The Saints got an early start to trimming their roster last night after eliminating 17 spots plus learning of Will Smith's suspension, which moves him onto the reserve/suspended list. By my calculations, that leaves nine spots left to free up by 5pm today to get down to the league mandated 53-man limit.
Based on those moves, I'm taking one last crack at listing who I think will get cut, waived or placed on injured reserve today, followed by my final 53-man roster prediction and then a recap of the moves the Saints made yesterday.
Make the jump!
Cut/Waived
C - Cecil Newton
CB - Terrail Lambert
DT - Swanson Miller
LB - Ramon Humber
LB - Clint Ingram
LS - Kyle Nelson
QB - Sean Canfield
WR - Andy Tanner
Injured Reserve
K - Garrett Hartley
Offense
Position | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player |
QB | Drew Brees | Chase Daniel | ||||
RB | Pierre Thomas | Mark Ingram | Darren Sproles | Joique Bell | ||
FB | Jed Collins | Korey Hall | ||||
WR | Marques Colston | Robert Meachem | Lance Moore | Devery Henderson | Courtney Roby | Adrian Arrington |
TE | Jimmy Graham | David Thomas | Michael Higgins | |||
C | Olin Kreutz | Matt Tennant | ||||
G | Jahri Evans | Carl Nicks | Brian de la Puente | |||
T | Jermon Bushrod | Zach Strief | Charles Brown |
Defense
Position | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player |
DE | Jeff Charleston | Turk McBride | Cameron Jordan | Junior Galette | |||
DT | Sedrick Ellis | Aubrayo Franklin | Shaun Rogers | Tom Johnson | Mitch King | ||
LB | Jonathan Vilma | Scott Shanle | Will Herring | Jonathan Casillas | Jo-Lonn Dunbar | Martez Wilson | Nate Bussey |
CB | Jabari Greer | Tracy Porter | Patrick Robinson | Leigh Torrence | Johnny Patrick | ||
SS | Roman Harper | Isa Abdul-Quddus | |||||
FS | Malcolm Jenkins | Jonathon Amaya |
Special Teams
Position | Player |
Kicker | John Kasay |
Punter | Thomas Morstead |
Long Snapper | Justin Drescher |
Below are moves the Saints have already made:
Waived/Released
S - Chris Reis
SS - Pierson Prioleau
T - Jordan Black
T - George Foster
CB - Quincy Butler
TE - Tory Humphrey
CB - Trumain McBride
TE - Tyler Lorenzen
LB - Dwight Roberson
DT - Dexter Larimore
WR - Montez Billings
PUP
RB - Chris Ivory
DE - Greg Romeus
Injured Reserve
WR - Joe Morgan
S - Paul Oliver
RB - Patrick Cobbs
CB - Fabian Washington
T - Alex Barron
LB - Jerimiha Hunter
Reserve/Suspended
DE - Will Smith