The New Orleans Saints are just a few days away from the preseason finale – their only home exhibition game – Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. The good news is key players like Alvin Kamara, Taliese Fuaga, Juwan Johnson and Pete Werner are back on the field. However, the DNP list remains long.

Before we get to Part 6 of our third annual NFL team-by-team previews and take a look at the NFC West, we’ll talk about the home team for an extended period of time. Then we’ll ask if anyone can unseat Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and the San Francisco 49ers.

It’s the usual Friday suspects on Wednesday this week, as The Athletic’s Larry Holder joins host Jim Derry on the Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 269) presented by Evangeline Securities. And if there is a surprise, would it be Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams, Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks or Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals?