Depth Chart Locks

thebdj · 05-05-2013, 11:24 AM

So as I was running today and letting my mind wander around all sorts of trivia, I started thinking who in my opinion is a lock for a #1 position on our depth chart. It seems logical that this is the next line of conversation post-draft and pre-season as well! Here's my thoughts:

Offence

QB - Brees (Lock)
RB - The Committee (Lock) - Basically whoever hits the Depth Chart out of Ingram, Thomas and Sproles (probably PT) is irrelevant as they will all see their share of snaps, thus they go in as 'The Committee'
FB - Collins (Lock)
WR1 - Colston (Lock)
WR2 - Moore (Lock)
TE - Graham (Lock)
LT - ???
LG - Grubbs (Lock)
C - De La Puente (Lock)
RG - Evans - (Lock)
RT - ???

Defence

LDE - Jordan (Lock)
NT - ???
RDE - ???
OLB1 - ???
OLB2 - ???
ILB1 - Lofton (Lock)
ILB2 - ???
CB1 - Lewis (Lock)
CB2 - ???
FS - Vaccaro (Lock)
SS - ???

Now when I say someone is a 'Lock', I am not saying they just turn up and get the position. They still have to play hard and train well but I am thinking they will have to do something really stupid not to wind up in that starting position. A '???' is a position that is well up for grabs based on performance in the off-season and fitting the scheme.

Notable absentees include Greer, Harper, Vilma, Jenkins and Smith who I think are all going to have to battle real hard to win their spots. The only exception there might be Greer who is as close to a lock as I would give for the CB2 role.

The only other big role that is very much up for grabs is the Kicker. Hartley will not keep walking into this job.

I appreciate there is a long way to go with personnel changes, injuries, doing 'something stupid' in the media etc etc but I just wondered if anyone saw this wildly different to me.

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thebdj 100th Post Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 272	Depth Chart Locks So as I was running today and letting my mind wander around all sorts of trivia, I started thinking who in my opinion is a lock for a #1 position on our depth chart. It seems logical that this is the next line of conversation post-draft and pre-season as well! Here's my thoughts: Offence QB - Brees (Lock) RB - The Committee (Lock) - Basically whoever hits the Depth Chart out of Ingram, Thomas and Sproles (probably PT) is irrelevant as they will all see their share of snaps, thus they go in as 'The Committee' FB - Collins (Lock) WR1 - Colston (Lock) WR2 - Moore (Lock) TE - Graham (Lock) LT - ??? LG - Grubbs (Lock) C - De La Puente (Lock) RG - Evans - (Lock) RT - ??? Defence LDE - Jordan (Lock) NT - ??? RDE - ??? OLB1 - ??? OLB2 - ??? ILB1 - Lofton (Lock) ILB2 - ??? CB1 - Lewis (Lock) CB2 - ??? FS - Vaccaro (Lock) SS - ??? Now when I say someone is a 'Lock', I am not saying they just turn up and get the position. They still have to play hard and train well but I am thinking they will have to do something really stupid not to wind up in that starting position. A '???' is a position that is well up for grabs based on performance in the off-season and fitting the scheme. Notable absentees include Greer, Harper, Vilma, Jenkins and Smith who I think are all going to have to battle real hard to win their spots. The only exception there might be Greer who is as close to a lock as I would give for the CB2 role. The only other big role that is very much up for grabs is the Kicker. Hartley will not keep walking into this job. I appreciate there is a long way to go with personnel changes, injuries, doing 'something stupid' in the media etc etc but I just wondered if anyone saw this wildly different to me.