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Never-too-early New Orleans Saints 53-man roster projection

Never-too-early New Orleans Saints 53-man roster projection

NFL OTAs and mandatory minicamps will wrap up this month across the league. For the New Orleans Saints, this period of the offseason doesn’t inform us too much about the organizations plans when it comes to their depth chart. However, there will be some competitions and positions to watch throughout training camp, which will begin this summer.

Ahead of training camp beginning, it’s worth taking a look at early projections of the team’s roster makeup so that we can monitor changes that may become apparent up until or even through the preseason. Here are our early projections before training camp begins. You can take a look at the toughest cuts we had to make as well.

Offensive Backfield (8)

QB (3): Jameis Winston, Andy Dalton, Ian Book
RB (4): Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram, Tony Jones, Jr., Dwayne Washington
FB (1): Adam Prentice

Roster cuts: RB Devine Ozigbo, RB Abram Smith

There’s no quarterback competition in 2022, this is Jameis Winston’s team. He’s already worked his way back to participating thought early sessions of OTAs despite being barely seven months removed from major knee surgery. The team’s roster and system are built around him and he’ll get an opportunity this year to settle into that system rather than compete for it.

I didn’t include Taysom Hill at quarterback in this projection as he’s expected to focus more on his pass-catching role. While that does not mean that he will not carry the “quarterback” position designation, for this exercise I chose to move him to tight end instead.

The backfield could get interesting in Alvin Kamara ends up suspended at the beginning of the year. However with his hearing being moved to August, that seems a lot less likely than it did a couple months ago. As the process continues to be pushed back, I will keep him on the list as he would clearly be the Saints’ number one option if available.

For now, with him claiming a roster spot, I left standout UDFA running…

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