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The Injured Four Could Be Kept on PUP, NFI and made DTR on cut day

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We can have 53 players not counting Brown, Bryant, Landry and Schooler.

I don't see any really agonizing cuts this year in any case.

Vrabel could delay the decisions on Bryant and/or Brown by a week if he wishes by putting them in the 53 and then deciding whether he thinks they need to be out for 4 weeks. Hopefully, they are both almost ready to come back and therefore will be on the 53.

One option at OT is too have Conley on the PS and elevate him for at least one game, giving Brown and Bryant until September 20th.
 
We can have 53 players not counting Brown, Bryant, Landry and Schooler.

I don't see any really agonizing cuts this year in any case.

Vrabel could delay the decisions on Bryant and/or Brown by a week if he wishes by putting them in the 53 and then deciding whether he thinks they need to be out for 4 weeks. Hopefully, they are both almost ready to come back and therefore will be on the 53.

One option at OT is too have Conley on the PS and elevate him for at least one game, giving Brown and Bryant until September 20th.
Has anybody heard anything about how Brown and Bryant really are?

Or are we all just guessing and projecting the net sum of our fears and hopes?
 
Has anybody heard anything about how Brown and Bryant really are?

Or are we all just guessing and projecting the net sum of our fears and hopes?
We haven't heard anything about Brown since the injury. The fact that he wasn't immediately IRed and gone for the season is good news. At worst, I expect him IRed at Cut-Downs.


There have been zero updates on Bryant's ankle injury. I don't believe he spoke to the media after the game. Which is usually indicative of a decent injury. The fact he wasn't immediately IRed says that the Pats figure him to be back.

So, it's a fairly accurate assumption that Bryant will hit the In-Season IR and will get DTRed when he's ready.. Brown may or may not get IRed depending on how he's doing. If he's not, then the Pats will likely carry Campbell, Moses, Lomu, and Crownover. for the OTs. They'll carry AVT, Wilson, Onwenu, Van Roten and either Rizy or Hudson. Rizy acutally gives them more depth because he plays all 5 positions during his college career, but he'll likely be focused on C/G Especially with Van Roten in front of him who also can kick out to T in an emergency and has done so.

According to Vrabes, there is an outside change that both Landry and Schooler could be activated by Cutdowns. I figure they both will move to the respective Reserve Lists for PUP/NFI.
 
We haven't heard anything about Brown since the injury. The fact that he wasn't immediately IRed and gone for the season is good news. At worst, I expect him IRed at Cut-Downs.


There have been zero updates on Bryant's ankle injury. I don't believe he spoke to the media after the game. Which is usually indicative of a decent injury. The fact he wasn't immediately IRed says that the Pats figure him to be back.

So, it's a fairly accurate assumption that Bryant will hit the In-Season IR and will get DTRed when he's ready.. Brown may or may not get IRed depending on how he's doing. If he's not, then the Pats will likely carry Campbell, Moses, Lomu, and Crownover. for the OTs. They'll carry AVT, Wilson, Onwenu, Van Roten and either Rizy or Hudson. Rizy acutally gives them more depth because he plays all 5 positions during his college career, but he'll likely be focused on C/G Especially with Van Roten in front of him who also can kick out to T in an emergency and has done so.

According to Vrabes, there is an outside change that both Landry and Schooler could be activated by Cutdowns. I figure they both will move to the respective Reserve Lists for PUP/NFI.
Thanks.

If I’m correct Brown and Bryant can be put on IR-DTR on cutdown day without having to go to the 53 man roster and use a slot before going to in-season IR.

And I’m pretty sure if Schooler or Landry are activated they will use a roster slot. I guess if they were activated before cutdown day they’d also be eligible to go to preseason IR-DTR without going to the 53. That might get them active sooner than if they were still on PUP/NFI on cutdown day but I’m not sure of that.
 
Thanks.

