By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Cameron Meredith
The free agent receiver has had a quiet camp so far and didn’t help his cause by turning what should have been a third-down conversion reception into a tip-drill interception when he let Taysom Hill’s short pass slip through his hands in the first quarter. The interception killed a potential Saints’ scoring drive and set the tone for a sloppy first half. Meredith, along with fellow veteran receiver Ted Ginn Jr., was a big reason why Saints head coach Sean Payton called the play of his receiving corps “average at best.” Meredith is coming off a season-ending knee injury last season and is understandably rusty but the Saints need him to pick it up.
Jermon Bushrod
The veteran lineman has struggled to protect the quarterback’s blind side in both preseason games. He was beaten by Jacquies Smith for a strip sack of Tom Savage (above) that could have proven disastrous had not Will Clapp alertly recovered the loose ball after two Cardinals somehow bobbled it away near the Saints’ goal line. Bushrod played guard the previous two seasons in Miami and might be better suited inside at this stage of his career. My guess is the Saints would slide either Ryan Ramczyk or Andrus Peat to left tackle and use Bushrod at guard or right tackle if Terron Armstead goes down. I’m not sure Bushrod can hold up at left tackle against elite NFL pass rushers as he enters his 12th NFL season.
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