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Down to 75 by Tuesday

Any surprises expected?
There is a lot of low-hanging fruit still hanging on.

the young DB's have surprised me, and it looks like at least two FA's will make it (I was clearly wrong on Crawley a few weeks ago)

I'd like TommyLee to stick another week (I was half -right on him in a much earlier post)


NFL roster cuts tracker: Teams trimming to 75 players - NFL.com

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I think this is when we can put players on IR without having to waive them first so I imagine a lot of our moves will be putting guys like Kikaha and Hoomanawanui on IR.

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Probably won't be any more surprise cuts after Keenan Lewis but Tull could be a goner next week.

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No surprises on the 1st cut, but I could see some on the next round.

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I didn't see the Lewis cut as a surprise. I kind of figured he was one more injury away from an outright release.

The play of the young corners in his absence was reassurance

And it says something when the Steelers after a look have concerns about his hip.

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Hopefully we can find a guard after all these cuts

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Just pray he isn't from LSU!

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I am predicting a huge cut. SP will realize he sucks as a coach and cut himself.....

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Reuben Randle got cut by Philly

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Not a surprise at all. I read he showed up in really bad shape.

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Oh! And welcome to Black & Gold!

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Never will happen under SP.. he went to LSU!

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No. The welcome was for SaintsDoc. It was his first post at B&G.

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Murphy-Cadet? Tough one for me.
I like Murphy better. Seems to be more upside.
Cadet's been around...doesn't add anything above what Ingram or Spiller can do.
Cadet has been incredibly average. Which isn't a bad thing.
Murphy looks better returning punts and kicks than Cadet.
Murphy is quicker - and quicker to the north-and-south decision than Cadet.
FB position Kuhn has looked good...but Austin Johnson is still young.
TommyLee has some fight! Would love to see him stay around.
I wish I could mind-melt some of that fight into Brandon Coleman.

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I think you get rid of Murphy and cadet both let Spiller return kicks. Keep high tower and lasco as back up RBs Murphy and cadet are a dime a dozen that can be found anytime if need be.

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Tommy Lee Jones Lewis is going to make this team. I don't think there is any room for debate anymore on that. I think he will return punts, and Murphy is gonna be cut. Murphy's only value has been on returns and he hasn't been very good lately. Lewis won't do any worse, and he is better at fielding the punts, which has been Murphy's biggest problem. But Lewis has been impressive on offense as well. I think at worst he is the 4th best receiver we have right now.

Lasco doesn't really impress me with his running ability, but he has been an ace on special teams, and they really struggled in kick coverage last year. So he'll most likely make the team for that reason. Hightower is a better runner than Cadet. If we keep 4 running backs, I would expect Hightower beats out Cadet.

I'm really not seeing anywhere where a surprise could happen. I imagine there will be a handful of chin scratching decisions where we'll be just a little caught off guard, but nothing that blows anybody away.

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welcome aboard SaintsDoc

Bring in a PS player?

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Kikaha and Hoomanawanui to IR. LB Schoettmer, FB Houma, LS Highland, OL Henry, S Golden, CB Brandon Dixon, DE Shaughnessy, and G Eulls seems to be the easy ones.

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I see it differently on Marcus Murphy. I just don't see Payton giving up on him in year two. His game is dynamic, great vision and can change field position on any return. If he's cut, I'll be really surprised.

Fumbles are correctable.

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and three WR's whose names begin with J.
No need for camp bodies / rotation now

as for Cadet v Murphy, I think Murphy goes now, and we cut Cadet Sept. 3, mainly because he has a better chance of landing somewhere else. No one is taking Murphy

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Paul Kruger just gut cut by the Browns. Didn't we have a bunch of guys on here that liked him?

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payton were really studying the qb play if anyone noticed, i think there will be a move there, just a gut feeling. it looked like he wanted to see if grayson has matured enough to handle it if (can't believe i'm saying this) brees went down. we could get posibly a 3rd round pick if qb situation went nuts like in dallas . what yall think , let me have it.

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Well he HAS to try to get someone ready in the event that Brees did go down. But Grayson is well behind McCown at this point. I don't see any movement there, though. I think there is enough confidence in McCown at number 2, and they'll give Grayson another year to sit and learn. If he doesn't show at least some improvement by next year, then they'll probably start looking at other QB's in the draft.

I don't know about drafting one in the first round or anything. But they'd be kicking some tires somewhere.

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Yeah, when we were trying to build the 3-4.

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we need to pay attention to o - line cuts out of houston they have bulk at o-line back-ups that will be cut . they were solid whoever they had out there.
i'm sure they don't need me telling them.

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terrance knighton?

Cheap replacement until Rankins comes back.

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Pot roast !!!
Brees84 - do you give Jenkins the tap (cut him)?

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Knighton is available? That's really surprising. I wanted that guy bad last year.

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I really don't know. He gives me that Hicks vibe. Flashes occasionally and that's all. Not sure he could be consistent performer on our defense. Coaching decisions (losing weight) didn't help either.

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Hope we keep Murphy. Struggling some but better receiver and returner despite the dropsies. Tough call.

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Pot Roast picked up a few pounds ...
http://saintsreport.com/forums/attac...-pot-roast.jpg

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Geoff Schwartz was just released.

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Looks like Brandon Coleman could be released.

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Got paid,got fed.
Think his desires gone

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No loss
He's never got it together

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Source?

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Dude has been junk. Potential smential. Time to chit or get off the pot was this offseason. Looks the same as he always has.

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656, do you have official word on that yet?!?

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Read somewhere that SP called Coleman's TC 'pedestrian'; sounds to me like he is out of here with the quickness!