2017 New Orleans Saints: Way Too Early Roster Predictions
 

Now that the NFL draft is done, let's have an early look at what the 2017 New Orleans Saints opening day roster may look like.
by BobRose May 8, 2017, 10:02am CDT

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Over the last two months, the New Orleans Saints have added eight free agents, seven new draft choices, and a dozen undrafted college free agents to a roster that has gone 7-9 for three years in a row. Between now and the time training camp begins in late July, NFL teams will have some opportunity to further tweak their rosters. Most notably, after June 1, when there will be a number of veterans released due to salary cap reasons.

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ok. Im excited. I dont know, maybe something's wrong with me.
I mean, Michael Thomas could go down, and then we all go down in flames...

But seriously, folks, I dont know... I love baseball, and I'll be following it... will prob. catch some basketball playoffs on the tube, and hockey is good too... but even in May, im thinking about the next Saints season, and have been since 1982. Before the internet, there was Athlon's Pro Football, and I was there in june to buy my copy, and drool over it for two months before preseason. I love June football talk. I love training camp. And I love preseason. Hell, I love LIFE, and thats what makes me me.

Thanks for posting this, K Major.

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Does this writer even watch the Saints? He's got players listed that are free agents.

No understanding of the Saints O-line rotation; Kelemete could be very busy in scheme and Turner has no versatility.

Rose is completely off on the WR talent; the more I think about it, if Dural shows sure hands, he could be the fourth best WR when camp breaks.

And shows no appreciation of Stupar's value to this LBing corps and more faith in Ellerbe staying healthy than anyone who follows the Saints.

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Bump ...

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Starting from the top, I think they are correct on QB and RB. Recivers..I think Dural makes it (or it could just be my LSU homerism :lol:), OL is mostly right with the exception that I think Allen makes it on the team. DL I think Tapp makes it and Muhammed will be placed on practice squad. LB is where things start to get tough to choose atm. Out of those choices, I think Stupar stays and Feeney goes. DB..Swann gets cut over some guy named Gaitor..I doubt it. If Swann is 100% and that makes it through camp healthy, he is on the team. Safeties I am good with plus I think Keo is already cut..no?

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Dubious source with CSC... :confused:

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Well it doesn't mention the recent injuries so the article must have been written some time ago. That and it doesn't mention Maulet on the backend. I am interested in seeing him come camp and preseason. Hopefully lives up to the hype. The fear of the mounting injuries is that we haven't even hit camp or preseason yet. I have doubts Unger will be back according to the timeline given simply because the original timeline was earlier and got pushed back. If he is great- fingers crossed. Have to hope Sheldon and Ony coupled with McDaniel can get it done. Will be interesting to see what Davidson can give this season. I am wondering what Kikaha can give us.

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reading this only makes waiting for camp that much harder

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I'll take a stab at it. I'm not including Armstead on the 53 because he'll start the season on PUP or IR...

QB- Drew Brees, Chase Daniel
HB- Adrian Peterson, Mark Ingram, Alvin Kamara, Daniel Lasco
FB- John Kuhn
WR- Michael Thomas, Willie Snead, Ted Ginn Jr, Brandon Coleman, Corey Fuller
TE- Coby Fleener, Josh Hill, Michael Hoomanawanui
LT- Ryan Ramczyk, Khalif Barnes
LG- Andrus Peat, Senio Kelemete
C- Max Unger, Josh LeRibeus
RG- Larry Warford, Landon Turner
RT- Zach Strief, Bryce Harris

LDE- Cameron Jordan, Darryl Tapp
DT- Sheldon Rankins, David Onyemata
NT- Tyeler Davison, Tony McDaniel
RDE- Alex Okafor, Trey Hendrickson, Al Quadin Muhammad
SLB- Stephone Anthony, Nate Stupar
MLB- AJ Klein, Adam Bighill
WLB- Alex Anzalone, Craig Robertson
CB- Delvin Breaux, Marshon Lattimore, PJ Williams, Ken Crawley, Arthur Maulet
FS- Vonn Bell, Marcus Williams
SS- Kenny Vaccaro, Rafael Bush, Eric Harris

K- Wil Lutz
P- Thomas Morstead
LS- ?

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You think Kikaha is going to get cut?

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That's one of the hardest ones for me to figure out. I have to wait until training camp and see what's said about him before I can include him. Does he have any burst and explosiveness left? If he still looks like the Kikaha of old then I keep him and cut Muhammad.

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The question is, will we have a roster left after training camp? Already have folks dropping like flys.

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^^ ^^ The Saints will continue to "march" on ...

Circle back to the Panthers just two short years ago ...they lost their best WR (Benjamin) with a torn ACL , damn near half of their starting OL & a couple of defensive starters before the season kicked off. Those fools ended up going to the Super Bowl :rolleyes:.

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Yeah, but did they take home the ring??? Hmmm???

Nothing against your post, just couldn't pass up a free shot at the Panties.:-)

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Correct but when was the last time we got there (Super Bowl), much less making a deep playoff run? We have been on the wrong side of tracks far too long.

It's our time Seer1 ... it's our time.

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Is it football season yet.

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Yes. The CFL just started last week!