There won’t be much time between when the New Orleans Saints wrap up their final preseason game against the Denver Broncos on Saturday and when they trim their roster down to 53 players.
New Orleans currently has a 90-man roster. By Tuesday afternoon, that number must be down to 53, with a 16 (or potentially 17)-man practice squad to follow. The Saints will have plenty of interesting decisions to make — and it sounds like they’re willing to manipulate the roster as much as they can.
“The unique thing is the roster is such a moving, dynamic fluid thing,” said coach Kellen Moore. “With the veterans that can be on the practice squad, what our initial 53 looks like is going to be moving, especially during the first three or four weeks of the season, just because you have some flex to move