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Marcus Sherels - DB

New Orleans Saints

Sherels signed a one-year contract with the Saints on Thursday, Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Added Mar 21 6:36 pm (EST)

Sherels had spent his entire nine-year career with the Vikings prior to signing with the Saints. A backup for most of his career, he'll figure to provide the Saints secondary depth while also contributing on special teams.

Added Mar 21 6:36 pm (EST)

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Cameron Meredith: Meredith (knee) has agreed to a reduced salary to remain with the Saints in 2019, Field Yates of ESPN reports.
Nick Easton: Easton will sign a four-year, $24 million contract with the Saints, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Sheldon Rankins: Rankins (Achilles) likely will open the 2019 regular season on the PUP list, which would rule him out for the first six weeks, Nick Underhill of The New Orleans Advocate reports.
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TEAM Ranks

OFFENSE

Overall
10
Passing
15
Rushing
6

DEFENSE / ST

Overall
15
Passing
31
Rushing
2

NFC South Standings

W	L	PF	PA
13	3	504	353
7	9	376	382
7	9	414	423
5	11	396	464

Schedule / Results

Week	Date	Time	Opp	D Rank	Pass D Rk	Rush D Rk	Result	Record
1	Sun, 9/9	1:00 pm		26	26	24	L, 40-48	0-1
2	Sun, 9/16	1:00 pm		30	25	28	W, 21-18	1-1
3	Sun, 9/23	1:00 pm	at	28	27	25	W, 43-37	2-1
4	Sun, 9/30	4:25 pm	at	22	22	20	W, 33-18	3-1
5	Mon, 10/8	8:15 pm		17	16	17	W, 43-19	4-1
6	Bye Week
7	Sun, 10/21	4:05 pm	at	2	5	4	W, 24-23	5-1
8	Sun, 10/28	8:20 pm	at	5	3	15	W, 30-20	6-1
9	Sun, 11/4	4:25 pm		20	18	23	W, 45-35	7-1
10	Sun, 11/11	1:00 pm	at	31	29	29	W, 51-14	8-1
11	Sun, 11/18	4:25 pm		24	30	7	W, 48-7	9-1
12	Thu, 11/22	8:20 pm		28	27	25	W, 31-17	10-1
13	Thu, 11/29	8:20 pm	at	6	11	5	L, 10-13	10-2
14	Sun, 12/9	1:00 pm	at	26	26	24	W, 28-14	11-2
15	Mon, 12/17	8:15 pm	at	14	14	11	W, 12-9	12-2
16	Sun, 12/23	4:25 pm		8	13	6	W, 31-28	13-2
17	Sun, 12/30	1:00 pm		14	14	11	L, 14-33	13-3

DEPTH CHART NO

Right WR

Slot WR

Left WR

M. Thomas

K. Kirkwood

T. Lewis

A. Carr

D. Brees

T. Bridgewater

T. Hill

A. Kamara

D. Washington

D. Arnold

J. Hill

B. Watson

T. Smith

B. Marshall

2018 PROJECTIONS

Quarterback

Player	Tm	Pos	Att	Comp	Comp%	Yds	TD	Int	RuYd	RuTD
Drew Brees	NO	QB	567	418	74	4542	36	7	17	4
Teddy Bridgewater	NO	QB	23	14	61	118	1	1	5	0
Taysom Hill	NO	QB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Running back

Player	Tm	Pos	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	ReYd	ReTD
Alvin Kamara	NO	RB	217	957	14	96	840	4
Latavius Murray	NO	RB	140	578	6	22	141	0
Dwayne Washington	NO	RB	27	154	0	0	0	0
Zach Line	NO	RB	10	45	0	5	14	2
Mike Gillislee	NO	RB	16	43	0	1	9	0

Wide Receiver

Player	Tm	Pos	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	RuAtt	RuYds
Michael Thomas	NO	WR	141	1612	10	10	0
Tre'Quan Smith	NO	WR	30	452	5	5	5
Ted Ginn	NO	WR	23	311	2	2	26
Keith Kirkwood	NO	WR	15	217	3	3	0
Brandon Marshall	NO	WR	11	136	1	1	0
Cameron Meredith	NO	WR	9	114	1	1	0
Austin Carr	NO	WR	10	102	2	2	0
Brandon Tate	NO	WR	0	0	0	0	0

