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

Y'all keep trying to concoct wild scenarios when the obvious fit/answer is right there. The biggest challenge will be to not telegraph it all the way up to the podium.

The best DT since Carter and the best DE and arguably best player won't make it to us at #9. And if you want to play the Need game we need a NT, not another 3 tech when we just drafted one and we have several DE's that kick inside on passing downs.

We already have two young and improving offensive tackles on the team. Both happen to be excellent at run blocking. There's not a talent on the interior line worth the #9 and that hole will get fixed in FA.

Our hopefully future head coach just rode his elite RB to a Super Bowl appearance. The best RB since Barkley happens to be available in this draft and just so happens went to our future head coaches alma mater. It's a storyline so good the NFL will try to make it happen. It keeps our defense off the field and keeps our QB out of trouble by staying ahead of the chains.

Speaking of QB's Moore could probably make Carr work but y'all know Justin Fields paired with Jeanty and Kamara would be way more fun to watch. And much more price friendly too.

Great post.

Not a big Justin Fields fan but I love the work that’s been done with Hurts and it is worth seeing if we could duplicate it somehow.

That Fields, Kamara, Jeanty package, sprinkled with a little bit of Taysom Hill could be very tough to stop, and like you said, that could really help the defense.