mgteich

MAKE YOU CASE FOR
Baker or James or Mitchell or Wesley or Richardson on the 53 man roster

I'll start. I think we need experienced backups at corner. James and Wesley fill that role. I think that we can go with 5 wide receivers.


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Presuming that Samuel is back, we have eight solid performers. It seems that we have for 0-4 more on how we resolve our reciver situtation. If we keep 6 receivers and 4 TE's, we will likely not have room for more the 9 defensive backs.

THE EIGHT
Samuel, Hobbs, Gay, Harrison, Wilson, Sanders, Meriweather, Andrews

PRACTICE SQUAD
Richardson

PatsWickedPissah

Didn't Richardson injure his arm? He may be IRed.

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RayClay

If Samuel's back, we've got quality depth at CB as well as safety so special teams play will factor in a lot more.

I do think we use one more DB and one less LB on teams this year.

When the STs are decided, I think you'll see Mitchell and maybe one more 9 or 10.

Also upside will count for these types.

If we drop Mills, Rivers and drown Jones (sorry ) One of them will be available to be resigned, plus you can use a lineman in a pinch. (3 TE)

I'm not sure we'll carry 6 WRs. If Gaffney and Moss are healthy, they'll cut someone. Maybe Gaffney goes on IR.

Plus less LBs (Davis)

So I say Keep Richardson and one of Mitchel or Baker.

Unlike the journeyman tight ends, I think someone might take a shot at a young CB who's looked good with a lot of playing time. Probably won't make it to the squad.

The Jets still have Poteat and are starting a rookie, why wouldn't they take a shot? They copy us at everything else.

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Fencer

We need to be prepared for 1/3 of any given unit to go down with injury. We need 6 DBs to put on the field at once. Therefore, we need at least 9 DBs.

Only Harrison/Wilson/Sanders/Meriweather/Samuel/Hobbs/Gay create great feelings of comfort, and some of us might even quibble about various members of that list in that regard, especially any safety not named "Rodney".

But we need at least two more who can run around and make tackles, preferably getting a hand on the occasional football as well.

And yes, given the importance of getting a hand on the ball, at least one more should be a no-apologies corner. Andrews can be the other.

Now, I'm not clear on why you don't think it's OK to use 15 spots on the speed positions (6 WR plus 9 DB). The counts at other spots could be:

OL -- 9
RB/FB -- 4
QB -- 3
TE -- 3
K/P/LS -- 3

leaving 16 for DL and LB.

DL looks like Seymour/Warren/Green/Wright/Smith as the primary DEs, and Wilfork/somebody as the primary NTs, for 7. That leaves room for 9 LBs -- 5 regular vets, Izzo, and 3 of the young guys.

So it seems I'm making a case for keeping a 9th DB, while cutting the 4th TE and cutting two of Mays/Alexander/Woods/Rogers/Lua, the latter two of whom would be fine PS guys anyway. And cutting Chad Brown, I guess.

If that all is too painful in the cut department, yo-yo Testaverde off the roster for a while until somebody gets IRed.

RayClay

Why does Andrews get in the "core" lineup? I'd probably keep him, but it would be on pretty equal footing with the rest of the bubble players.

I'd say 7 core, everybody else, make a case.

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RayClay

andromeda sed:

Yeah, that's a joke. Imagine cutting somebody we might need now or for the future to keep a seat warm.

Does he have another damn record to break?

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captain stone

We need at least 9 DBs, 6 of whom can cover receivers.

If I made the decisions, my DBs would be:
SS: Harrison - Sanders
SS/ST: Mitchell (2 ST tackles on Friday)
FS/CB: Wilson - Meriweather
FS/CB/ST: Andrews
CB: Samuel - Hobbs - Gay

I would go one step farther and strongly consider a 10th DB, and drop all of Izzo - Alexander - Mays. The 10th could be a CB/FS like Tory James, or a FS/CB/ST like Dante Wesley (1 ST tackle, but also 1 ST penalty). Richardson could be IR'ed, Anam could be IR'ed/PS'ed, and Baker waived-injured.

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All_Around_Brown

drop Izzo? Thats blasphemy around here. Been there done that. Here comes the wrath.

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patsfaninpa

I think 9 would be ideal. But, I think we carry 10 because of the recent injury histories of some of our db's. Harrison,Wilson and Gay haven't played much the last 2 yrs. Samuel reporting late. Adds up to 10 for me.

CB Samuel,Hobbs,James,Gay,Wesley and Andrews.

S Harrison,Wilson,Sanders and Merriweather.

Mel Mitchell could push Andrews or Wesley for that 10th spot. My 53 has
DEF 26
7 DL, 9LB, 10 DB

SP Teams 3

OFF 24
8OL,3TE,6WR,4RB,3QB

mgteich

I also believe that 15 is the right number, with 5 WR's and 10 DB's. I started with 8 DB's and add James and Wesley (although Mitchell is fine).

[QUOTE=Fencer;491477]Now, I'm not clear on why you don't think it's OK to use 15 spots on the speed positions (6 WR plus 9 DB).