The Official 2011 Saints 53-Man Roster

Light a candle this weekend for our secondary.

They are gonna need to stay healthy, or we’re screwed.

Two fullbacks mean we are now a power running offense? How strange

Your 3 string TE is used primarily for blocking right? So why not just keep a FB that can do the blocking. The 2nd FB will be more of a hybrid, I guess.

were mostly the receiving type.. we may look for a real blocker somewhere or convert a tackle (that we don’t really have..)

a 230 pound FB would get killed @ the end of the line

if you ask PT or Reggie Bush or Chris Ivory- or let’s go to other teams- Brian Westbrook- Ronnie Brown- Arian Foster- Marshawn Lynch, LeSean McCoy- to block someone in pass protection- why couldn’t our fullback

1) it’s not every play
2) Brees knows he’s ( the FB) expected to slow down the DL/LB guy not stuff him into the ground
3) it’s about technique and knowing what you can accomplish
4) most of the time you have help or you are chipping
5) Why would you put him at the end of the line like atraditional TE? – he could be in motion or in the slot- again it would be rare to have this happen- but disguising it would be easy.
6) he’s just another outlet pass- kinda like screen pass if the defense plays it in a way that allows it
7) Payton can make this work – it’s just another way for him to innovate

cannot replace the common duties of the TE, positioned as such (at the end, hand on the ground) with a FB.. & expect to run the rock well.. it ain’t just a chip block on pass protection..

tell him he gets a HUgE bonus if he is a starter in the SB against his old Patriots team. If we don’t, I think the Eagles will sign him and it will be huge upgrade for them and really solidify their standing. Signing Merriweather might help us have a better shot at the NFC championship, even if he is a sub or nickel guy- who is our nickel guy?

okay 2 TEs that can catch and 2 TEs that can block- totalling to 3 not 4, and one FB and 1 other FB on Practice squad. For Clarification, 2 out of the three TEs are great catchers and 2 are great blockers .

like that.. only “the shake”, maybe, cause he’s been here before..

But, what evidence is there, in a regular season game, against a team like GB, that he’s our guy as a safety?
Maybe you are right. Maybe PRob is our nickel guy. I have been a big fan of him. I see him playing a major role in the futiue. I would rather see someone else under the gun 9/8 as oposed to Prob and go through everyone else calling him (unjustifiably) Fred Thomas or Jason David. But, Merriwaethewr is a safety and I would venture that he wouldn’t start in front of MJ or RH- at least on my team. So.f he would come in and be a backup safety or a nickel guy, maybe it would work. I would think he is starved to get back to the SB and might buy in. Worth a try. Think he’s better than Jonathan Amaya or Isa Abdul Quddus?

Since when do suspended players not count against the 53 man roster?

Why is this chump still on the team? This guy couldn’t block my grandmother. Then again, she is 6’ 5" 325 lbs. and runs a 4.35. SP, call her @ 737-AARP……….

Keeping Johnson and King allows the staff to evaluate and give the two experience, which is very important because we won’t be able to afford Franklin AND Rogers next year.

I don’t quite understand two fullbacks and two tight ends, as opposed to 1 fb and 3 te’s yet.

Arrington better thank his stars Morgan got hurt, and I say that as an Arrington supporter.

I’m surprised Humber made it over Bussey.

I would have preferred to keep Newton or Foster over De La Peunte, but am happy we have depth at G now.

I wonder if Hartley was healthy, who doesnt get cut.

Roster is updated on the Saints site. Hey, guess who the oldest player is after Kasay? Right, Kreutz. Now who is next oldest? Shaun Rogers and Drew BREESS!!! It’s their 11th year in the league.
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But they're not in decline, at all.

After working 89 hours and 43 minutes this week, I’ve got a nice drunk going on while watching LSU’s talent discrepancy show itself. I’ll be on the jobsite for the Saints opener and won’t get quite as lubricated, but I must say today is a good day. Geaux Tigers and Who Dat!!!

I can’t wait for Thursday.

Junior may be headed to practice squad. Or Mr. Humber. Or we may become a 1 FB team. Can’t figure why we are not a 1 FB team when we have the Baconator. assuming Strief has won the RT job, so who will be the third TE? Charlie Brown?

Will Smith makes 54. You can count them yourself on the Saints’ website.

Got my internal game countdown going on. 4 days, 12 hours to go…. I don’t get this psyched for my birthday….

Something’s gotta change there before long. Maybe Payton needs more time to figure out which FB he wants. Or, maybe he’s got a plan where one can also be a part-time TE. This is really weird and I don’t understand it, but I trust that Payton has a plan that’s sure to amaze us later down the road. Since Strief is now the full time RT, we may be seeing Charles Brown sometimes enter the game as a blocking TE. Is that possible? Or, Brown could come in at RT while Strief sometimes plays TE in certain situations.

I agree it is bizaar but I still don’t buy that tag (one of the TP writer’s said that as well) If anything, I might think the signing of de la Puenta would confirm that.

If I’m not mistaken, Hunt was kept for his catching ability and Collins for his ST play…I still expect to see SP spreading out the field like mayonaise