Just like Payton leaned on the run game the first half of the season in 06 for his first year, the new coach will likely do the same (as its a very common theme for first year coaches, for some similar reasons and some different ones). And since we don't have a Drew Brees, the new coach will likely lean on the run game longer then Payton did.