That’s a wrap: the New Orleans Saints filed their list of roster cuts ahead of Tuesday’s NFL deadline, putting together their initial 53-man depth chart made up of the players left behind. What can we learn from it?
Obviously it’s early, and there are going to be many moving parts in the days ahead as players are waived and snuck onto the practice squad or designated to injured reserve (remember, an unlimited number of injured players can return after resting at least three weeks), with others arriving as free agents or waiver claims. This is just what the roster looks like on Tuesday. It will look different a week from now, and it could change even more before Week 1’s kickoff.
Here is the full list, with those waived or sent to an injury list (injured reserve or physically unable to perform, for Michael Thomas) struck through:
