Taysom Hill Now Listed As A TE On Saints Initial 2024 Depth Chart / How It Could Affect The EQB3

Somebody needs to ask DA in a press conference if they plan on trying to use the EQB3 designation this year or not.

It all hinges on the definition of a bona fide QB for Taysom Hill. Last year, the Saints elected to try and not skirt the rules and had Taysom listed as a QB and had 3 QBs on the active roster for game day, ignoring the new emergency third QB rule.

Listing him at TE seems to signal that they are interested in utilizing the emergency 3rd QB rule, but it would require the NFL to agree that Taysom is not a bona fide QB. Reading the NFL's definition of a bona fide QB, I think they could argue that Taysom is still a bona fide QB even if listed as a TE and thus we could not have our QB 3 listed as an emergency 3rd QB since we have 3 bona fide QBs on the active roster on gameday.