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It’s always tough to put a final roster together. That’s a challenging prediction to make even with the benefit of a full slate of preseason games and practices with other teams to evaluate. This year, the New Orleans Saints don’t have either big data point, having had to cancel their third exhibition game (meaning they played half as many as we’ve seen before) due to Hurricane Ida and missing out on inter-squad training sessions because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s logistical hurdles.
Still, I’ll give it a shot ahead of the NFL deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 3 p.m. CT. I won’t be shocked if I get, like, a dozen of these predictions wrong. The Saints coaches making these decisions know so much more than I ever will. But here’s my best guess after the summer so far, position by position.