The New Orleans Saints invited Furman running back Dominic Roberto to their upcoming rookie minicamp, he announced on Twitter. He’ll have a great opportunity to compete with other free agents and make his case for a spot on the team’s 90-man roster ahead of training camp. Roberto was productive in his five-year career at Furman, recording 466 carries for 2,514 rushing yards with 28 touchdowns and just one fumble. He also blocked often in pass protection but wasn’t asked to catch many passes. It’s possible the Saints envision Roberto as a fullback. He weighed in at 5-foot-10.5 and 235 pounds at ..read more

Saints Wire’s Jeremy Trottier had the amazing opportunity to speak with wide receiver Bub Means, the New Orleans Saints’ fifth-round pick, the morning after he was selected in the 2024 NFL draft. Means played at a couple of different colleges before moving up to the pros, so he’s had opportunities to meet many people around the football landscape. This allowed us to get an inside look into one of the newest members of the team and talk to him about his connections to Louisiana and current Saints players, as well as some of the newest draft picks for the team. So without further ado, let’s get ..read more

It’s no secret that younger athletes have an edge on older ones. Fresh legs and untapped potential have a lot to offer. And the New Orleans Saints have often been criticized for fielding a roster that skews closer to the older side in recent years, relying hard on so many veteran players on the wrong side of 30. So it’s worth taking note when these trends reverse themselves. Right now, after drafting seven rookies and signing 15 more undrafted free agents, the Saints have 43 players on offense, 40 on defense, with a few specialists rounding out their roster to 87 (of the 90 offseason roster sp ..read more

It’s early, but it’s safe to say former Colorado State tight end Dallin Holker passes the eye test. The New Orleans Saints acted quickly to sign him as a rookie free agent after he wasn’t picked in the 2024 draft. And when you first pull up Holker’s highlight reel, the first thing that comes to mind is a question: Why wasn’t he drafted? His story helps explain why NFL teams were cool on him. Holker was a quiet part of BYU’s offense to start his college career, having missed the 2019 and 2020 seasons to serve his two-year religious mission inn Chile. After returning to find a bit part waiting ..read more

The New Orleans Saints were busy during and after the 2024 NFL draft, but they couldn’t check off every item on their to-do list. At least they were able to put out the biggest fires. But there’s more work to be done before they’ll be ready for training camp in July, much less the start of the season in September. But where to start? More reinforcements for the offensive line? Or do they need more weapons for Derek Carr and Klint Kubiak? What about Dennis Allen’s defense, which currently has six fewer players on the roster than the offense (and almost twice as many veterans over 30)? We’ve do ..read more

NFL teams tell you how they value players by their actions, and most importantly how they spend their money. With the 2024 NFL draft behind us the New Orleans Saints entered a fierce bidding war with other teams for the rookies whose names were not called during the draft. And one of their first pickups was a costly one: Idaho Vandals wide receiver/return man Jermaine Jackson. Jackson is listed at 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds so he’s cut from the same cloth as other Saints returns specialists like Rashid Shaheed and Deonte Harty. While he received just a $10,000 signing bonus to come to New Orleans ..read more

It was a busy weekend for the New Orleans Saints, who picked seven rookies and signed 15 more as undrafted free agents. That’s a ton of young talent getting injected to the roster, and it’s going to change the shape of the depth chart one way or another (well, really in several different ways). Some positions suddenly look deeper when just a few days ago they seemed vulnerable. Others that may have been perceived as a strength are now a little too crowded. So how do things stand now? Which positions were most heavily impacted? Where do they still need to make more additions? Here’s our take o ..read more

You can’t say the New Orleans Saints are overlooking NFL talent in their  own backyard. A couple of undrafted players have been invited to participate in the Saints’ upcoming rookie minicamp on a tryout basis, per NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill: Tulane offensive lineman Cameron Wire and Mississippi State safety Shawn Preston. Rookie minicamp has been scheduled for May 10-12. Wire’s Tulane teammate Sincere Haynesworth, the Green Wave’s longtime starting center, will be in the mix after signing an undrafted free agent contract with the Saints on Saturday. Preston is taking the same pa ..read more

Teams that received A+ Draft Grades pic.twitter.com/s8WvlO1UQB — PFF (@PFF) April 27, 2024 Take a bow, Mickey Loomis. And Jeff Ireland. You too, Dave Ziegler and Randy Mueller — the four different general managers (past and present) who crowded into the New Orleans Saints’ war room for the 2024 NFL draft. You don’t see this too often. Pro Football Focus draft analyst Trevor Sikkema awarded the Saints with an elusive A-plus grade for their haul in the 2024 draft. Not just for getting the most out of their early-round picks in right tackle Taliese Fuaga and cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry, but f ..read more

The New Orleans Saints got one of ‘their guys’ from this draft process in Northern Iowa’s Khristian Boyd with the No. 199 overall selection in the 2024 NFL draft. Trevor Penning’s former teammate is known for his strength. Boyd put up an insane 38 reps of 225 on the bench. He uses that strength to his advantage as a run stuffer, but that’s really all he’ll be expected to do at the next level. Much like Penning, he plays with a high motor and is very aggressive off of the snap. He should have a rotational role as a rookie, much like the Saints usually get out of their undrafted free agents. It ..read more