With the 9th Pick in the 2025 draft, who should the Saints select? (merged)
My biggest thing about trading back from 9 is what value we'd be looking at. What team at what draft spot looking to trade up dictates what we'd get in return. I think all the top QBs are gone, so no king's ransom from a team trying to get their franchise QB. And after the top 5, draft value in terms of trade starts to fall off exponentially.
Even hypothetically the Cowboys (Jerry) trading up from 12 to 9 for Jeanty is probably worth a pick swap and a 3rd. Just saying I think a lot of people over value trade backs, especially given how often the organization under Payton was willing to give up way too much draft capital to get "our guy".