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Saldiveri was expected to be the starting LG going into training camp. He got injured and missed time most of camp. He was inactive in week 1 against the Panthers but active the past 2 weeks. Yet he has mostly warmed the bench. He has the fewest snaps of all the Saints linemen with a total of 7. Next lowest is Landon Young with 39.
He's now listed as the backup to Lucas Patrick on the Saints depth chart at LG. Yet when McCoy went down yesterday and Patrick moved over to Center it was Oli Oduh that came in to play LG, and not so well. Oduh was credited with playing 96.4%, 53 snaps against the Eagles yesterday.
Saldiveri is credited with 1 offensive snap against the Eagles. He's credited with 6 snaps in mop up time against the boyz. A total of 7 snaps through 3 games.
Has Saldiveri lost his position on the depth chart?
He was supposed to be the starting LG. He was a Tackle in college and was thought to be a swing player last year but was not a factor then either.
When McCoy went down the Saints could have moved Ruiz to center and kept Patrick at LG where he had previously graded out very good. Landon Young is 2nd on the Saints depth chart at RG. They could have brought him in to replace Ruiz. Instead, they moved Patrick and brought in Udoh.
If Udoh is the #6 Offensive Lineman on the team as the next man up, the Saints have depth weaknesses on the 2nd level of the Offensive Line.
It's enough that the starting 5 is a new unit with a rookie at LT, a journeyman at LG, and a project at RT. Ruiz at RT hasn't been a world beater in his time in a Saints uniform. McCoy at Center is the best proven player on the OLine.
Should the Saints be shopping for an upgrade to the unit?
He's now listed as the backup to Lucas Patrick on the Saints depth chart at LG. Yet when McCoy went down yesterday and Patrick moved over to Center it was Oli Oduh that came in to play LG, and not so well. Oduh was credited with playing 96.4%, 53 snaps against the Eagles yesterday.
Saldiveri is credited with 1 offensive snap against the Eagles. He's credited with 6 snaps in mop up time against the boyz. A total of 7 snaps through 3 games.
Has Saldiveri lost his position on the depth chart?
He was supposed to be the starting LG. He was a Tackle in college and was thought to be a swing player last year but was not a factor then either.
When McCoy went down the Saints could have moved Ruiz to center and kept Patrick at LG where he had previously graded out very good. Landon Young is 2nd on the Saints depth chart at RG. They could have brought him in to replace Ruiz. Instead, they moved Patrick and brought in Udoh.
If Udoh is the #6 Offensive Lineman on the team as the next man up, the Saints have depth weaknesses on the 2nd level of the Offensive Line.
It's enough that the starting 5 is a new unit with a rookie at LT, a journeyman at LG, and a project at RT. Ruiz at RT hasn't been a world beater in his time in a Saints uniform. McCoy at Center is the best proven player on the OLine.
Should the Saints be shopping for an upgrade to the unit?
