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

[BreesHOF2024]

Kamara won't be top 10 next year. And Miller will be hurt.

He’ll be our starter demanding majority of carries anytime he’s healthy, no matter who gets drafted

 

[saintfan1972]

Tmac and Jeanty are worth a top 10 pick…. Warren is close…. I’d say top 15.

The notion of position value is comical at this point on a team that’s in need of playmakers at every position.

The value is impact and building an offensive team that can be competitive in a scoring league centered around QBs and offense - and the rules that benefit them explicitly.

We need to get one of those 3…. And frankly I don’t care where we pick one. Value only comes into play in hindsight.

Would you have taken Kamara top 10 if you knew what you know now? And I’m not saying instead of Lattimore…. Just a general question. Yeah you would.

You made the comment earlier were we any better this after drafting Fuaga. And you mentioned Robinson for Atlanta. So my question to you is, how much better are the Falcons after drafting Bijan that high? Have they made the playoffs the 2 years they've had him? We need playmakers. But you can't reach for them.

 

[saintpack]

He’ll be our starter demanding majority of carries anytime he’s healthy, no matter who gets drafted

I disagree. I think Jeanty would be the starter day one. As he should be if we draft him.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Graham isn't a nose. He's a 3-tech just like Bresee. He doesn't move the needle in run defense.

Also, there are NO GUARDS WORTH SPENDING A TOP TEN PICK ON. Not even a first rounder.

Are y'all just terrified of scoring points or something? "Jeanty only had 100+ yards against Penn State." Yes, against a team with good run defense that was stacking eight in the box and selling out to stop him. He still generated offense. Did I miss something, or are there only a small group of us who noticed how dinged up Kamara got this season? Or that Kendre is injury-prone? Or that Jamaal Williams is better at funny sound bites than he is at running the football at this point? Or that CEH may not be able to get past his PTSD? What makes y'all think that we have a stacked RB room?

Not disagreeing with any of your points…made me laugh when I read that maybe some folks thought we have a stacked running back room. We don’t have a single position group that is anywhere near stacked. So if anyone things that, they’re cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Lol

 

[longtime lurker]

If we stay at #9 I’m happy with Will Campbell.:..but I wont there to be so much smoke that nobody is sure what we will do and offer us a crazy deal to move down.

 

[Infoman]

You made the comment earlier were we any better this after drafting Fuaga. And you mentioned Robinson for Atlanta. So my question to you is, how much better are the Falcons after drafting Bijan that high? Have they made the playoffs the 2 years they've had him? We need playmakers. But you can't reach for them.

I never said anything about ATL or Robinson…

But since you asked…. They were a lot better…. They chose to start the wrong QB this year and last. And they have built that team to be a royal PITA for the foreseeable future (for the next 5 to 8 years at least) on offense.

If Pennix turns out to be marginally better than Carr... They are miles ahead of where we are now.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

If we stay at #9 I’m happy with Will Campbell.:..but I wont there to be so much smoke that nobody is sure what we will do and offer us a crazy deal to move down.

If we move down it will mean Mickey is not in control.

 

[longtime lurker]

If we move down it will mean Mickey is not in control.

Here’s to hoping the broken clock gets it right once….

 

[Infoman]

And as we have this discussion…. Gibbs has 3 TDs tonight…. Leads the league in TDs…. Vikes have no answer, and I believe he was picked 12 overall.

I realize the Lions have a bunch of other pieces…. But you can build around that I would think.

 

[NatureBoy]

Are there any under performing injury prone DEs Mickey can trade up for?

 

[longtime lurker]

Nobody wants to hear it but BPA it till the crows come home….chasing your troubles never seems to work out.

 

[DSnfla]

And as we have this discussion…. Gibbs has 3 TDs tonight…. Leads the league in TDs…. Vikes have no answer, and I believe he was picked 12 overall.

I realize the Lions have a bunch of other pieces…. But you can build around that I would think.

Again the Lions have the BEST OL in football

 

[Infoman]

Again the Lions have the BEST OL in football

Again we have a 1st or 2nd round pick at every OLine position save 1. We have built it. It has to play better. Lions have also drafted WR TE and RB early in drafts before they became contenders. These things require context

 

[jesusfish]

Check my post history, no one is as high on Warren as I am but we can’t take him at 9. It’s time for our FO to do their homework and find us a replacement for Cam Jordan or whatever blue chip edge rusher will fit our new D.

Carter, Mykel Williams, James Pearce Jr, Scourton.. the talent will be there we need to find the right one. It’s insane to think we’re in a position to take a RB or TE top 10 while missing foundational peices

I know Abdul Carter won't be there. But I think I'm coming around on Pearce Jr. He's the only other edge I would take there.