The question that we have not discussed much is why Jones was cut. I have seen little discussion with regard to how we might use the roster spot this weekend. It seems that Jones could be have left on the roster, with him being inactive this week.
Since Chris White is injured, I think that Jones would have been active for this game.
I can think of two reasons:
1. Some sort of egregious intolerable behavioral transgression.
2. They need the roster spot.
If (2), then either it is for Siliga or to replace an injured player. Siliga seems unlikely as he just had his first practice so he would unlikely be in football condition. That leaves an injury replacement from the PS (since nobody else would be prepared to play Sun). Guys listed as questionable are: Aiken, Connolly Easley, Fleming, Jones, LaFell, Vereen, C. White. White is the only guy not present at practice. Strictly a special teams player, it would seem strange to me to replace one of the better ST guys (D. Jones) with a lesser player from the PS (unless LB is so thin they need Fleming). Vereen already has plenty of backup on the roster. C Jones has been out for weeks so he has already been replaced. The PS LS was released, so Aiken must be good to go. If LaFell can't go, they have Tyms and Dobson on the roster. That leaves Fleming, Connolly and Easley. Easley was out last week and Moore filled in, so not sure they have a better option, though Walker, Vellano, and Bequette offer DL help. If one of Connolly or Fleming were out, he could be replaced by Cannon, Kline or Devey. If both were out they could need back up, which could come from Barker or, less likely, Hauptman.
Keeping the slot open could be strategic, but I doubt GB would require special preparation for any of the above. Nothing obvious here, but the most likely to me are that either I missed something, Jones was a bad boy, or Siliga makes a surprise return.
