53 Man Roster For Week 14

I think our front 7 (also Vaccaro & Bell) will do a good job against Atlanta's run game. I think our ability to stop Atlanta's offense will come down to locking down Julio, not having blown coverages in the passing game, & preventing their RB's from having big gains in the passing game. We rushed the passer fairly well in the 2nd half last week, so hopefully that carries over into this week. Our pass rush won't be as good without Okafor, b/c we're selling out against the run by playing DT's at the DE position.

Offensively I think we'll do just fine as long as our O-Line has a good game, & we don't kill drives with penalties. They actually have a really good defense on paper, but they've under-performed this year as whole. They have Dontari Poe & Grady Jarrett at DT. Claiborne, Tak McKinley, & Beasley off the edge. They have fast LB's, but they're under-sized. 2 legit CB's in Trufant & Alford. At Safety...Keanu Neal is a monster at stopping the run in the box, but I'm not very familiar with Ricardo Allen (FS).

QB(3)
-Drew Brees - 71.5%, 3298 yards, 8.1 AVG, 17 TD's, 5 INT's, 104.2 RATING
-Chase Daniel
-Taysom Hill - The lone reason why Atlanta's special teams' coach won't be getting any sleep tonight.

RB(4) - I assume Williams will be the #2 RB if Ingram doesn't play.
-Mark Ingram - 922 yards, 5.1 AVG, 9 TD's, 3 fumbles, 41 FD's(1st downs). 42 catches, 255 yards
-Alvin Kamara - 606 yards, 7.0 AVG, 7 TD's, 1 fumble, 32 FD's. 59 catches, 614 yards, 4 TD's
-Jonathan Williams
-Trey Edmunds

FB(1)
-Zach Line - Seems like he's doing a good job.

WR(6) - Snead needs to step up going forward.
-Micheal Thomas - 75 catches/111 targets, 875 yards, 3 TD's, 48 FD's
-Ted Ginn - 44 catches/57 targets, 668 yards, 3 TD's, 28 FD's
-Brandon Coleman - 18 catches/29 targets, 316 yards, 3 TD's, 13 FD's
-Willie Snead - 5 catches/8 targets, 63 yards, 3 FD's
-Tommylee Lewis - He & Ginn are really our only 2 returners.
-Austin Carr

TE(3) - Hill just needs to stop fumbling. 2 fumbles on 10 catches is pathetic.
-Josh Hill - 10 catches/12 targets, 70 yards, 1 TD, 2 fumbles, 2 FD's
-Hooman - 6 catches/9 targets, 52 yards, 1 TD, 2 FD's
-Garrett Griffin

OL(9) - We really need these guys to show up. They've been run blocking well, but pass protection needs to improve.
-Terron Armstead - He really needs to play a decent amount of snaps.
-Larry Warford
-Max Unger
-Andrus Peat(OUT in Week 14)
-Ryan Ramczyk
-Senio Kelemete
-Josh LeRibeus - He'll probably play if Armstead can't.
-Cameron Tom
-Bryce Harris - Hopefully he stays on the bench.

K(1) - I still have faith in Lutz.
-Will Lutz - 25/30 on FG's, 83.3%, long of 53 yards, 36/39 on XP

P(1) - Morstead is having a solid year.
-Thomas Morstead - 41 punts, 48.1 AVG, long of 68 yards, 2 TB's, 19 inside the 20, 41.9 NET

LS(1)
-Zach Wood - I guess he's doing good, b/c I never hear his name called. We do have 3 missed XP's, & I'm assuming he has something to do with that.

DT(4) - Not great at getting to the QB, but they're good against the run. It seems like we're using them to stop the run at DE as well.
-Sheldon Rankins - 15 tackles, 1.0 sack, 1 FF, 1 INT, 1 PD(pass defensed), 2 stuffs
-Tyeler Davison - 25 tackles, 1 FF, 2 PD, 1 stuff
-David Onyemata - 28 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 PD, 3 stuffs
-John Hughes - 5 tackles. Hopefully his run defense from last week carries over into the Atlanta game.

DE(4) - We need Hendrickson or Kikaha to get some pressure on the QB.
-Cam Jordan - 52 tackles, 10.0 sacks, 2 FF, 1 INT, 1 TD, 6 PD, 3 stuffs
-Trey Hendrickson - 12 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 1 FF, 2 PD, 1 stuff
-Hau'oli Kikaha - 5 tackles, 3.0 sacks
-Al-Quadin Muhammad - I'd like to see what he can do, but maybe he's not ready yet.

LB(5) - They're solid against the run, but need to pick it up in pass coverage.
-AJ Klein - 54 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 1 FF, 4 PD, 4 stuffs
-Craig Robertson - 51 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 1 FF, 2 FR, 2 PD, 5 stuffs
-Manti Te'o - 36 tackles, 1 PD, 3 stuffs
-Gerald Hodges
-Michael Mauti

CB(6) - I'm ok with our top 4 guys. Just need to stay healthy.
-Marshon Lattimore - 36 tackles, 1 FF, 2 INT's, 1 TD, 9 PD
-Ken Crawley - 33 tackles, 1 INT, 10 PD, 1 stuff
-PJ Williams - 40 tackles, 2 INT's, 7 PD, 1 stuff
-Sterling Moore - 5 tackles, 1 FF, 2 PD
-Justin Hardee
-Arthur Maulet

S(5) - Bell is quietly having a great year against the run. Getting Williams back at FS is huge, & Vaccaro needs to start playing like he was before the injury.
-Kenny Vaccaro - 47 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 FR, 3 INT's, 7 PD, 4 stuffs
-Marcus Williams - 47 tackles, 1 INT, 4 PD
-Vonn Bell - 65 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 2 FF, 2 PD, 2 stuffs
-Rafael Bush - 17 tackles, 1.0 sack, 1 PD
-Chris Banjo


RB Daniel Lasco(IR)
FB John Kuhn(IR)
TE Coby Fleener(IR)
OT Zach Strief(IR)
DT Nick Fairley(NFI)
DT Mitchell Loewen(IR)
DT David Parry(IR)
DE Alex Okafor(IR)
LB Alex Anzalone(IR)
LB Nate Stupar(IR)
CB Delvin Breaux(IR)