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re: Eye to the Future: Looking at the 2014 Cap(pre-rookie signings)/Detail Intense

Posted on 5/4/13 at 2:18 pm to
Posted by bonethug0108
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Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 5/4/13 at 2:18 pm to
I'm including ERFA, RFA, some UDFA, and Graham and De La Puente in this mock depth chart.

Leaving off the Secondary FA as it's not easy to predict who will stay or go. I also only included the current most likely UDFA but am leaving the rest off.

Potential 2014 Depth Chart

Offense
QB
Brees
Griffin

HB
Ingram
Thomas
Sproles

3rd Down Back
Sproles
Thomas
Cadet

FB
Collins

Possesion WR
Colston
Toon

Speed WR
Morgan
Stills
Givens

Slot Receiver
Moore
Stills
Givens

TE
Graham
Watson
Higgins

C
De La Puente
Olsen

LG
Grubbs
Olsen

RG
Evans
Olsen

LT
Armstead
?

RT
Jones
Harris

Defense
LDE
Jordan
Walker

RDE
Hicks
Johnson

NT
Bunkley
Jenkins
Johnson

LOLB
Butler
Thomas

LILB
Lofton
Reddick

RILB
Hawthorne
Wilson
Chamberlain

ROLB
Galette
Broughton
R. Johnson

LCB
Greer
White

RCB
Lewis
Robinson

NB
White
Robinson
Sweeting

FS
Vaccaro
Abdul-Quddus

SS
Harper
Bush
Nelson

Special Teams
K
Hartley

P
Morstead

LS
Drescher

That's 52 of the 53 man roster(missing the starting or backup LT) going off the assumption everyone under contract stays(not likely) and before we add in 2014 FA and draft picks.

It could be drastically altered at a few positions given how things play out this year, particularly at WR, LT, RT, both OLB spots, and both S spots.

Cap casualties could also play a role, specifically with Greer, Robinson, Harper, Hawthorne, Chamberlain, and maybe Sproles or P. Thomas being the most likely.

Currently it has 24 spots for offense, 26 for defense, and 3 for special teams. Spots that could swing are:

QB up to 3(not likely)
WR down to 5(50/50)
TE down to 2(less than 50/50)
DE up to 5(less than 50/50)
NT up to 3(counting Johnson as a DE; greater than 50/50)
OLB down to 4(unlikely)
ILB down to 4(50/50)
S down to 4(50/50)

Traditionally we keep:
2 QB
4 or 5 HB(I think 4 is definitive for 2014 barring a draft pick)
1 FB
5 or 6 WR
3 TEs
1 C
1 C/G
2 G
4 T
5 CB
5 S

I won't list what we do traditionally at DE, NT, ILB, or OLB as the switch negates that. You usually have 2 deep at each spot with an extra lineman and an extra linebacker. Usually the extra guy or someone ahead of him is versatile enough to play 2 spots(DE/NT and ILB/OLB). So you're likely to see:

4 or 5 DE
2 or 3 NT
7 total linemen

4 or 5 OLB
4 or 5 ILB
9 total linebackers
This post was edited on 5/4/13 at 11:48 pm
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