Lampshade

It's a tough one. He's never made it onto any of my projected 53s, but he's getting closer.

I'm not as sure as I once was that his limit actually is a JAG/guy-who-can-be-picked-up-at-any-point/replacement level type player. Whilst admittedly it's been almost entirely against the 3rd stringers, he has looked more explosive this pre-season. I'm starting to believe he has progressed quite a bit, and just may be a better use of a roster spot than a 4th TE.

JSn

I'm pretty sure I saw #42 in on special teams in the later part of the game on Friday. He's obviously been working with SOME level of the STs units.

Is it better to have another RB/Ster than a guy on ST's who has a position he'll never get the chance to play?

Dunno. Just thinking out loud at this point. It can be validly argued either way.

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Deus Irae

When did regular season and training camp/exhibition season become one and the same?

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Mack Herron

I saw that too, and it is clearly in his favor. But he is nto a core ST guy and I'm not sure they would dress him just to fill out STs (guys like Sanders can do that). If they would keep him, I would expect the 5th RB to be inactive.

Jimke

The reason to keep BJGE is insurance. These other two guys have been

injury prone the past couple of years. They have already missed practice

time in training camp. In addition, Fred Taylor is 33 years old and had

injury issues last year. My guess is that BJGE will be cut. By week four,

a running back will be injured and Chris Taylor or Omar Cuff will be on

the roster.

Deus Irae

If the only reason you're keeping BJGE is for insurance, and you end up cutting a player who might have a legitimate future for your team, you've chosen poorly. Very poorly.

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farn

I voted "no". I like him OK... but he's not the second coming of Jim Brown. I figure BB can find someone in November, a street free agent, who can come in and do the job if none of the 4 guys in front of him are good enough.

Heath Evans came in and did OK. He was just a guy they brought in. No Pro Bowls. No hype. Just came in and did it.

robertweathers

I concur. I am very much on the fence with BJGE. Morris, Taylor and Maroney all have recent histories of injury. However keeping 5 RBs just for insurance purposes b/c you THINK someone will get hurt and subtract a player who SHOULD be on the roster b/c they WILL contribute more regularly doesn't make sense either. I think they trade him to KC!

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Mike the Brit

It's like an election -- Obama or McCain: simple question, lots and lots of factors to take into account in answering. And, as you say, people may vote for one or the other for quite different reasons. They may evaluate different aspects differently or they may just disagree about their importance.

I guess that the reason I wanted the poll was to get a simple snapshot in all the complexity -- just for interest.

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If all else is equal, then you'd rather have a guy who can play his position, too. A more accurate way to phrase the question though, IMO is:

Given that a guy will be predominantly playing ST, would you rather:
A) He's a fantastic STer who can barely play his position, if at all (Slater, Alexander)) or
B) He can capably back up his position, but isn't nearly as good on ST

Personally, I'd take A. Yeah, you can make the argument that if two starters are out for an extended period, we might need to call on BJGE for depth, but you can make that argument about almost any position. a 53 man roster simply doesn't allow you to have excellent depth at every position.

And besides, if it comes to it, RB one of the easiest positions to just plug a guy into and have him perform. Of all the positions on the roster, RB is one of the ones that I'd be most comfortable with bringing in some JAG. That's exactly what happened last year with BJGE, and it worked out okay.

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