With two preseason games under their belts now and no cuts made yet, I think it's completely fair to take a stab at who I think will make the final roster of the 2012 New Orleans Saints.
So after the jump, you'll find my best guess at the Saints final 53-man squad. I'm sure this will generate plenty of discussion, as is it's purpose.
As more practices take place, more games are played and initial cuts begin, I will continue to update my roster predictions each week.
You'll notice that there isn't a lot of new blood on this team. Almost everyone this year was here last year. In fact, I went out on a limb and threw Jose Gumbs in there, simply because somebody's got to crack the roster by surprise.
Offense
Position | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player |
QB | Drew Brees | Chase Daniel | ||||
RB | Pierre Thomas | Mark Ingram | Darren Sproles | Chris Ivory | ||
FB | Jed Collins | |||||
WR | Marques Colston | Devery Henderson | Lance Moore | Courtney Roby | Nick Toon | Joe Morgan |
TE | Jimmy Graham | David Thomas | Michael Higgins | |||
C | Matt Tennant | Brian de la Puente | ||||
G | Jahri Evans | Ben Grubbs | ||||
T | Jermon Bushrod | Zach Strief | Charles Brown | Marcel Jones |
Defense
Position | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player |
DE | Will Smith | Turk McBride | Cameron Jordan | Junior Galette | Martez Wilson | ||
DT | Sedrick Ellis | Brodrick Bunkley | Akiem Hicks | Remi Ayodele | Tom Johnson | ||
LB | Curtis Lofton | Scott Shanle | David Hawthorne | Jonathan Casillas | Chris Chamberlain |
Will Herring |
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CB | Jabari Greer | Patrick Robinson | Johnny Patrick | Marquis Johnson | Corey White | ||
SS | Roman Harper | Isa Abdul-Quddus | |||||
FS | Malcolm Jenkins | Jonathon Amaya | Jose Gumbs |
Special Teams
Position | Player |
Kicker | Garrett Hartley |
Punter | Thomas Morstead |
Long Snapper | Justin Drescher |
Reserve/Suspended
LB - Jonathan Vilma