2022 Saints 53 Roster Prediction

Ethen Meyers • August 30, 2022

The Deadline:

        As you may or may not know tomorrow, August 30th, 2022 @ 3PM CST, is when the rosters for all 32 NFL teams must be cut down to 53. This is also the deadline to label players a variety of things but the most important would be the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. This list is a bit of a "IR" for the start of the season. If a player is labeled PUP, they do not count against the 53, but also cannot play the first 4 weeks of the season. The only names that comes to mind here is Tre'Quan Smith, as he did not return to the field after he tipped the ball to Marquez Callaway and of course Trevor Penning. Penning is suffering from some extreme turf toe after tearing a ligament in his foot and is currently out "indefinitely". I can certainly image a scenario where both of these guys wind up on the PUP list to give the front office more time to add depth to their positions, or somewhere else.


The Prediction:

QB 2 (2) Jameis Winston, Andy Dalton
RB 5 (7) Kamara, Ingram II, Tony Jones Jr., Duane Washington, Adam Prentice(FB)
TE 3 (10) Adam Trautman, Taysom Hill, Juwan Johnson
WR 6 (16) Michael Thomas, Jarvis Laundry, Chris Olave, Marquez Callaway, Kirk Merritt, Deonte Harty
OL 8 (24) Andrus Peat, Erik McCoy, Cesar Ruiz, Ryan Ramczyk, Calvin Throckmorton, Landon Young, James Hurst, Lewis Kidd
ST 3 (27) Wil Lutz (K), Blake Gillikin (P), Josh Wood (Long Snapper)
DB 10 (37) Tyrann Mathieu,Marshon Lattimore, Paulson Adebo, Marcus Maye, C.J. Gardner-Johnson, P.J. Williams, Alontae Taylor, J.T. Gray, Bradley Roby, Justin Evans
LB 6 (43) Demario Davis, Pete Werner, Chase Hansen, Eric Wilson, Zach Baun, Jon Bostic
DL 10 (53) Cameron Jordan, Marcus Davenport, David Onyemata, Shy Tuttle, Payton Turner, Kentavius Street, Taco Charlton, Tanoh Kpassagnon, Carl Granderson, Malcolm Roach
PS 16 Ian Book (QB), Abram Smith (RB), Lucas Krull (TE), Dai’Jean Dixon (WR), Rashid Shaheed (WR), Nick Martin (OL), Derrick Kelly (OL), Brian Allen (DB), Vincent Gray (DB), Daneil Sorenson (DB), Nephi Sewell (LB), Kaden Elliss (LB), Jordan Jackson (DL), Josh Black (DL)

The Reasoning:

        Some of these should be self explanatory so I won't dive into every single pick, just some of the ones you may not see. For starters, I have Tre'Quan Smith, Trevor Penning, and Albert Huggins all starting off not counting against the 53 and falling on that PUP list. This gives the Saints time to figure out some areas that may need depth while those guys work through some injuries. The second big one is the Practice Squad, 16 players allowed but I only named 14. My logic behind this was I see the Saints front office going out and trying to snag some guys from around the league they liked more than who they already had off the waiver. Positions that come to mind for this are Left Tackle, and possibly Running Back and Linebacker. For some of the depth picks like Hansen over Ellis, or Evans over Sorenson special teams play had a lot to do with my picks in that regard. No one knows for sure, and we won't know what is concrete until tomorrow afternoon, for now we buckle up and wait for the coming cuts.

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