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Saints Work Out CBs, To Host David Amerson

September 25th, 2018 at 6:14pm CST by Sam Robinson

The Saints’ addition of Patrick Robinson to their IR list prompted them to bring in a host of cornerbacks for Tuesday workouts and will induce them to visit with a higher-profile free agent.

David Amerson will visit New Orleans soon, The Advocate’s Nick Underhill reports. This will come after the Saints met with former Saint Sterling Moore, per Underhill. Moore met with the Bears on Monday.

New Orleans also worked out Josh Robinson, Dexter McDougle and Robert Nelson, per NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Sirius XM Radio’s Adam Caplan (Twitter links).

Moore played with the Saints from 2016-17. He started 12 games for the 2016 Saints before serving as a backup for a deeper Saints secondary last season. A four-year veteran, Nelson went to camp with the Saints but did not make their 53-man roster. McDougle had a brief Saints run last season, playing in one game during what’s been a four-year nomadic career.

Amerson has been on the NFL’s workout circuit this month after failing to make the Chiefs’ 53-man roster out of training camp. He was a three-season starter for the Raiders whom Jon Gruden opted to cut this year. Amerson’s already attended two workouts this week, auditioning for the Patriots on Monday and Packers on Tuesday. Green Bay opted to go with the well-traveled Bashaud Breeland instead of adding Amerson.

Saints Announce Roster Moves

September 1st, 2018 at 5:13pm CST by Dallas Robinson

The Saints have made the following transactions as they move their roster to 53 players:

Waived:

QB J.T. Barrett IV
LB Jayrone Elliott
LB KeShun Freeman
TE Garrett Griffin
DT Woodrow Hamilton
DB Natrell Jamerson
DE Alex Jenkins
LB Colton Jumper
LB Hau’oli Kikaha
WR Keith Kirkwood
T Rick Leonard
WR Tanner McEvo
DL Henry Mondeaux
DB Kamrin Moore
DE Al-Quadin Muhammad
DB Linden Stephens
OL Landon Turner
RB Jonathan Williams
OL Nate Wozniak
TE Deon Yelder.

Waived/injured:

DB Sharrod Neasman

Released:

G Don Barclay
DT Jay Bromley
WR Michael Floyd
DE George Johnson
G Josh LeRibeus
DB Robert Nelson Jr.
T Michael Ola
TE John Phillips
QB Tom Savage
WR Brandon Tate
G Andrew Tiller
DB Marcus J. Williams

Placed on injured reserve:

TE Michael Hoomanawanui
RB Shane Vereen

Placed on suspended list:

RB Mark Ingram

Saints Sign CB Marcus Williams

August 11th, 2018 at 6:41pm CST by Andrew Ortenberg

The Saints now have two Marcus Williams‘. The team is signing the fifth-year jounreyman cornerback, a source told Nick Underhill of the New Orleans Advocate (Twitter link). Williams came into the league as an undrafted free agent back in 2014, signing with the Jets. He made an impact right away, starting eight games as a rookie.

He continued to play a large role in New York over the next couple of seasons, and the team valued him highly. When he was a restricted free agent in 2017, the Jets placed a second round tender on him. Despite paying him $2.75MM under the tender, he quickly fell out of favor and was waived just a few weeks into the 2017 season.

The Texans claimed him off waivers, and he appeared in ten games for them, notching 12 tackles in a reserve role. After the season, he signed with the Cardinals, but was released back in May. Across his four seasons in the league, Williams has played in 49 games, including 15 starts, and racked up 89 tackles, ten interceptions, and 27 passes defended.

Signed this late in the offseason, Williams will be fighting an uphill battle to earn a roster spot with the Saints. New Orleans was apparently looking for some secondary depth, also signing safety Robert Nelson according to Underhill (Twitter link). It’s a nice add at this point in the season for the Saints, as Williams has always shown good ball skills, compiling an impressive amount of interceptions and pass breakups on limited playing time.