{"id":285447,"date":"2025-08-13T18:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/285447\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:38:10","slug":"saints-swiss-army-knife-named-potential-cut-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/285447\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints “Swiss Army Knife” Named Potential Cut Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

With no real timeline for when he will return following his gruesome injury last year, the New Orleans Saints could cut tight end Taysom Hill before the 2025 regular season. The Saints are in dire need of cap space, and since Hill is getting older, it might make sense for the Saints to move on. According to Bleacher Report<\/a>, they believe the team should release him as he counts $10 million against the cap space, and that\u2019s a significant amount of money for a team that doesn\u2019t have much to sign other younger talent. Originally selected as an undrafted rookie in 2017, the former BYU product spent all of his career with the New Orleans Saints while spending some time with the Packers in the practice squad.<\/p>\n

Hill had a few moments with the Saints, and for a team that could be rebuilding soon (hopefully) if they don\u2019t receive any setbacks from General Manager Mickey Loomis, it\u2019s easier to do it sooner rather than later. The Saints have two tight ends already on the depth chart that could thrive if they can stay healthy. Foster Moreau is recovering from an injury like Hill, but being that they have Juwan Johnson<\/a>, it makes sense that the Saints might want to move on from Hill. The utility athlete might not get the best offer once he recovers, but these teams could pursue him.<\/p>\n

\"TaysomDec 1, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints tight end Taysom Hill (7) against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
\nReport: Saints \u201cSwiss Army Knife\u201d Taysom Hill Named Potential Cut Candidate
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\nBaltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

If anyone in the league can bring out the best in Taysom Hill, it\u2019s the Baltimore Ravens. They know how to pull off some of the most spectacular trick plays in the past behind Lamar Jackson and Justice Hill, so why not get a tight end that can do the same? Isaiah Likely is nursing an injury<\/a>, so they\u2019ll likely keep veteran Mark Andrews<\/a> in the fold, but it doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t get Hill in the mix. Baltimore has one of the best offenses in the league, and they\u2019re going to need moments like this, especially in the playoffs, to juice their momentum.<\/p>\n

Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Carolina Panthers spent their offseason rebuilding their pass-catching unit after drafting Tetairoa McMillian<\/a> and signing Hunter Renfrow. However, they could switch things up a bit to give quarterback Bryce Young fetch off the ball quicker in blitz moments. While they could run the football between Chuba Hubbard<\/a> and Rico Dowdle, they can\u2019t easily depend on that at all times. Despite extending Tommy Tremble, he suffered an injury, and that will likely lead to more snaps for Ja\u2019Tavion Sanders, who has yet to prove his on-field abilities.<\/p>\n

Taysom Hill could find his role somewhere in this offense while Tremble is back to full health.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Chargers have one of the best tight end units in the league between Will Dissly and Tyler Conklin<\/a>. Taysom Hill could add more firepower to what they already have. Quarterback Justin Herbert isn\u2019t targeting Hill consistently, but he could play several positions and give Jim Harbaugh a special playbook to work with.<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

After giving Jake Feguson a contract extension this offseason, the depth behind him is nothing promising. Luke Schoonmaker<\/a> has yet to be consistent, and John Stephens hasn\u2019t gotten a lot of reps. Taysom Hill could fit in Dallas\u2019 budget and be a versatile pass-catching option for Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With no real timeline for when he will return following his gruesome injury last year, the New Orleans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[849,2584,5403,436,7,588,2453,759,896,55,401,2572,2571,6,5405,10420,397,6211,7762,10120,2312],"class_list":{"0":"post-285447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens-news","9":"tag-carolina-panthers-news","10":"tag-chargers-featured","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jake-ferguson","14":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","15":"tag-mark-andrews","16":"tag-new-orleans","17":"tag-new-orleans-saints","18":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","19":"tag-neworleans","20":"tag-neworleanssaints","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-panthers-featured","23":"tag-ravens-featured","24":"tag-saints","25":"tag-saints-featured","26":"tag-taysom-hill","27":"tag-tommy-tremble","28":"tag-tyler-conklin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115022915463189840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}