Thoughts on final roster

I actually have a post ready to go re: the 53-man, but I’m gonna wait until after Saturday’s game. Yes, definitely time to start thinking about it.

but how many ppl are on your list as yes now, and on the bubble…

I think your concept is good, but I would like to know who the other bubble players are that your 12 bubble players are competing against. and beating out to make the final 53. The reason I ask is, over the next few weeks, there are bound to be injuries to some of the above players that may inevitably effect which players make the 53-man squad. If you gave us, let’s say, a DL, LB, DB, OL, RB, WR, and a couple of Others who would be the last guy cut at their respective positions to get to 53, that would tell us who you think is battling to make the list of 53 and who might make it when that inevitable injury happens. I’m kinda asking because you went through the trouble of making the list, so you had to go through that process of deciding who to cut, while you were at it. It would also give me some darts to throw at you when giving you that much-wanted criticism. After all, anyone who makes a list has to realize they are opening themselves up to second-guessers.

…anyways, regardless of my previous comments…I think you are carrying too many WR’s, TE’s and C’s. Not enough DL’s and OL’s.

But still want to know who else is on the bubble list. You have to have more than 53 players listed to say they are on the bubble, otherwise they are on the team and not on a bubble.

Why woould Antoine be on the bubble when he is versital enough to play three D-line positions? His ability to move around should make him more valuable not less.

I cant see Glover Quinn being cut…he was making plays all over the place when he was not injured…I would like to see him play more before I set this in stone

except Nolan, tho i think had nolan not been hurt he mighta made it

A late business meeting at Lynn’s Steakhouse and I don’t have the energy to answer all of these tonight. I will respond to each tomorrow.

But overall great thoughts and comments

QB – Schaub / Orlovsky – 2
RB – Slaton / Brown / Moats / Leach – 4
WR – Johnson / Walter / Anderson / Davis / Jones / Jenkins – 6
TE – Daniels / Casey / Dressen – 3
OL – Brown / Pitts / Myers / Brisiel / Winston / Studdard / Caldwell / White / Butler – 9

DE – Williams / Smith / Barwin / Nading / Bulman- 5
DT – Okoye / Cody / Okam / DJ Robinson / Zgonina- 5
LB – Ryans / Cushing / Adibi / Diles / Bentley / June – 6
CB – Reeves / Robinson / Bennett / Molden / McCain / Quin – 6
S – Ferguson / Barber / Harrison / Wilson /Busing – 4

K – Brown / Turk – 2

there are a total of
41 who I think will make the team
21 who are on the bubble
   12 of which make it in
     9 pf which don’t make it in
20 with little to no chance

for a current total of 82 that includes 2 extras TJ who is not on the current official roster and Boomer who just got released
That said I struggled with the group of first year Tackels and if any of them had a chance of making the team.

I also struggle with which Safeties and Cornerbacks will make it to the final 53.

So here is the full list

No B-flag # Player Name Pos
Yes Confident 55 Myers, Chris C
Yes Bubble 62 Caldwell, Antoine * C
Yes Bubble 63 White, Chris C
No Confident 74 Helms, Brett * C
Yes Confident 23 Robinson, Dunta CB
Yes Confident 32 Bennett, Fred CB
Yes Confident 35 Reeves, Jacques CB
Yes Bubble 28 Molden, Antwaun CB
Yes Bubble 29 Quin, Glover * CB
Yes Bubble 41 McCain, Brice * CB
Yes Bubble 47 O’Neal, Deltha CB
No Bubble 24 Pittman, David CB
No Confident 27 Richardson, Matterral CB
No Confident 36 Parson, Mark * CB
No Confident 39 Davis, A.J. CB
Yes Confident 90 Williams, Mario DE
Yes Confident 93 Bulman, Tim DE
Yes Confident 94 Smith, Antonio DE
Yes Confident 98 Barwin, Connor * DE
No Confident 72 Nading, Jesse DE
No Confident 75 McClover, Stanley DE
No Confident 92 Jamison, Tim * DE
Yes Confident 66 Robinson, DelJuan DT
Yes Confident 91 Okoye, Amobi DT
Yes Confident 97 Okam, Frank DT
Yes Bubble 95 Cody, Shaun DT
No Bubble 92 Zgonina, Jeff DT
No Confident 96 Leonard, Josh * DT
Yes Confident 44 Leach, Vonta FB
No Confident 46 Grigsby, Boomer FB
No Confident Evans, Jonathan FB
Yes Confident 64 Studdard, Kasey G
Yes Confident 65 Brisiel, Mike G
Yes Confident 69 Pitts, Chester G
No Confident 68 Jones, Adrian G
Yes Confident 3 Brown, Kris K
Yes Confident 50 June, Cato LB
Yes Confident 52 Adibi, Xavier LB
Yes Confident 54 Diles, Zac LB
Yes Confident 56 Cushing, Brian * LB
Yes Confident 57 Bentley, Kevin LB
Yes Confident 59 Ryans, DeMeco LB
Yes Bubble 58 Davis, Buster LB
No Confident 51 Thompson, Chaun LB
No Confident 53 Campbell, Khary LB
No Confident 61 Verdell, Toddrick * LB
No Bubble 99 Johnson, Travis NT
Yes Confident 1 Turk, Matt P
Yes Confident 7 Orlovsky, Dan QB
Yes Confident 8 Schaub, Matt QB
No Bubble 5 Grossman, Rex QB
No Confident 10 Brink, Alex QB
Yes Confident 20 Slaton, Steve RB
Yes Confident 21 Moats, Ryan RB
Yes Confident 22 Brown, Chris RB
No Bubble 37 Foster, Arian * RB
No Bubble 43 Hall, Andre RB
Yes Confident 25 Ferguson, Nick S
Yes Confident 34 Barber, Dominique S
Yes Bubble 26 Wilson, Eugene S
Yes Bubble 40 Busing, John S
No Bubble 31 Harrison, Brandon S
Yes Confident 73 Winston, Eric T
Yes Confident 76 Brown, Duane T
Yes Confident 78 Butler, Rashad T
No Confident 67 Torrey, Brandon T
No Confident 71 Watkins, Jason * T
No Confident 77 Washburn, Cliff T
No Confident 79 Stenavich, Adam T
Yes Confident 81 Daniels, Owen TE
Yes Confident 85 Dreessen, Joel TE
Yes Confident 86 Casey, James * TE
Yes Bubble 87 Hill, Anthony * TE
No Bubble 82 Harris, Clark TE/LS
Yes Confident 11 Davis, André WR
Yes Confident 80 Johnson, Andre WR
Yes Confident 83 Walter, Kevin WR
Yes Confident 89 Anderson, David WR
Yes Bubble 12 Jones, Jacoby WR
Yes Bubble 84 Jenkins, Darnell * WR
No Bubble 17 Martinez, Glenn WR
No Confident 13 Simmons, Mark WR
No Confident 19 Jones, Mike * WR

He was drafted for a VERY SPECIFIC purpose – to improve our short yardage and red zone play. He’s there to block the 3-4 LBs that have murdered us in the last couple of years. Any pass-catching we get from him is gravy. We already have GREAT catching TEs. OD, Dreessen, and potentially – Casey. But OD is a good blocker, Dreessen is meh, and Casey is yet unproven in that realm. Hill is THE guy who is going to make the most impact as a rookie on the offensive side of the ball, IMO. He’s young and he’s not going to be GREAT right away, but he’s here to do mainly one thing only – block block block. He’s a MORTAL LOCK to make the team.