The 2025 JeanPierre Saints Roster Depth Chart Thread

[AsylumGuido]

Originally Posted by neugey

The weird logjam at DT/DE is the one that has me concerned. It is weird that Cam, Saunders, and Shepherd are all back. Yes Kpassagnon and Payton Turner are gone but we also added Godchaux. Doesn't seem like there is much room for DT/DE draftees.

Plenty of room for draftees. We aren't but half way to the 90 man roster. Here was our defensive roster last August with 15 DT's and DE's:

LDE	96	Granderson, Carl CF19	98	Turner, Payton 21/1	55	Foskey, Isaiah 23/2	76	Jeffcoat, Trajan CF24
LDT	50	Saunders, Khalen U/KC	97	Boyd, Khristian 24/6	95	Heflin, Jack SF23	69	Baugh, Kyler CF24
RDT	93	SHEPHERD, NATHAN U/NYJ	90	Bresee, Bryan 23/1	91	Vickers, Kendal SF24
RDE	94	JORDAN, CAMERON 11/1	99	Young, Chase U/SF	92	KPASSAGNON, TANOH PUP	57	Lalos, Niko SF22
WLB	20	Werner, Pete 21/2	45	Sewell, Nephi PUP	52	Jackson, D'Marco 22/5	44	Stalbird, Isaiah CF24
MLB	56	DAVIS, DEMARIO U/NYJ	53	Ford, Jaylan 24/5	58	Orji, Anfernee CF23
SLB	6	Gay, Willie U/KC	47	Hudson, Khaleke U/Was	59	Rice, Monty W/Ten
LCB	29	Adebo, Paulson 21/3	28	Wright, Rejzohn SF24	27	Jean-Charles, Shemar SF23	42	McCain, Mac SF24
SS	32	MATHIEU, TYRANN U/KC	24	Abram, Johnathan U/Sea	30	Teamer, Roderic SF24	37	Johnson, Lawrence CF24
FS	31	Howden, Jordan 23/5	48	Gray, J.T. CF18	38	Bradford, Millard CF24
RCB	23	Lattimore, Marshon 17/1	34	McKinstry, Kool-Aid 24/2	36	Payton, Rico CF24
NB	1	Taylor, Alontae 22/2	5	Harris, Will U/Det	0	Amadi, Ugo SF23

[BakoSaint]

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Plenty of room for draftees. We aren't but half way to the 90 man roster. Here was our defensive roster last August with 15 DT's and DE's:

I get that we need 90 players for camp bodies but the problem is do we cut a player who have guaranteed money due to restructure or guaranteed contract and eat at least several million dead cap or cut players who cost recent draft assets?

Guaranteed money: Granderson, Young, Jordan, Godchaux, Shepherd, Saunders.

Cost recent draft picks: Breese, Godchaux (trade, also has guaranteed salary), Rideway (trade), Boyd.

Thats 9 players it would be hard to cut. Granderson and Young are the only ones clearly above average on PFF. I guess we could cut Rideway or Boy because they only cost late picks but it seems oike we should have let guys like Jordan, Shepherd, and Saunders compete in camp without guaranteeing their salaries through restructure advances and definitely not before the draft where we could find out if someone with more upside falls to us. In particular we seem to have a logjam at interior dline.

[BakoSaint]

Linebacker depth seems like a major concern. Demario Davis is 36 and in the very unlikely scenario that we make the playoffs he would be 37 which also might be our points allowed. Pete Werner has missed a few games every year and had not been consistent. Chase Young and Cam Jordan might be playing linebacker even if we stick with a 4-3. Seems like if we wanted to win we would need more linebacker depth but I am happy for Loomis to plan on Davis and Werner playing 17 amazing games each, because when that doesnt happen it will take its toll on his regime.

[bobdog86]

Originally Posted by BakoSaint

Linebacker depth seems like a major concern. Demario Davis is 36 and in the very unlikely scenario that we make the playoffs he would be 37 which also might be our points allowed. Pete Werner has missed a few games every year and had not been consistent. Chase Young and Cam Jordan might be playing linebacker even if we stick with a 4-3. Seems like if we wanted to win we would need more linebacker depth but I am happy for Loomis to plan on Davis and Werner playing 17 amazing games each, because when that doesnt happen it will take its toll on his regime.

Agreed, this defense couldn’t tackle a pop warner RB, what did we do to improve that? Aside from the dude from the Pats, doesn’t seem like we improved too much.

[K Major]

Originally Posted by bobdog86

Agreed, this defense couldn’t tackle a pop warner RB, what did we do to improve that? Aside from the dude from the Pats, doesn’t seem like we improved too much.

Safety Justin Reid is a serious upgrade (Harris) at the safety position.

Strong in coverage and run support.

[bobdog86]

Originally Posted by K Major

Safety Justin Reid is a serious upgrade (Harris) at the safety position.

Strong in coverage and run support.

Well, he better be good in run support, he will have plenty of of opportunities to showcase his talent.

