hennr

last year the qb from tulane-the hb from small texas college-the te from idaho-og/oc letio grandvalley-de gem ,foster illinois-mlb reddick-cb sweeting georgia tech hmmm thats 7 ufda players on 53 roster so saints keep best young players with payton as he knows they need to get younger an cheaper.so yes i think 5 ufda an 5 picks out of 7 draft picks make 53 roster.Back in 2007 when payton cut the hb from ohio state who he traded up in 4th round for to keep pierre thomas undrafted rookie out of illinois i says to myself holy shttt hes a rare head coach with the balls to keep best players.After this the ufda players agents told the players the saints are one of the few nfl teams who do not care where or how you get to training camp that payton gives everyplayer a fair chance to make the 53 roster.This is why despite having far fewer the nfl total of draft picks the last few years the saint still keep in top 25% of teams.However i would like the saints trade down somewhere to get a 8th pick after all with 32 compensotory picks the draft is 8 rounds so they need to have one more pick to get a fair share of picks.

Euphoria

You guys need to spend a little more time with your families... of all the things to debate this is a new one.

hennr

If the Saints sign Goodwin an pugh then from a roster of then 64 players you could cut to 53 with no big gaps this would allow saints to draft best players on draft board with highest grade an use ufdas to fill in 90 player training camp roster in positions short of numbers.

TheOak

Theoretically the Saints could sign 10 before the draft, as long as the contract isn't guaranteed it's no harm. They can all be cut.