2019 New Orleans Saints season

2019 New Orleans Saints season
Head Coach	Sean Payton
General Manager	Mickey Loomis
Home Field	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Results
Record	0–0
Place
Playoff Finish
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2018	2020

The 2019 New Orleans Saints season is the franchise's 53rd season in the National Football League, the 44th to host games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the thirteenth under head coach Sean Payton. The Saints will try to improve on their 13–3 record, after losing in the NFC Championship to the Los Angeles Rams, which included a controversial pass interference no-call on the Rams defense, and try to make it to the Super Bowl for the first time since Super Bowl XLIV.

Off-season

Resigned

Position	Player	Age	Contract
QB	Teddy Bridgewater	27	1 year, $7.25 million
LB	Craig Robertson	31	2 years, $4.1 million
S	Chris Banjo	29	3 years, $6.9 million
RT	Michael Ola	30	1 year, $805,000
LS	Zach Wood	26	1 year, $645,000
LB	Vince Biegel	25	1 year, $645,000
CB	Ken Crawley	25	1 year, $2.025 million
K	Wil Lutz	24	5 years, $20.25 million
C	Cameron Tom	23	1 year, $635,000
CB	Justin Hardee	25	1 year, $635,000
CB	P. J. Williams	25	1 year, $5 million

New Signings

Position	Player	Age	2018 team	Contract
C/G	Nick Easton	26	Minnesota Vikings	4 years, $22.5 million
DT	Malcom Brown	25	New England Patriots	3 years, $15 million
RB	Latavius Murray	28	Minnesota Vikings	4 years, $14.4 million
DT	Mario Edwards Jr.	24	New York Giants	2 years, $5 million
CB	Marcus Sherels	31	Minnesota Vikings	1 year, $1.02 million
TE	Jared Cook	31	Oakland Raiders	2 years, $15.5 million

Departures

Position	Player	Age	2019 team
DE	Alex Okafor	28	Kansas City Chiefs
RB	Mark Ingram	29	Baltimore Ravens
WR	Tommylee Lewis	26	Detroit Lions
DT	Tyeler Davison	26	Atlanta Falcons
TE	Benjamin Watson	38	New England Patriots
G	Josh LeRibeus	29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
SS	Kurt Coleman	30	Buffalo Bills
CB	Josh Robinson	28	Jacksonville Jaguars
DT	Jay Bromley	26	San Francisco 49ers
WR	Dez Bryant	30	Released
TE	Michael Hoomanawanui	30	Released
SS	Rickey Jefferson	24	Released
RB	Daniel Lasco	26	Released
MLB	Manti Te'o	28	Released
DT	Tyrunn Walker	29	Released
C	Max Unger	32	Retired
OT	Jermon Bushrod	34	Retired

NFL Draft

Main article: 2019 NFL Draft

2019 New Orleans Saints draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2	48	Erik McCoy	C	Texas A&M
4	105	Chauncey Gardner-Johnson	S	Florida
6	177	Saquan Hampton	S	Rutgers
7	231	Alize Mack	TE	Notre Dame
7	244	Kaden Elliss	LB	Idaho
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Notes

• The Saints traded their 2018 1st (27th overall), 5th (147th overall) and 2019 1st (30th overall) round picks in exchange for the 2018 1st round pick (14th overall) of Green Bay Packers as part of moving up to select Marcus Davenport.
• The Saints traded their 2019 3rd round pick (93rd overall) to the New York Jets in exchange for quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and their 2019 6th round pick (177th overall).
• The Saints traded their 2019 4th round pick (132nd overall) and a 2020 7th round pick to the New York Giants in exchange for cornerback Eli Apple.
• The Saints received a 2019 7th round pick (231st overall) from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for defensive tackle Devaroe Lawrence.

Staff

New Orleans Saints staff
	Front Office Owner/Chairman – Tom Benson Owner/Vice Chairman – Rita Benson LeBlanc President – Dennis Lauscha Executive Vice President/General Manager – Mickey Loomis Director of College Scouting – Rick Reiprish Director of Football Administration – Khai Harley Director of Player Personnel – Ryan Pace Director of Pro Scouting – Terry Fontenot Head Coaches Head Coach – Sean Payton Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers – Joe Vitt Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Pete Carmichael, Jr. Quarterbacks - Mike Neu Running Backs – Dan Roushar Wide Receivers – Henry Ellard Assistant Wide Receivers – Carter Sheridan Tight Ends – Terry Malone Offensive Line – Bret Ingalls Assistant Offensive Line – Frank Smith			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Rob Ryan Defensive Line – Bill Johnson Assistant Linebackers – Brian Young Secondary – Wesley McGriff Assistant Secondary – Andre Curtis Defensive Assistant – Marcus Ungaro Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Greg McMahon Assistant Special Teams – Stan Kwan Strength and Conditioning Head Strength and Conditioning – Dan Dalrymple Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Charles Byrd Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Rob Wenning → Coaching Staff → Management → More NFL staffs
AFC East: BUF  · MIA  · NE  · NYJ • North: BAL  · CIN  · CLE  · PIT • South: HOU  · IND  · JAC  · TEN • West: DEN  · KC  · OAK  · SD NFC East: DAL  · NYG  · PHI  · WAS • North: CHI  · DET  · GB  · MIN • South: ATL  · CAR  · NO  · TB • West: ARI  · STL  · SF  · SEA

