Wide receivers

Locks:

• Michael Thomas
• Emmanuel Sanders
• Deonte Harris

On the bubble:

• Tre’Quan Smith
• Lil’Jordan Humphrey
• Krishawn Hogan
• Austin Carr

Long shots:

• Emmanuel Butler
• Tommylee Lewis
• Maurice Harris
• Tim White
• Juwan Johnson
• Marquez Callaway

The only advantage the players on the bubble have over the rest of the receivers is their experience — they each appeared in games last season, at least in varying degrees. That shouldn’t be enough to give them an edge once the Saints gather for training camp, and there’s a crowd waiting for any of them to slip up.

That includes Smith, who hasn’t shown any consistency through his first two years in the NFL. While Smith has reeled in 10 touchdown catches in that time, he’s turned in far too many feast-or-famine performances. He has to step up or one of the many receivers competing against him could pass him by.