jeanpierre

Projected 53 man Roster players (those that make the cut) are listed bold; PUP injured players are italicized; (r) Rookie

QB Drew Brees, Chase Daniel, Sean Canfield
FB Korey Hall, Jed Collins(r), Kolby Hurt(r)
RB Mark Ingram(r), Pierre Thomas, Darren Sproles, Joique Bell, Chris Ivory, Chris Taylor
WR Marques Colston, Robert Meachem, Joseph Morgan(r), Adrian Arrington(i)
FL Lance Moore, Devery Henderson, Courtney Roby, Jarred Fayson(r)
LT Jermon Bushrod, Charles Brown, Alex Barron, Jordan Black
LG Carl Nicks, Roger Allen, Mike Smith
C Olin Kreutz, Matt Tennant, Cecil Newton(r), Ryan Taylor(r)
RG Jahri Evans, Brian de la Puente(r), Dan Gay(r)
RT Zach Strief, George Foster
TE Jimmy Graham, David Thomas, Tory Humphrey, Tyler Lorenzen(r)

LDE Alex Brown, Cam Jordan(r), Junior Galette
DT Sedrick Ellis, Tom Johnson(r), Mitch King(r)
NT Shaun Rogers, Aubrayo Franklin, Swanson Miller(r), Dexter Larimore(r)
RDE Will Smith, Jeff Charleston, Turk McBride, Greg Romeus(r)
WLB Scott Shanle, Jonathan Casillas, Nate Bussey
MLB Jonathan Vilma, Jo-Lonn Dunbar, Ezra Butler(r)
SLB Will Herring, Martez Wilson(r), Clint Ingram
LCB Jabari Greer, Johnny Patrick(r), Leigh Torrence
SS Roman Harper, Pierson Prioleau, Jonathan Amaya Isa Abdul-El Quddus(r)
FS Malcolm Jenkins, Chris Reis, Paul Oliver, Andre McDaniel(r)
RCB Tracy Porter, Patrick Robinson, Fabian Washington, Trumaine McBride

PK Garrett Hartley
P Thomas Morstead
LS Justin Drescher, Kyle Nelson(r)

- Best Wishes to Stinchcomb...

- Aside from the salary cap savings, that move will be sure to cool down the Hot Tub...

- That's alot of turnover on the offensive line...

- Does Charles Brown step up at Left Tackle or become the Tackle-eligible or make the team???

- I take back my too many cornerbacks comment from last week...

- New Rule: You can never have too man cornerbacks...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

Maverick2299

Good list, I think its going to be very close to the final.

alexonfyre

I would have a hard time believing that they keep Turk McBride and Clint Ingram over depth players on the O-line, unless they seriously step it up in the next couple pre-season games. To be fair, I don't know who on the O-line they would keep, but only two back-ups (with one being a career center) for 5 positions in one of the linchpin parts of the offense...that is playing with fire.

jeanpierre

This is a great point; either we have some special free agents/rookies in camp or we now have a concern of greater importance...

Pat Yasinskas of ESPN who writes the NFC South blog (also one of the better reporters/writers for ESPN, I know, not saying much) pointed out how our salary structure for Oline is different than any other in the league...

jeanpierre

Projected 53 man Roster players (those that make the cut) are listed bold; PUP injured players are italicized; (r) Rookie

QB Drew Brees, Chase Daniel, Sean Canfield
FB Korey Hall, Jed Collins(r), Kolby Hurt(r)
RB Mark Ingram(r), Pierre Thomas, Darren Sproles, Joique Bell, Chris Ivory, Chris Taylor
WR Marques Colston, Robert Meachem, Joseph Morgan(r), Adrian Arrington(i)
FL Lance Moore, Devery Henderson, Courtney Roby, Jarred Fayson(r)
LT Jermon Bushrod, Charles Brown, Alex Barron, Jordan Black
LG Carl Nicks, Roger Allen, Mike Smith
C Olin Kreutz, Matt Tennant, Cecil Newton(r), Ryan Taylor(r)
RG Jahri Evans, Brian de la Puente(r), Dan Gay(r)
RT Zach Strief, George Foster
TE Jimmy Graham, David Thomas, Tory Humphrey, Tyler Lorenzen(r)

LDE Alex Brown, Cam Jordan(r), Junior Galette
DT Sedrick Ellis, Tom Johnson(r), Mitch King(r)
NT Shaun Rogers, Aubrayo Franklin, Swanson Miller(r), Dexter Larimore(r)
RDE Will Smith, Jeff Charleston, Turk McBride, Greg Romeus(r)
WLB Scott Shanle, Jonathan Casillas, Nate Bussey
MLB Jonathan Vilma, Jo-Lonn Dunbar, Ezra Butler(r)
SLB Will Herring, Martez Wilson(r), Clint Ingram
LCB Jabari Greer, Johnny Patrick(r), Leigh Torrence
SS Roman Harper, Pierson Prioleau, Jonathan Amaya Isa Abdul-El Quddus(r)
FS Malcolm Jenkins, Chris Reis, Paul Oliver, Andre McDaniel(r)
RCB Tracy Porter, Patrick Robinson, Fabian Washington, Trumaine McBride

PK Garrett Hartley
P Thomas Morstead
LS Justin Drescher, Kyle Nelson(r)

- We have the best guards in the league and we can't score in goal line drills???

- Good Depth and versatility at linebackers...

- Are the new Offensive Tackles going to be good enough or stand out?!?

- Charles Brown, are you going to step up at Left Tackle???

- Starting Cornerbacks getting healthy, now how does the depth look???

- Defensive Line looks to be a force - real test this week at Houston...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

alexonfyre

This is why Guards aren't paid as much as tackles, because even the best guards are trumped by very good D-Linemen, Tackles on the otherhand CAN shut down DEs and LBs.

FinSaint

Tell that to Hutchinson and Faneca on their hay-day... they just dominated the D-Lines and Hutch still does, but only very rarely.

Luda34

I hope Streif doesn't start I just don't see him as a starter.

FinSaint

Who would you have start instead of him? Probably not Foster... do you think Nicks could slide into tackle and make Tennant take up guard duties like was suggested in another thread?

alexonfyre

Let the man compete before you pass judgement. If he is the best player, then he should be starting, if not, he won't. He had the misfortune of being behind the Saints longest tenured player, and a pro-bowler to boot, and he still contributed well as a 6th blocker/TE. He probably isn't dominant like Stinch was back in the day, but I don't recall him ever being embarassed by anyone.