Following today's moves, the Saints roster has now reached the magic number of 53, and on the eve of the always-exciting practice squad signing day, the team has released a new official depth chart.
This will allow us to engage in more speculation and debate as to who landed where and why, and how much that final preseason game didn't impact any of this.
Here's how it shakes out:
OFFENSE | ||||
POSITION | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD | OTHER |
WR | Marques Colston | Nick Toon | Brandin Cooks | |
LT | Terron Armstead | Bryce Harris | ||
LG | Ben Grubbs | Senio Kelemete | ||
C | Jonathan Goodwin OR Tim Lelito | |||
RG | Jahri Evans | Senio Kelemete | ||
RT | Zach Strief | Bryce Harris | ||
TE | Jimmy Graham | Ben Watson | Josh Hill | |
QB | Drew Brees | Luke McCown | Ryan Griffin | |
FB | Erik Lorig | Austin Johnson | ||
RB | Mark Ingram | Khiry Robinson | Pierre Thomas | Travaris Cadet |
WR | Kenny Stills | Joe Morgan |
DEFENSE | |||
POSITION | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD |
LDE | Akiem Hicks | Tyrunn Walker | |
NT | Brodrick Bunkley | John Jenkins | Brandon Deaderick |
RDE | Cam Jordan | Glenn Foster | |
OLB | Junior Galette | Kasim Edebali | |
ILB | David Hawthorne | Kyle Knox | |
ILB | Curtis Lofton | Ramon Humber | |
OLB | Parys Haralson | Khairi Fortt | Ronald Powell |
LCB | Keenan Lewis | Corey White | |
SS | Kenny Vaccaro | Marcus Ball | Vinnie Sunseri |
FS | Jairus Byrd | Rafael Bush | |
RCB | Patrick Robinson | Stanley Jean-Baptiste | Brian Dixon |
SPECIAL TEAMS | FIRST | SECOND | |
P | Thomas Morstead | ||
K | TBA | ||
LS | Justin Drescher | ||
H | Luke McCown | ||
PR | Travaris Cadet | Brandin Cooks | |
KR | Travaris Cadet | Brandin Cooks | |
KO | Thomas Morstead |
Do you see what I see?
The starting center position is a big fat "or" AND we have a new acronym to kick around at the um, kicker position. TBA. Can't wait to see what the hell that stands for. Hopefully it's as funny as the last kicker acronym we had...
Please share your reactions, thoughts and ridiculous assertions in the comment thread. Stu is sure to be lurking and taking notes. A Week One Accountability Index is most certainly in the offing...