I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

Sure there will be an injury-related decision or two. We might bring in players from other teams to fill the last three spots. Carter and/or a cut down from another team seems possible. And sure we could trade a TE or and OL.

But this is only about the final touches. We could cut down to 48 players that most would agree to now, with Hodel and Ingam fighting for the 49th spot, and O'Callaghan and Britt fighting for the 50th spot.

HOW MANY OF US HAVE THE ROSTER MUCH DIFFERENT FOR THE FIRST 50?

OFFENSE (24)
QB Brady, O'Connell
RB Maroney, Taylor, Faulk, Morris
WR Moss, Welker, Galloway, Edelman, Aiken, Lewis
TE Baker, Watson, Thomas
OL Light, Mankins, Koppen, Neal, Kaczur, Orhnberger, Vollmer, Hochstein, O'Callghan/Britt

DEFENSE (23)
DL Seymour, Wilfork, Warren, Green, Brace, Wright, Pryor
DE/OLB Burgress, Banta-Cain
OLB Thomas, Woods, Crable
ILB Mayo, Guyton, Bruschi
CB Bodden, Wilhite, Springs, Butler, Wheatley
S Meriweather, Sanders, Chung

SPECIALISTS (3)
K Gostkowski
P Hanson
LS Ingram/Hodel

FINAL THREE (3)
To be determined (my personal choices as of now are McGowan, Walter and Lenon)

PUP
WR Tate
OT LeVoir

IR
LB McKenzie

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

I think that most of the time that the roster is almost set going into camp. There may be some roster spot battles that are in the fans' minds that are not really there and Belichick and his staff had already made up their minds.

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

I think Tank Williams should be in the mix somewhere, maybe instead of McGowan, but I'll admit I haven't seen enough of either to compare them. Any chance we go with two QB's and Edelman as the emergency? Or has he been training exclusively at WR?

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

Tank looked really slow against the Eagles last Thursday night.

QB12

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

I agree with your assessment. I'd give him one more game before I make a call on him.

I'll let BB know of my opinion afterward. :snob:

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

No matt slater?! Noooooooo

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

I was pulling for the kid too, but at this point it seems that someone else can do his job at each position better: We clearly have better receivers than him, we have better options at safety. The only question mark would be kick returning, but I feel like all he does is run as fast as he can straight ahead, hits a pile, and never finds a hole.

Hard to say this early, but I haven't been as impressed as I thought I would be by him.

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

Slater spells his name B-A-M_ C-H-I-L-D-R-E-S-S.

QB12

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

Except Bam used to tease us with lots of catches in preseason games, as I recall. I really haven't seen anything from Slater (which doesn't mean anything, really. Just that I haven't noticed him) this preseason or most of last season.

Re: I Suspect The Roster Is Almost Set
 

I feel pretty much the same way on this guy I like him but I've also been having my doubts that he'll stick. Especially after the emergence of julian edelman last week. I mean its only a game but he really was very active on the offensive end and the TD on special teams doesnt help slater's cause.

If they're are indeed fighting for the same spot I also like Aiken over Slater as he's a better receiver as well.