Last night, we received news of the roster moves the Saints made to bring the 2012 roster down to the 53-player limit.
And with all those moves announced, the Saints have now updated their depth chart, injured reserve list, and reserve/suspended roster, too.
I have brought all those charts and text boxes to you here, after the jump, so that we may see it all from that perspective and then further and better discuss what got started last night.
To help you prime your critical thinking pump, I present to you Mike Triplett's roster analysis from the nola.com. (And for your second course, here's Pat Y's take on the moves.)
From that nola.com piece, Mike lets us know what action will be taking place today with the Saints player personnel officials and coaches:
The Saints will begin filling out their practice squad on Saturday afternoon after players pass through waivers. And it remains possible that they could make changes to the active roster based on other players who were released around the league.
So, be sure to check back with CSC throughout the day for all the practice squad news and roster updates...
As per the unofficial depth chart page of the New Orleans Saints Official Team Site, here is your initial 2012 season depth chart...(and below that you'll find the injured reserve and reserve/suspended rosters from the team site as well)
Offense
| POS | First | Second | Third | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Drew Brees | Chase Daniel | ||
| FB | Jed Collins | Korey Hall | ||
| RB | Pierre Thomas | Darren Sproles | Mark Ingram |
Chris Ivory Travaris Cadet |
| WR1 | Marques Colston | Lance Moore | Adrian Arrington | |
| WR1 | Devery Henderson | Courtney Roby | Joseph Morgan | |
| TE | Jimmy Graham | David Thomas | Daniel Graham | |
| LT | Jermon Bushrod | Charles Brown | ||
| LG | Ben Grubbs | Eric Olsen | ||
| C | Brian de la Puente | |||
| RG | Jahri Evans | |||
| RT | Zach Strief | Marcel Jones |
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Defense
| POS | First | Second | Third | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDE | Cameron Jordan | Junior Galette | ||
| NT | Brodrick Bunkley | Akiem Hicks | ||
| DT | Sedrick Ellis | Tom Johnson | Tyrunn Walker | |
| RDE | Will Smith | Turk McBride | Martez Wilson | |
| SLB | Scott Shanle | Will Herring | ||
| MLB | Curtis Lofton | Barrett Ruud | ||
| WLB | David Hawthorne | Jonathan Casillas | ||
| LCB | Jabari Greer | Johnny Patrick | ||
| SS | Roman Harper | Jonathon Amaya | ||
| FS | Malcolm Jenkins | Isa Abdul-Quddus | ||
| RCB | Patrick Robinson | Corey White | Elbert Mack |
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Special Teams
| POS | First | Second | Third | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Garrett Hartley | |||
| P | Thomas Morstead | |||
| LS | Justin Drescher | Jed Collins | ||
| H | Chase Daniel | Thomas Morstead | ||
| PR | Darren Sproles | Travaris Cadet | ||
| KR | Darren Sproles | Travaris Cadet | ||
| KO | Thomas Morstead |
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Injured Reserve
| Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Age | Exp. | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banyard, Joe | RB | 5-11 | 213 | 23 | R | Texas-El Paso | |
| Chamberlain, Chris | LB | 6-1 | 238 | 26 | 5 | Tulsa | |
| Givens, Chris | WR | 6-2 | 203 | 22 | R | Miami (Ohio) | |
| Gumbs, Jose | S | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | R | ||
| Johnson, Marquis | CB | 5-11 | 203 | 24 | 2 | Alabama | |
| Romeus, Greg | DE | 6-5 | 267 | 24 | 1 | Pittsburgh | |
| Tiller, Andrew | G | 6-5 | 326 | 23 | R | Syracuse | |
| Toon, Nick | WR | 6-4 | 218 | 23 | R | Wisconsin | |
| Tupou, Fenuki | T | 6-5 | 323 | 27 | 2 | Oregon |
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Reserve/Suspended
| # | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Age | Exp. | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Humber, Ramon | LB | 5-11 | 232 | 25 | 4 | North Dakota State |
| 91 | Smith, Will | DE | 6-3 | 282 | 31 | 9 | Ohio State |
| 51 | Vilma, Jonathan | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | 9 | Miami (Fla.) |
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How's that grab you? Do the Saints look like world beaters now? Which of the Saints releases would you like to see on the practice squad? What released players from around the league would you like to see the Saints seek to add to their roster or practice squad?