With the 9th Pick in the 2025 draft, who should the Saints select? (merged) (8 Viewers)

[nakadish]

Good think we don't pick top 5.

 

[MikeyF]

I didn't see anything last night vs UT from Eqbuka that made me want to draft him in the 1st or 2nd round...



Some Mocks have us taking him in the 1st to pair with Olave...

 

[TruSaint]

Warren has moved up to 13 on my big board and I’m totally fine if he’s the pick.

 

[Archie's Boyz]

Was impressed with Sawyer, OSU DE. I would not mind him at #9, either.

 

[MikeyF]

Wait. Didn't we already draft a stud LT this year? I have, I think a genius idea, how about we draft a LG to play LG? I don't think the Saints have ever done that before. Maybe it will work.

LT or RT in college always have better feet than LG or RG.
That is why so many teams draft college T and move them to G in the NFL...

 

[TruSaint]

Was impressed with Sawyer, OSU DE. I would not mind him at #9, either.

Sawyer is a stud

 

[Infoman]

I'm still where I have been for 2 months... Warren / Tmac / Jeanty in the 1st and D Jackson / Sawyer in the 2nd and Taylor / Skateebo in the 3rd.

 

[DaveXA]

I'm still where I have been for 2 months... Warren / Tmac / Jeanty in the 1st and D Jackson / Sawyer in the 2nd and Taylor / Skateebo in the 3rd.

I'm definitely high on Warren and Tmac. Jeanty is great, but not keen on picking RB with the other needs we have.

Sawyer in the second would be great.

Third, don't really have a strong opinion but I think Skate would probably be great as a Taysom Hill type player in our offense.

 

[St. Widge]

I'm still where I have been for 2 months... Warren / Tmac / Jeanty in the 1st and D Jackson / Sawyer in the 2nd and Taylor / Skateebo in the 3rd.

I'm still where I have been for years. The best value in most drafts is mid-round RBs and they are much better value than 1st round RBs. That's particularly true in this draft with so many RBs with the potential to be as good as or almost as good as Jeanty who are going to be sitting there in the 3rd Round. With the running trend in the NFL, some may move up to the 2nd, but it's still better value to trade down for a team that needs help all over the field.

I'd take BPA at #9 (which could be TMac, Graham, OT, or Will Johnson) unless it's Jeanty in which case I'd trade down likely targeting Warren in the #20 range. I'd also probably trade down if OT was BPA and might even double dip at RB in the middle rounds adding Skateebo to someone like Hampton, Henderson, or Judkins because I think he's going to be more of a Jurczyk FB than a true RB in the NFL. And Skateebo could even drop into the 4th or 5th depending on how he runs at the combine.

 

[Infoman]

I'm definitely high on Warren and Tmac. Jeanty is great, but not keen on picking RB with the other needs we have.

Sawyer in the second would be great.

Third, don't really have a strong opinion but I think Skate would probably be great as a Taysom Hill type player in our offense.

Many people aren't Keen on a RB in the 1st... With the state of the current roster... I am past "Need Positions and Position Value"....

We "need" everywhere... The value is any player that can help us score TDs and stop kicking FGs. Jeanty is in that category, and I think he's a special talent... He's the only RB in this class I'd take in the top 10... but not over Tmac, and probably not over Warren.

A few weeks back I got all kinds of flack for suggesting we take Warren with our first pick... Now I see we have some posters here that got to watch him this week in the playoffs have had a change of heart. LOL

I just want young offensive playmakers, and I don't care much what position they play.

Remember - AK is 30... Taysom is 35... I have played more games that Miller has in 2 years... and we ended the season with CEH handling a lot of the RB duties after 1 week with the team...

"Needs" tend to be fluid and situational... I want playmakers... F dem needs.

 

[TruSaint]

Honestly when we pick at 9 the BPA will also probably be a need lol.

 

[inetnawlins]

We need a quality offensive lineman... or two. Running back, QB or WR won't matter without fixing the O line.

 

[WinAnother]

Tet, Graham, Carter or Will Campbell who I believe will be a All Pro LG in the NFL.

 

[DSnfla]

Wait. Didn't we already draft a stud LT this year? I have, I think a genius idea, how about we draft a LG to play LG? I don't think the Saints have ever done that before. Maybe it will work.

Do you realize that most of our best OL EVER played a different position in college than they did with us ??