Well, we each have our opinions on this.
Whether Mays ever becomes more than a Special Teams Ace is for the future to decide, but I'm not surprised by any of the moves. I had James as one of two options to cut to activate Asante (Baker was the other) since he does have the option to decline other team's offers if BB has told him he'll be back...I'd certainly want to come back to a SB contender if there was a reasonable chance. I expected Thomas to be called up given Wright's knee is still gimpy - I still expect Kareem Brown to be inactive, so that gives BB Smith and Thomas behind the starting threesome. A pretty solid top five DL for the Jest game. If Brown is activated I'd expect to see him in the wedge or on coverage units vice the DL.
The James move actually speaks more to Geno's health and the depth at S. Sanders in place of Rodney and the other three starters from last year is a solid starting secondary...Meriweather reportedly looked better at Nickelback then CB, so between Blue and Brandon you have Nickel/CB depth covered. Add both to Mitchell and Andrews and S is very deep.
On STs: Izzo, Woods, Mays, Mitchell, Andrews, Gay, Meriweather, Morris and Evans become your core men...which leaves room for a punter or kicker and one WR/OL/DL depending on blocking or coverage needs. Good potential there.
I anticipate James and Rivers spending an up and down spell on the roster until injuries start shaking things out a bit more.
