AG, 2007 the Saints drafted RB Antonio Pittman, Ohio State in R4, Pick 107; and signed UDFA Pierre Thomas - you just made my case, Brother...

Pittman was cut on my birthday, September 1, 2007, to make room for Pierre Thomas. In 2007 the roster was cut to 53 on August 28. Pittman made the initial 53 but was cut a few days later to make room for Thomas who made the cut to 75. Neither were in that 81-90 range.

You just made my case, Brother.

You just argued that draft picks were making the roster, and I pointed out to you where Pittman was gone and P.T. was kept as the season got underway, you made my argument...

That's the importance of training camp, preseason games, as guys are giving opportunities some rise and some fall...

Thomas was considered a camp body, and as TC and PreSeason wore on, it was apparent who was the better RB...

If any team has shown you don't idly discount anyone on the roster, it's the New Orleans Saints...

Any player drafted (Strief, Colston, etc.) was going to clear that cut to 75.

Same difference. And the perennial winners draft annually better than that 35%...

And again, ask Zach and he'll tell you he and others didn't think he was making out of the first week of training camp, he would've been in that 80-90 group, then...

But he found his inner strength, and his story is Saints legend and lore now...

Regardless of what HE thought, there was no way the team was going to cut him if they were forced to go to the 80 player figure. They will ALWAYS give a drafted player every chance possible.

Given perennial winners draft better than 35% that means several teams annually draft players that make the roster at even a lower percentage for the overall average to be 35%.

Besides, the 80 player limit must be met August 30, meaning 90 players in camp for the first full month plus. It's simply not a big deal at all. They were cutting back to 75 back when Strief was drafted before that date.

That 80-man date is August 4th...

https://twitter.com/TheSaintsWire/st...15919915708417

We are both wrong. The article you posted here says the "opt out date" is August 4th.

"Aug. 16: All teams must cut their rosters down to 80 players, the day before padded practices begin. With Wick opting out, the Saints currently have 89 players under contract, so some of them won’t have much of a shot at making an impression before things heat up on the practice field. We’ve highlighted ten names to watch for this first wave of roster cuts."

The August 30th date was obviously moved up from what I read earlier. That said, as the article also states, there are players that still have no shot even prior to camp starting.