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All good points, but I'd balance that by saying that neither Carr nor Cobbs appear to have cemented a roster spot, so were they all that to begin with? Subjective reasoning, I know.

I largely agree with your assessment of who might be a 'snipable' PS cut, but your balanced view is not the majority. I'm already seeing 4-5 WR separately lauded as 'too good to cut' and the idea of 6 or 7 kept on the 53 ?

Keeping 6 or 7 might not be out of the question, especially if you consider Deonte Harris a WR.

Last year we ended the season with MT, Smith, Ginn, Carr, Kirkwood, Tommylee, and Cobbs.
 
All the years that Roby was a kick returner, didn't we keep 6 receivers on the roster?

I believe so. Same with Tommylee returning kicks.

There's always spots for special team players, and it really doesn't matter what position they play, as long as we have enough players at each position. For example, you can't keep a 7th CB over a 5th LB as you're going to need 5 LBs.

The best way to see the "reality" of it all, is to sit down and try to make a 53 man roster. When you get to the end, it gets tough. There'll always be players you want to keep and think we should keep, that you can't make fit... can't find room for. It's a good exercise.
 
So, looking at 2009 it certainly seems Roby was 5th of 5, although we actually activated my friend Arrington in week 17. But otherwise it was 5 incl. CR

However that doesn't set the rule, as an article for our 2018 final 53 after cut downs says we kept 6...

In all, the Saints retained 24 players on offense, 26 on defense, and three specialists. The team currently boasts three quarterbacks, four running backs (not including suspended Mark Ingram), six wide receivers, three tight ends, eight offensive linemen, nine defensive linemen, six linebackers, seven cornerbacks, and four safeties.
 

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