If I’m correct Brown and Bryant can be put on IR-DTR on cutdown day without having to go to the 53 man roster and use a slot before going to in-season IR.

And I’m pretty sure if Schooler or Landry are activated they will use a roster slot. I guess if they were activated before cutdown day they’d also be eligible to go to preseason IR-DTR without going to the 53. That might get them active sooner than if they were still on PUP/NFI on cutdown day but I’m not sure of that.
I believe the time lost is 4 weeks for IR-DTE, PUP or NFI.
 
I am just glad Crownover showed up last night and we got to see his development. I don't think we can afford to cut him so your plan works. If Crownover puts on 15-20 lbs of muscle by year 2-3, he is going to be incredibly nasty. He is already 6"7/319 which looks light for his frame.
 
We can have 53 players not counting Brown, Bryant, Landry and Schooler.

I don't see any really agonizing cuts this year in any case.

Vrabel could delay the decisions on Bryant and/or Brown by a week if he wishes by putting them in the 53 and then deciding whether he thinks they need to be out for 4 weeks. Hopefully, they are both almost ready to come back and therefore will be on the 53.

One option at OT is too have Conley on the PS and elevate him for at least one game, giving Brown and Bryant until September 20th.
Based on the rules as I read them Landry and Schooler can be placed on the PUP without wasting a roster spot because they never practiced or played in preseason. Teams also have two available designations for IR-to-return so they don't have to use a roster spot on cutdown day for Brown or Bryant.

Based on this they should be okay as far as cutdown day.
 
There's lots and lots of room for upgrades. I quickly did a roster that included all 4 injured on the 53 and virtually all the questionable players.
 
Another player worth mentioning is Baringer, if he is significantly injured, but he would just be replaced by Haack if so, so there is no real net gain/loss outside of possibly burning an IR-DTR slot.
 
Bedard said this week that he thinks Landry is close. Probably won't play week one, but could be back in the line up by week 2 or 3. So I doubt he starts the season on PUP or IR designated to return.
 
We can have 53 players not counting Brown, Bryant, Landry and Schooler.

I don't see any really agonizing cuts this year in any case.

Vrabel could delay the decisions on Bryant and/or Brown by a week if he wishes by putting them in the 53 and then deciding whether he thinks they need to be out for 4 weeks. Hopefully, they are both almost ready to come back and therefore will be on the 53.

One option at OT is too have Conley on the PS and elevate him for at least one game, giving Brown and Bryant until September 20th.
for me, the difficulty is deciding ready to play week 1 vs developmental potential.
Will Prunty be the better player this year more so than Woods or Dial?
Will Crownover be the better player this year more so than Hudson?
If 2 of Chism, DeGennaro and Dixon can get to the PS, does the team need to carry 6 WR's?
 
Thanks.

If I’m correct Brown and Bryant can be put on IR-DTR on cutdown day without having to go to the 53 man roster and use a slot before going to in-season IR.

And I’m pretty sure if Schooler or Landry are activated they will use a roster slot. I guess if they were activated before cutdown day they’d also be eligible to go to preseason IR-DTR without going to the 53. That might get them active sooner than if they were still on PUP/NFI on cutdown day but I’m not sure of that.
Teams are only allowed to use two DTRs on cutdown day.
 
for me, the difficulty is deciding ready to play week 1 vs developmental potential.
Will Prunty be the better player this year more so than Woods or Dial?
Will Crownover be the better player this year more so than Hudson?
If 2 of Chism, DeGennaro and Dixon can get to the PS, does the team need to carry 6 WR's?
Chism is a Lock!
 
