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With Foster, Mauro and Tyson Hill also both active, the Saints will have their top three tight ends all active for the same game for the first time this season. What that means for all of their usage remains to be seen, but it’s hard to start any of them with confidence this week until we see how the Saints deploy them. The Saints declared OG Cesar Ruiz, CB Isaac Yiadom, DE Chase Young, DT Khristian Boyd, OT Xavier Truss, and RB Devin Neal inactive.

The team also activated Taysom Hill, setting the stage for both to make their season debuts against the Giants. It could not have come at a better time considering fellow tight end Juwan Johnson is listed as questionable with an ankle injury.

It’s a good sign for both that they practiced all week without setbacks. If Juwan Johnson (ankle) is down in Week 5, one of them could walk in to a big role right away in Kellen Moore’s offense. It’ll probably be Saturday before we know if that’s the case, as each would need to be officially activated off the PUP list. Hill obviously has some fantasy upside if healthy, but he’s also a 35-year-old coming off a serious knee injury. Tread carefully.

They maintain the same status. We don’t yet know if Hill or Moreau will be active for Week 5 — either could cut deeply into Juwan Johnson’s fantasy value if officially activated from the PUP list after being designated to return on Monday. The Saints have a 21-day window from Monday to do it, so there’s not necessarily an urgency to activating Hill or Moreau for Week 5.

Moreau and Taysom Hill (knee) both returned to practice today, while Weeks 1-4 starting TE Juwan Johnson (ankle) was sidelined. It is too early to tell if Moreau will be active for the Saints’ Week 5 game against the Giants, though Moreau really does not need to be rostered in 12-team leagues at this time.

That will open a 21-day window for Moreau’s return when it happens. It sounds like there’s a chance that both Moreau and Taysom Hill could be back in the near future for the Saints. Is it a cancelling of the Juwan Johnson coming out party? We’ll have to see. Johnson managers are probably going to have at least a few additional weeks of respite, but this seems like it will loom over his rest of season value.

He’ll miss at least the first four games, as expected. Moreau didn’t participate in the preseason or training camp and is no guarantee to come back when first eligible. He started 17 games last year and had 32 catches for 413 yards and five scores. Juwan Johnson figures to be New Orleans’ starting tight end this season.

Schultz further downplayed the issue, saying it is not believed to be serious. With Taysom Hill likely out for much of the 2025 season while recovering from a torn ACL, the Saints should have a relatively normal tight end room led by Johnson and Foster Moreau. Moreau, currently on the PUP list, is primarily a blocker but is also useful in the red zone, as evidenced by his five touchdowns in 2024. Johnson should run plenty of routes this year, but his fantasy outlook on one of the league’s worst offenses is bleak. He remains a low-end TE2 for now.

Hill remains without a timetable. It would be surprising if Hill played this year after a late-season ACL tear, though Loomis expressed that he expects him to play in 2025. Loomis said that the rehab has “all been positive” so far for both players.

The Saints surprisingly have eight tight ends on the roster, so QBs Tyler Shough and Spencer Rattler will still have an ample number of big-bodied targets to target. Mostly, this benefits No. 1 TE Juwan Johnson, who signed a three-year, $34.5 million contract this offseason. He should dominate first-team reps with the Nos. 2 and 3 tight ends sidelined. Both Hill (ACL) and Moreau (undisclosed) underwent surgery to correct their respective knee injuries. Holker was a fun 2024 undrafted free agent prospect, who led FBS tight ends in targets (105), receptions (64) and receiving yards (766) in 2023, clearly benefitting from facing soft competition at Colorado State.