Saints Shuffle Roster Again, Elevate Veteran Tight End Jack Stoll to Active Roster
The New Orleans Saints have turned to a familiar face to strengthen their depth at tight end. On Monday, the team signed Jack Stoll from the practice squad to the active roster, filling the spot vacated by rookie edge rusher Fadil Diggs.
A Fluid Roster
The move continues a pattern of roster shuffling that head coach Kellen Moore signaled would be part of the Saints’ early-season approach. Luke Johnson reported that Moore said the roster would be a fluid situation in the first few weeks of the season, following the New Orleans Saints’ initial reduction of their squad to 53 players.
That reality has played out quickly. Just a week ago, New Orleans elevated Diggs from the practice squad to offset the absence of Chase Young. The seventh-round pick from Texas A&M played seven defensive snaps against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 1. By Monday, he was waived to make room for Stoll.
Stoll Steps In
Stoll began 2025 on the practice squad but was elevated for the opener against Arizona, where he logged 18 offensive snaps, the second-most among Saints tight ends. Eleven of those snaps came on running plays, underscoring his role as a blocking specialist.
“The 27-year-old Stoll has filled the Saints’ blocking tight end role while Foster Moreau recovers from offseason knee surgery,” Johnson wrote. Moreau is currently on the Physically Unable to Perform list, leaving a gap in the tight end rotation that Stoll has been asked to fill.
Saints Wire reporter John Sigler noted that the team values Stoll’s reliability in run-heavy packages, especially while they ease quarterback Tyler Shough into the system and lean on the ground game to establish balance.
Career Background
Before arriving in New Orleans, Stoll spent three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles after signing as an undrafted free agent in 2021. He appeared in 50 games and started 12, carving out a niche as a dependable blocking tight end behind Dallas Goedert. Though his receiving production was limited, 20 catches for 183 yards in Philadelphia, his willingness to handle the dirty work in the trenches made him a solid role player.
That same skill set is what the Saints need now. With Juwan Johnson serving as the team’s top pass-catching tight end and rookie Dallin Holker still developing, Stoll provides a steady option who can handle physical assignments in short-yardage and red-zone situations.
Stoll’s Role Ahead
The Saints’ roster remains in motion as injuries to key players like Moreau and Young test the team’s depth. For Stoll, the opportunity is clear: hold down the blocking role and give the offense stability until Moreau is ready to return.
Meanwhile, Diggs could be a candidate for the practice squad if he clears waivers, keeping him in the system as a developmental edge rusher. For now, New Orleans appears committed to finding short-term solutions, and Stoll’s promotion reflects that strategy.
Packers’ Colby Wooden Fires Back at Critics After Dominant Run Defense Performance
Micah Parsons, a contrarian opinion had taken hold, too–the Packers defense would get chewed up in the running game.Three days before the Packers were to play the Detroit Lions in their 2025 opener, defensive lineman Colby Wooden got a phone call. It was his father. While much attention had been foisted on the Packers in recent days after the stunning trade for pass-rusher
The Packers had to trade away stalwart defensive lineman Kenny Clark to acquire Parsons, and the feeling was, that would be costly in the team’s efforts to handle the run. Detroit, after all, rushed for 2,488 yards last season, sixth in the NFL. Without Clark, surely the Packers would be in trouble.
Wooden, who is helping replace Clark in the middle, took the call from his dad, who said, “Do me a favor, shut ‘em up.”
And he, along with the entire Packers defensive front, did just that, holding the Lions to 46 yards on 22 carries, their lowest rushing output since Week 6 in 2023. Wooden, Devonte Wyatt and Karl Brooks held the line admirably in the middle all day for the Packers.
Colby Wooden: ‘I Took That Personal’
Wooden, for one, was insulted by the questions about the team’s inability to hold against the run.
“I for sure took that personal …” Wooden said. “So I just, did my job, went out there, stopped the run. I took it personal. Honestly, I felt like it was kinda disrespectful, like, ‘Oh, they gonna run the ball.’ So I made it my mission—we, excuse me—we made it our mission to shut them down.”
That’s not easy to do against the combo of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, nicknamed Sonic and Knuckles.
“We know what they want to do,” Wooden said. “Last year, they wanted to run. They call them Sonic and Knuckles, or whatever. They want to run them 30 times. So we know they want to run that ball. We’ve got to do our job to stop the run so they can get back and let (Parsons) go get them.”
Packers Filling Roles With Micah Parsons on Board
Wooden said the effect of having Parsons on the field was obvious, and it works both ways. When offenses focus on corralling Parsons, the other Packers must step up.
“Everybody’s got a job to do, everybody got a role,” Wooden said. “Everybody’s got to buy into their role. We know what attention and what he comes with. And we know we got to stop that run, go help him out, if he is getting is getting chipped, doubled or whatever, now it’s somebody else’s turn to win their one-on-one.”
Packers Have Commanders Next
And despite the obviously encouraging results, Wooden is not getting ahead of himself. The Commanders will be next on the docket, with fearsome young quarterback Jayden Daniels on hand.
“It’s just one week,” Wooden said. “It’s Week 1. It’s great to start off with a win, dominate. But we’ve got to keep it going. We got a good team coming here on Thursday, we know we got to be ready to stop that run and contain that quarterback. So we just gotta keep going, keep getting better, keep jelling.”