Current roster

New Orleans Saints current roster
Quarterbacks  9 Drew Brees  4 Sean Canfield 10 Chase Daniel Running backs 43 Joique Bell 25 Reggie Bush 45 Jed Collins FB 32 Mark Ingram, Jr. 29 Chris Ivory 36 Chris Taylor 23 Pierre Thomas Wide receivers 87 Adrian Arrington 89 Montez Billings 12 Marques Colston 19 Devery Henderson 17 Robert Meachem 14 Andy Tanner Tight ends 80 Jimmy Graham 82 Tyler Lorenzen		Offensive linemen 70 Roger Allen III G/T 71 Charles Brown T 60 Brian de la Puente G 73 Jahri Evans G 78 Jon Stinchcomb T 65 Matt Tennant C Defensive linemen 96 Alex Brown DE 98 Sedrick Ellis DT 93 Junior Galette DE 72 Tom Johnson DT -- Cameron Jordan DE/DT 75 Mitch King DT 95 Swanson Miller DT 90 Shaun Rogers DT -- Greg Romeus DE 91 Will Smith DE		Linebackers 53 Stanley Arnoux MLB -- Nate Bussey OLB 62 Ezra Butler OLB 52 Jonathan Casillas OLB 51 Jonathan Vilma MLB -- Martez Wilson OLB Defensive backs 20 Randall Gay CB 33 Jabari Greer CB 27 Malcolm Jenkins FS 38 Mark Parson CB -- Johnny Patrick CB 22 Tracy Porter CB 34 Patrick Robinson CB Special teams 47 Justin Drescher LS  5 Garrett Hartley K 57 Jason Kyle LS  6 Thomas Morstead P				Reserve lists Currently vacant Unrestricted FAs 92 Remi Ayodele DT 46 Ladell Betts RB 74 Jermon Bushrod OT 97 Jeff Charleston DE 55 Danny Clark OLB 44 Heath Evans FB 37 Matt Giordano SS 76 Jonathan Goodwin C 69 Anthony Hargrove DE/DT 41 Roman Harper SS 84 Tory Humphrey TE 21 Julius Jones RB 94 Kawika Mitchell OLB 50 Marvin Mitchell MLB 16 Lance Moore WR 31 Pierson Prioleau SS 39 Chris Reis SS 15 Courtney Roby WR 58 Scott Shanle OLB 42 Darren Sharper FS 64 Zach Strief OT 85 David Thomas TE/FB 24 Leigh Torrence CB 99 Jimmy Wilkerson DE 35 DeShawn Wynn RB 28 Usama Young FS Restricted FAs 56 Jo-Lonn Dunbar OLB 77 Carl Nicks G 59 Anthony Waters OLB Exclusive-Rights FAs 30 Lynell Hamilton RB 54 Ramon Humber OLB Rookies in italics Roster updated April 30, 2011 Depth chart • Transactions 45 active, 0 inactive, 31 FAs, 6 unsigned → AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	Template:Dow tooltip	Minnesota Vikings	L 25–34	0–1	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
2	Template:Dow tooltip	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 19–17	1–1	Dignity Health Sports Park	Recap
3	Template:Dow tooltip	at New York Jets	W 28–13	2–1	MetLife Stadium	Recap
4	Template:Dow tooltip	Miami Dolphins	L 13–16	2–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff (CT)	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	TV	NFL.com recap
1	Template:Dow tooltip	6:10 p.m.	Houston Texans			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	ESPN
2	September 15	3:25 p.m.	at Los Angeles Rams			Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Fox
3	September 22	3:25 p.m.	at Seattle Seahawks			CenturyLink Field	CBS
4	September 29	7:20 p.m.	Dallas Cowboys			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	NBC
5	October 6	12:00 p.m.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Fox
6	October 13	12:00 p.m.	at Jacksonville Jaguars			TIAA Bank Field	CBS
7	October 20	3:20 p.m.	at Chicago Bears			Soldier Field	Fox
8	October 27	12:00 p.m.	Arizona Cardinals			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	CBS
9	Bye
10	November 10	12:00 p.m.	Atlanta Falcons			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Fox
11	November 17	12:00 p.m.	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers			Raymond James Stadium	Fox
12	November 24	12:00 p.m.	Carolina Panthers			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Fox
13	November 28	7:20 p.m.	at Atlanta Falcons			Mercedes-Benz Stadium	NBC
14	December 8	12:00 p.m.	San Francisco 49ers			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Fox
15	Template:Dow tooltip	7:15 p.m.	Indianapolis Colts			Mercedes-Benz Superdome	ESPN
16	December 22	12:00 p.m.	at Tennessee Titans			Nissan Stadium	Fox
17	December 29	12:00 p.m.	at Carolina Panthers			Bank of America Stadium	Fox

Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times for Sunday games from Weeks 5–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Houston Texans

Week One: Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Texans 0 0 0 0 0 Saints 0 0 0 0 0 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana Date: Template:Dow tooltip Game time: 6:10 p.m. CDT Game weather: Played indoors (dome stadium) TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore, Booger McFarland and Lisa Salters Preview Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter Top passers HOU – NO – Top rushers HOU – NO – Top receivers HOU – NO –

Standings

Division

Template:2019 NFC South standings

Conference

Template:2019 NFC standings

Milestone watch

Entering the 2019 season, quarterback Drew Brees has 520 career touchdown passes, which ranks second in NFL history behind Peyton Manning's 539, while New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady ranks third, with 517. Brady and Brees are both expected to challenge Manning's all-time record for career touchdown passes during the 2019 season.

External links

• Official website

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