[AsylumGuido]

Originally Posted by bobdog86

Well, he better be good in run support, he will have plenty of of opportunities to showcase his talent.

Honestly none of us know what will be needed once the final roster is in place. We still have more pre-draft free agency, the draft itself, and then post-draft free agency left. We also have a whole new staff of coaches and implementing what could very well be a radically different defensive scheme from what we have been seeing. Making judgements at this point is fairly meaningless.

As saintsfan1976 posted in another thread, "Relax y'all. See what happens before you condemn every decision."

Sound advice.

[Rugby Saint II]

Originally Posted by bobdog86

Agreed, this defense couldn’t tackle a pop warner RB, what did we do to improve that? Aside from the dude from the Pats, doesn’t seem like we improved too much.

They need to bring in a rugby player to teach them how to tackle.

[dizzle88]

I still think we are missing some serious speed on defense.

Teams gashed us on outside runs and we've effectively done nothing to upgrade that weakness.

Like it or not, Demario has been playing pretty badly for 2 and a half years now.

I don't know why they kept Werner instead of Kaden Elliss or Baun.

This defense is so old and they seem resistant to trying to reset it.

[AsylumGuido]

Velus is in the house!

Updated Ourlads Depth Chart as of 1:20 PM, March 16th, 2025.


OFFENSE

LWR	12	Olave, Chris 22/1	16	Means, Bub 24/5	84	Tipton, Mason CF24
RWR	81	Austin Jr., Kevin SF24	17	Pettis, Dante SF24
SWR	22	Shaheed, Rashid CF22	11	Wilson Jr., Cedrick U/Mia		Jones Jr., Velus U/Car
LT	75	Fuaga, Taliese 24/1	79	Ball, Josh P/Dal
LG	64	Saldiveri, Nick 23/4	60	Hergel, Kyle CF24
C	78	McCoy, Erik 19/2		Clapp, Will 18/7
RG	51	Ruiz, Cesar 20/1
RT	70	Penning, Trevor 22/1	72	Ezirim, Josiah 24/7
TE	87	Moreau, Foster U/LV	83	Johnson, Juwan CF20	7	HILL, TAYSOM W/GB	85	Holker, Dallin CF24		Stoll, Jack U/Mia
TE							86	Jacobson, Michael SF23	82	Welch, Treyton SF24
QB	4	CARR, DEREK CC/LV	18	Rattler, Spencer 24/5	3	Haener, Jake 23/4	15	DiNucci, Ben SF24
RB	41	Kamara, Alvin 17/3	25	Miller, Kendre 23/3	33	Mims, Jordan SF23	23	Edwards-Helaire, Clyde SF24	34	Valladay, Xazavian SF24

DEFENSE Base 4-3

LDE	96	Granderson, Carl CF19	55	Foskey, Isaiah 23/2		Williams, Jonah U/Det
NT		GODCHAUX, DAVON T/NE	50	Saunders, Khalen U/KC	97	Boyd, Khristian 24/6	76	Peterson, Camron SF24
DT	90	Bresee, Bryan 23/1	93	SHEPHERD, NATHAN U/NYJ	95	Ridgeway III, John T/Was	57	Anderson, Ryder SF24
RDE	94	JORDAN, CAMERON 11/1	99	Young, Chase U/SF
WLB	20	Werner, Pete 21/2	45	Sewell, Nephi CF22	53	Ford, Jaylan 24/5
MLB	56	DAVIS, DEMARIO U/NYJ	52	Jackson, D'Marco 22/5	58	Orji, Anfernee CF23	44	Stalbird, Isaiah CF24
LCB		Yiadom, Isaac U/SF	36	Payton, Rico CF24
SS		Reid, Justin U/KC	31	Howden, Jordan 23/5
FS	32	MATHIEU, TYRANN U/KC	48	Gray, J.T. CF18	38	Bradford, Millard CF24
RCB	14	McKinstry, Kool-Aid 24/2	28	Wright, Rejzohn SF24
NB	1	Taylor, Alontae 22/2	26	Fluellen, Travion CF24

SPECIAL TEAMS

PT	43	Hayball, Matthew CF24
PK	19	Grupe, Blake CF23	39	Smyth, Charlie SF24
LS	49	WOOD, ZACH SF17
H	43	Hayball, Matthew CF24
KO	19	Grupe, Blake CF23	39	Smyth, Charlie SF24
PR	22	Shaheed, Rashid CF22	17	Pettis, Dante SF24	11	Wilson Jr., Cedrick U/Mia
KR	22	Shaheed, Rashid CF22	25	Miller, Kendre 23/3

Free Agents / Cap Casualties

CC	21	Williams, Jamaal RB
UFA	62	PATRICK, LUCAS OG	74	Udoh, Olisaemeka OT	66	Lemieux, Shane OC	77	Herron, Justin OT	67	Young, Landon OT
UFA	92	KPASSAGNON, TANOH DT	27	Jean-Charles, Shemar CB	6	Gay Jr., Willie LB	46	Prentice, Adam FB	0	Amadi, Ugo S