jeanpierre

SAINTS DEPTH CHART - 2020 New Orleans Saints – Draft Prep

OFFENSE

QB (3) 9 – Drew Brees (FA 2020), 7 - Taysom Hill (RFA 2020/Tendered First Round)

RB (3) 41 - Alvin Kamara, 28 - Latavius Murray, 44 - Taquan Mizzel

FB (1) 46 - Michael Burton (FA 2020), 30 - Ricky Ortiz

WR-X (2) 13 - Michael Thomas, 17 - Emmanuel Butler (RFC 2020), 15 - Maurice Harris (RFC 2020)

WR-S (2) 81 - Krishawn Hogan, 84 - Lil’Jordan Humphrey

LT (2) 72 - Terron Armstead, 73 - Ethan Greenidge

LG (2) 75 - Andrus Peat (FA 2020), 62 - Nick Easton

C (2) 78 - Erik McCoy

RG (2) 67 - Larry Warford, 64 - Will Clapp

RT (2) 71 - Ryan Ramcyzk, 68 - Derrick Kelly (RFC 2020)

TE (3) 87 - Jared Cook, 89 - Josh Hill, 86 - Jason Vander Laan, 45 - Garrett Griffin, 85 - Cole Wick (RFC 2020), 88 - Mitchell Loewen (RFC 2020)

WR-Z (2) 18 - Emmanuel Sanders (FA 2020), 10 - Tra'Quan Smith, 11 - Deonte Harris, 14 - Tim White (RFC 2020), 16 - TommyLee Lewis (RFC 2020)


DEFENSE

RDE (2) 92 - Marcus Davenport, 96 - Carl Granderson, 57 - Noah Spence (FA 2020)

NT (2) 90 - Malcolm Brown, 99 - Shy Tuttle, 95 - Taylor Stallworth

DT3 (2) 93 - David Onyemata (FA 2020), 98 - Sheldon Rankins, 77 - Jalen Dalton (RFC 2020)

LDE (2) 94 - Cam Jordan, 91 - Trey Hendrickson, 97 - Mario Edwards

WLB (2) 56 - DeMario Davis, 50 - Andrew Dowell (RFC 2020), 53 - Chase Hansen

MLB (2) 47 - Alex Anzalone, 52 - Craig Robertson, 55 - Kaden Elliss

SLB (2) 54 - Kiko Alonso, 51 - Colton Jumper (ERFA 2020)

NCB (2) 22 - Chauncey Gardner, 21 - Patrick Robinson, 00 - Deatrick Nichols (FA 2020)

RCB (2) 23 - Marshon Lattimore, 34 - Justin Hardee (RFA 2020)

FS (2) 43 - Marcus A. Williams, 48 - J.T. Gray (ERFA 2020), 33 - Saquan Hampton

SS (2) 27 - Malcolm Jenkins (FA 2020), 36 - D.J. Swearinger (2020 RFA 2020), 31 - Chris Johnson (2020 RFA 2020)

LCB (2) 20 - Janoris Jenkins, P. J. Williams (FA 2020)


KICKING

K (1) 3 - Wil Lutz

P (1) 6 - Thomas Morstead

LS (1) 49 - Zach Wood (RFA 2020)

RS (*) 11 - Deonte Harris, 44 - Taquan Mizzel


90-man Roster Count - Total: 68; Offense: 31; Defense: 34; Kicking: 3

KEY:

Projected Starter

Free Agent (FA 2020)

Exclusive Rights Free Agent (ERFA 2020)

Reserve/Futures Contract (RFC 2020)

Rookie Draft Pick (R#,P#)

Undrafted Rookie Free Agent (UDFA 2020)

Injured, Injured/Reserve, Injured/PUP

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K Major

I actually like the PJ re sign.

At worst he's good depth, knows the system and can fill in at safety (see Underhill tweet) if needed. Always admired his tackling ability too.

Championship.

jeanpierre

blackangold

A bit of old news but saw this on Walterfootball...

"Saints re-sign G/OT Andrus Peat (5 years, $57.5 million; $33 million guaranteed): D Grade
Wow, I can't believe this contract. This is a horrible signing, but let me begin with the two positives. First, continuity is important for the offensive line, so retaining Andrus Peat allows continuity to happen. Second, Peat is still just 26, so he has time to improve his game.

All of that is fine, but this move deserves to be graded harshly. Peat is the worst starter on the Saints' offensive line. He's versatile because he can play both guard and tackle, but he's been a major liability over the past couple of seasons. To give him this much money is completely asinine. The Saints could find a similarly skilled lineman for a contract around two years for $5 million, just as the Buccaneers just did with Joe Haeg."

The Saints are 0-42 when running the ball less than 15 times in a game.

K Major

I've never been a fan of PFF analytics, however it's simply hard to ignore the ratings on what they graded Peat at in the games he played.

His overall number was 49.7. For rating comparison, his O line team mates:

Ryan Ramz - 91.0 (STUD)
Terron A - 80 (he's always hurt but still performs at a high level)
Warford - 73.1 acceptable for a vet
McCoy - 76.2 impressive given the position and he was a rookie.

When I utilize these numbers, I'd say it's important to use perspective.Kind of a head scratcher they gave that much coin to a under whelming, under performing former 1st round draft pick. We all hope that he will improve, but I'm not nearly as optimistic as others.

My hope is that we target another O lineman in the mid rounds of the 2020 draft to eventually replace Andrus Peat in a year or two.

"We're a violent team & a tough team. We find ways to put ourselves in position to win. We just have to WIN". Alvin Kamara

blackangold

It's truly mind-blowing on the amount of money we paid him. If we wanted to bring him back it should have been for 20% of that contract. This might be worse than the Byrd and Browner deals, time will tell and I hope that isn't the case.

jeanpierre

Well, more details have come out on Peat's deal (may have shared this via a tweet on Peat thread) that Peat will basically be an expensive one year rental with the money deferred over two seasons...

This is actually the correct approach considering both of the guards that'd be upgrades were tagged by their respective teams; and what they have with Peat has proven success, so they kept status quo...

If Peat gets this thing turned around or if an outstanding rookie guard comes in and balls out, it'll all be moot, and we could always trade Peat with a reworked contract minimized to our cap...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

K Major

QB (3) 9 – Drew Brees (FA 2020), 7 - Taysom Hill (RFA 2020/Tendered First Round)

Who will become QB #3 on the Saints roster ?