re: Updated Off-season Roster

Hometown
Prophetstown, IL

Coincidence?

Just updated the OP...

Recently, we've signed 7 players
-WR James Washington
-S Adrian Frye
-RB Ellis Merriweather
-DT Jack Heflin
-DE Niko Lalos
-OT Scott Lashley
-DT Jerron Cage

Recently, we've waived 2 players
-CB Vincent Gray
-WR Sy Barnett

3 contracts have been released
-DT Bryan Bresee - 2.229 mil (2026 + 5th Year Option)
-QB Jake Haener - 926 k (2026)
-TE Foster Moreau - 1.8 mil (2025)

Updated the OP

We've had 6 recent transactions
-Waived OT Yasir Durant
-Waived WR Malik Flowers
-Waived RB SaRodorick Thompson
-Signed WR Keke Coutee
-Signed RB Lynn Bowden
-Signed OG Billy Price

Happens with 2nd rounders sometimes. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Clancy Barone
17 year NFL vet
1st year with Saints. Coaching TE's
Has coached in multiple conference championships and two Super Bowls winning one.
Has coached a who's who of great TE's

"Barone has had four players voted to the Pro Bowl with four different teams: the Falcons' Alge Crumpler, the Chargers' Antonio Gates, the Broncos' Julius Thomas and the Vikings' Kyle Rudolph."

I sure missed this hire and I feel much better about our TE room

yep, great hire, he should benefit Juwan Johnson and Foster Moreau greatly, especially, the young guys that they have at TE.

Just updated the OP...

-Finally signed 2nd round pick DE Isaiah Foskey His cap # is 1.588 mil this year.

-Waived OG Billy Price

-Signed OG Trai Turner to a 1 year deal

-Waived TE Miller Forristall

-Waived OG Koda Martin

-Signed OG Max Garcia to a 1 year deal

-Signed TE Jimmy Graham to a 1 year deal

-Signed LS Zach Wood to a 4 year extension

We were full at 90 players until Trai Turner went down today. His injury gives us 1 open roster spot.

Updated the OP...

-Signed TE J.P. Holtz

-Signed LB Jaylon Smith

-Released WR Keke Coutee

-Released OG Koda Martin

-Signed RB Darrel Williams

-Released WR James Washington

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Who punts?

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I guess you haven’t watched any of the press conferences after the cuts. DA said STs have been a let down the past few years and the analytics say going for it on 4th down is better than punting or FGs. We’ll also be going for 2 every chance we get.
When a reporter asked about 4th and 10+ situations, he said we’ll just have Winston YOLO the shite out of it

Saints sign a former Titans player to their practice squad... LINK

It isn’t too uncommon to see NFL teams signing practice squad players who used to suit up for their next opponent, but that hasn’t been a common tactic for the New Orleans Saints over the years. So we probably shouldn’t take that angle with the team signing tight end Tommy Hudson on Monday, but it does add an element of intrigue to the move. Hudson’s signing was reported by the Saints on the daily NFL transactions wire, as the corresponding move of releasing rookie offensive lineman Mark Evans II to open a spot on the practice squad.

Hudson got his NFL start with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent out of Arizona State back in 2020; the 6-foot-5, 255 pounder primarily worked as a blocker in their offense, and he signed with the Denver Broncos this summer for an extended tryout at training camp. The Broncos’ pillaging of the Saints tight ends room landed them Adam Trautman and Lucas Krull, though, so there wasn’t a spot left for Hudson.

He replaces Evans, a former left tackle at Arkansas-Pine Bluff who the Saints auditioned at both guard spots in preseason. Evans was one of the team’s highest-paid undrafted rookie pickups and there’s a good chance he could return after some other roster moves are completed.

As for Hudson? The Saints could have brought back veteran blocking tight end J.P. Holtz after they released him during roster cuts, but they chose to try and get younger at that spot instead. Snaps could be hard to come by for Hudson with Juwan Johnson, Foster Moreau, Jimmy Graham, and part-time quarterback Taysom Hill ahead of him on the depth chart.