Tight End

Player	Tm	Pos	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	RuAtt
Jared Cook	NO	TE	68	896	6	6
Benjamin Watson	NO	TE	36	412	2	2
Josh Hill	NO	TE	20	216	1	1
Dan Arnold	NO	TE	12	150	1	1
Garrett Griffin	NO	TE	2	12	1	1

Kicker

Player	Tm	Pos	FGA	FGM	FG20-29	FG30-39	FG40-49	FG50+	XP
Wil Lutz	NO	K	36	33	6	12	12	2	56

2018 STATS

Quarterback

Player	Tm	Snaps	Comp	Att	Yds	Yds>40	Yds>20	TD	Int	RuYd	RuTD
Drew Brees	NO	912	364	489	3992	5	52	32	5	22	4
Taysom Hill	NO	163	3	7	64	1	1	0	1	196	2
Teddy Bridgewater	NO	70	14	23	118	0	0	1	1	5	0

Running back

Player	Tm	Snaps	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Yds/C	Ru>40	Ru>20	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD
Alvin Kamara	NO	607	194	883	14	4.6	1	1	105	81	709	4
Latavius Murray	NO	446	140	578	6	4.1	0	6	26	22	141	0
Dwayne Washington	NO	46	27	154	0	5.7	0	1	0	0	0	0
Zach Line	NO	166	9	41	0	4.6	0	0	10	5	14	2
Mike Gillislee	NO	25	16	43	0	2.7	0	0	1	1	9	0

Wide Receiver

Player	Tm	Snaps	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	Rec>20	Rec>40	RuAtt	RuYds
Michael Thomas	NO	867	147	125	1405	9	15	2	0	0
Tre'Quan Smith	NO	466	44	28	427	5	6	1	0	0
Ted Ginn	NO	170	30	17	209	2	2	1	3	26
Keith Kirkwood	NO	138	21	13	209	2	2	0	0	0
Brandon Marshall	NO	189	23	11	136	1	1	0	0	0
Cameron Meredith	NO	86	10	9	114	1	2	1	0	0
Austin Carr	NO	203	14	9	97	2	1	0	0	0

Tight End

Player	Tm	Snaps	Tgts	Rec	ReYd	ReTD	Rec>20	Rec>40
Jared Cook	NO	692	101	68	896	6	13	1
Benjamin Watson	NO	425	46	35	400	2	6	0
Josh Hill	NO	471	24	16	185	1	4	0
Dan Arnold	NO	105	19	12	150	1	4	0

Kicker

Player	Tm	FGA	FGM	FGM10-19	FGM20-29	FGM30-39	FGM40-49	FGM50+	XP
Wil Lutz	NO	30	28	1	5	9	11	2	52

Linebacker

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def
Demario Davis	NO	92	18	5	2	1	4
A.J. Klein	NO	54	16	2	0	2	3
Alex Anzalone	NO	51	8	2	3	0	2
Manti Te'o	NO	15	3	0	0	0	1
Craig Robertson	NO	9	1	1	0	0	0

Defensive Back

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def	DST TDs
Vonn Bell	NO	71	16	1	1	1	3	0
Marshon Lattimore	NO	56	3	0	4	3	12	0
Marcus Williams	NO	49	6	1	1	1	3	0
P.J. Williams	NO	48	5	1	2	0	9	1
Ken Crawley	NO	30	1	0	0	0	6	0
Kurt Coleman	NO	26	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eli Apple	NO	21	1	0	1	1	5	0
Justin Hardee	NO	9	0	0	0	0	2	0
Patrick Robinson	NO	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Banjo	NO	3	2	0	0	0	3	0
Josh Robinson	NO	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Line

Player	Tm	TKL	AST	SCK	FF	FFREC	Pass Def
Cameron Jordan	NO	43	6	12	1	1	6
Sheldon Rankins	NO	32	8	8	1	0	1
Malcom Brown	NO	28	11	0	0	1	0
David Onyemata	NO	26	9	5	1	0	1
Marcus Davenport	NO	12	10	5	1	0	2
Tyeler Davison	NO	12	11	2	1	0	1
Trey Hendrickson	NO	7	1	0	0	0	0
Taylor Stallworth	NO	6	2	1	0	1	0
Jay Bromley	NO	3	1	0	0	0	0