With the 9th Pick in the 2025 draft, who should the Saints select? (merged) (37 Viewers)

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From the looks of this. Saints need to establish the run on offense and stop the run on defense.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

He's def not a better prospect than barkley, but he's every bit as good a prospect as Bijan IMO.

Bijan as a PROSPECT is easily above Jeanty. He's bigger, faster, more elusive, and better pass catcher.

Jeanty has him beat at breaking tackles but everything else goes to Bijan.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

Hardly. They are close enough where they are nearly interchangeable to me.

Nope. He was not. This is coming from someone that’s been a huge Longhorns fan for about 25 years.

I think you are confusing better college player with NFL prospect.

Bijan is by far the better prospect than Jeanty.

 

[3ParStillDriver]

it’s being reported that most teams don’t have anywhere near a first round grade for Sanders from Colorado.

Unsurprisingly for anyone who actually watched him play.

 

[3ParStillDriver]

I think you are confusing better college player with NFL prospect.

Bijan is by far the better prospect than Jeanty.

Negative.

 

[Snakehead]

From the looks of this. Saints need to establish the run on offense and stop the run on defense.

They need to hire Vrabel already.

 

[tyler735]

I think you are confusing better college player with NFL prospect.

Bijan is by far the better prospect than Jeanty.

I think you are misremembering Bijan as a “prospect”.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

I think you are misremembering Bijan as a “prospect”.

This bias on here because he's a Falcon is absolutely insane.

Bijan was considered as "generational" as any running back to come out in the last 15+ years.

He has literally everything you could want from a RB.

 

[tyler735]

This bias on here because he's a Falcon is absolutely insane.

Bijan was considered as "generational" as any running back to come out in the last 15+ years.

He has literally everything you could want from a RB.

Nope. As mentioned I’m a huge Longhorns fan. Could care less what team he was drafted to. If that were the case then McCaffrey wouldn’t have been my top listed RB prospect in the past 10 years in my previous post on here.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

Nope. As mentioned I’m a huge Longhorns fan. Could care less what team he was drafted to. If that were the case then McCaffrey wouldn’t have been my top listed RB prospect in the past 10 years in my previous post on here.

Then I just cannot fathom what you're seeing.

Bijan is better at literally everything except breaking tackles but he's still elite there.

Hes bigger. Quicker. Faster. More Agile. More elusive. Better vision. Better pass catcher. Better route runner.

Also comes into the NFL with significantly less touches.

 

[Snakehead]

Then I just cannot fathom what you're seeing.

Bijan is better at literally everything except breaking tackles but he's still elite there.

Hes bigger. Quicker. Faster. More Agile. More elusive. Better vision. Better pass catcher. Better route runner.

Also comes into the NFL with significantly less touches.

The exact numbers are 211 less carries, 750 vs 539 and 231 less total touches 830 vs 599. That's not enough for me to be overly concerned. If we drafted Jeanty, we'd still have AK, KM and probably CEH allowing Jeanty to have a lighter load his first year or two in the NFL.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

The exact numbers are 211 less carries, 750 vs 539 and 231 less total touches 830 vs 599. That's not enough for me to be overly concerned. If we drafted Jeanty, we'd still have AK, KM and probably CEH allowing Jeanty to have a lighter load his first year or two in the NFL.

The exact number is actually 231 if you include receptions. Which is almost an entire years worth.

Drafting a running back in the top 10 just to give them a "lighter load" is terrible asset management. Rookie RBs should produce early and while their contract is cheap.

 

[Snakehead]

The exact number is actually 231 if you include receptions. Which is almost an entire years worth.

Drafting a running back in the top 10 just to give them a "lighter load" is terrible asset management. Rookie RBs should produce early and while their contract is cheap.

Yeah, I had 231, that's the total touches I posted.

It's not about giving him a lighter load, it's about adding an offensive weapon and taking care of him.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

Yeah, I had 231, that's the total touches I posted.

It's not about giving him a lighter load, it's about adding an offensive weapon and taking care of him.

Fair point.

 

[tyler735]

Then I just cannot fathom what you're seeing.

Bijan is better at literally everything except breaking tackles but he's still elite there.

Jeanty is noticeably better in this aspect and runs with more “pop” behind his pads and has better contact balance. Jeanty has the best contact balance I’ve seen in several years.

Hes bigger.

They are both listed around 215lbs

Quicker. Faster.

Nope. Jeanty is faster. Fastest Jeanty has been clocked in a game is 21.7 mph. Fastest Bijan has been clocked in a game is 21.6 mph

More Agile. More elusive.

This is one area I give Bijan a slight edge.

Better vision.

Better pass catcher. Better route runner.

Jeanty has looked better in this regard when both were prospects. Jeanty last year had basically the receiving output of Bijan’s final 2 college seasons. Jeanty was chasing an all time single season rushing record this year and wasn’t used the same he was last year in terms of versatility. He’s already shown to be a very good pass catching threat.

Also comes into the NFL with significantly less touches.

This is true, but means very little to me in the grand scheme of things. Didn’t care that guys like Jonathan Taylor or Barkley had a ton of touches in college either.