Teams are only allowed to use two DTRs on cutdown day.
I think that we have plenty of room to look at upgrades without losing anyone that we HAVE to keep

This 54 man roster includes
Haack
Morton
only 2 TE's
Chism
Crownover
Obiazor
Swinson
Woods
all 5 injured players (if two are on not on the 53, that allows us to add Arkin)
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QB (3) Drake Maye, Tommy DeVito, Behren Morton
RB (4) Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson, Reggie Gilliam, Jam Miller
TE (2) Hunter Henry, Eli Raridon
WR (6) A.J. Brown, Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams, DeMario Douglas, Efton Chism III
C (2) Jared Wilson, Ben Brown
G (3) Mike Onwenu, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Greg Van Roten
T (5) Will Campbell, Morgan Moses, Caleb Lomu, Marcus Bryant, Dametrious Crownover
DE (1) Dre’Mont Jones
DT (5) Christian Barmore, Milton Williams, Cory Durden, Joshua Farmer, Leonard Taylor III
ILB (4) Robert Spillane, Christian Elliss, K.J. Britt, Namdi Obiazor
OLB (4) Harold Landry, Gabe Jacas, Elijah Ponder, Bradyn Swinson
CB (6) Christian Gonzalez, Carlton Davis, Marcus Jones, Kindle Vildor, Karon Prunty, Charles Woods
SS (1) Dell Pettus
FS (3) Kevin Byard, Craig Woodson, Jaylen Reed
ST (5) Brenden Schooler, Andy Borregales, Julian Ashby, Matt Haack, Bryce Baringer

Total Players: 54

Created with PatsPicker at PatsFans.com
 
I think that we have plenty of room to look at upgrades without losing anyone that we HAVE to keep

This 54 man roster includes
Haack
Morton
only 2 TE's
Chism
Crownover
Obiazor
Swinson
Woods
all 5 injured players (if two are on not on the 53, that allows us to add Arkin)
=============
QB (3) Drake Maye, Tommy DeVito, Behren Morton
RB (4) Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson, Reggie Gilliam, Jam Miller
TE (2) Hunter Henry, Eli Raridon
WR (6) A.J. Brown, Romeo Doubs, Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams, DeMario Douglas, Efton Chism III
C (2) Jared Wilson, Ben Brown
G (3) Mike Onwenu, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Greg Van Roten
T (5) Will Campbell, Morgan Moses, Caleb Lomu, Marcus Bryant, Dametrious Crownover
DE (1) Dre’Mont Jones
DT (5) Christian Barmore, Milton Williams, Cory Durden, Joshua Farmer, Leonard Taylor III
ILB (4) Robert Spillane, Christian Elliss, K.J. Britt, Namdi Obiazor
OLB (4) Harold Landry, Gabe Jacas, Elijah Ponder, Bradyn Swinson
CB (6) Christian Gonzalez, Carlton Davis, Marcus Jones, Kindle Vildor, Karon Prunty, Charles Woods
SS (1) Dell Pettus
FS (3) Kevin Byard, Craig Woodson, Jaylen Reed
ST (5) Brenden Schooler, Andy Borregales, Julian Ashby, Matt Haack, Bryce Baringer

Total Players: 54

Created with PatsPicker at PatsFans.com
Doubt they will carry both of Haack and Baringer. Baringer will go on IR for them to keep Haack. Of course if they don't want to burn one of their "cutdown day" IR-DTR slots on him, they could carry two punters for a day, and then send him to IR after a day.
 
Doubt they will carry both of Haack and Baringer. Baringer will go on IR for them to keep Haack. Of course if they don't want to burn one of their "cutdown day" IR-DTR slots on him, they could carry two punters for a day, and then send him to IR after a day.
If we need to put more than 1 player on IR, one can wait until the day after the cut.

If Baringer is expected to back in a game or two, we might carry 2 punters, but perhaps Haack is OK for 4 weeks in any case.
 
Doubt they will carry both of Haack and Baringer. Baringer will go on IR for them to keep Haack. Of course if they don't want to burn one of their "cutdown day" IR-DTR slots on him, they could carry two punters for a day, and then send him to IR after a day.
One of my goals was to demonstrate how easy it is to include all but the most marginal players on the 53.
 

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