The New Orleans Saints made a surprising move on Wednesday afternoon by waiving rookie running back Boston Scott, per the Advocate’s Nick Underhill.

Boston Scott was waives, per source. Team wants him on the practice squad if he clears. — Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) September 5, 2018

Underhill explains that New Orleans hopes its sixth-round draft choice will make it through waivers to land on the practice squad, and he may. But this is a dangerous game to play so close to the regular season kickoff.

The Saints already cut loose three of their seven rookie draft picks: defensive backs Natrell Jamerson and Kamrin Moore, and offensive lineman Rick Leonard. Leonard was the only one to get through Sunday’s waiver claims and return to the practice squad for further development. Now that Scott has been waived, the Saints have let go of more rookie draft picks than they’ve kept (defensive end Marcus Davenport, wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith, offensive lineman Will Clapp).

Scott was the only player on the team to share elements of Alvin Kamara’s elusive, pass-catching skills set, and said as recently as Tuesday that he expected to field kickoffs and possibly return punts next Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So now New Orleans is gambling on Kamara and Mike Gillislee providing enough out of the backfield (and staying healthy) to get through the first few weeks of the season until Mark Ingram returns from suspension.

Hopefully this decision doesn’t come back to bite the Saints. What’s going on with the offensive line that they needed to sign two vets this week and cut down to two running backs?