Why not 7 WR's on the opening day roster?

[Ring 6]

I just wanted to make sure.

Plus Wallace was not inactive all year.

 

[Ring 6]

7 WRs is as possible as it has been in the past. Despite many saying we'll carry 6 RBs, I just don't see that happening.

We all know much depends on Boutte being traded or not but assuming he's here (and there's no camp injuries) we're looking at the following 7 potentially on the roster"

1. Brown - 78 catches last year
2. Doubs - 55 catches last year
3. Boutte (yes, he's our 3rd best WR) - 33 catches last year
4. Hollins - 46 catches last year
5. Douglas - 31 catches last year
6. Williams - 10 catches last year

Plus one more IF they feel they can't sneak the rest on PS, knowing that we only have so many signed for next year.

People also seem to forget that that's not the limit of our receiving options with Henry accounting for 60 catches and Stevenson and Henderson together 67 catches.

Any others, including Chism, who had 3 catches last year, I expect can safely be put on the PS or get a case of the Foxboro flu to redshirt until next year when contracts are expiring.

I don't get the talk of cutting Mack Hollins at all - that's subtraction by subtraction in the locker room and leadership departments, and 46 catches is nothing to sneeze at, especially if he can be called upon to backup at a thin TE position.

46 catches from a starting WR is not good.
I’ll say again if Mack Hollins is such a great leader and locker room guy why did none of his former teams value that and bring him back. He’s strange and quirky. That isn’t a benefit to a football team.
He’s been on 5 teams in 5 years.

 

[PatsFan2]

Plus Wallace was not inactive all year.

So he was listed active once...I think anybody with a pulse was Active on that day...it's not unique.

 

[Ring 6]

So he was listed active once...I think anybody with a pulse was Active on that day...it's not unique.

4 times actually

 

[PatsFan2]

4 times actually

Stop it!

 

[mgteich]

Folks seem to need to prove that Boutte is better than Hollins. for me, I don't think this is relevant to the Opening Day roster.

If Boutte isn't traded, he will clearly be on the starting roster with Brown. Doubs, Hollins and Williams.

And, sure they could be a 6th, or not.

Has the situation changed in months? Isn't it still Boutte or Douglas, with Chism possibly getting the #6 position (or competing for a PS spot?

 

[Ring 6]

Stop it!

Sorry you were wrong

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Keeping a guy because he might not make it to the practice squad is silly fan talk, not the decision teams actually make. If he isn’t good enough to make your roster legitimately you don’t keep him.

It may not be as common as we think, but we've seen it happen; Belichick literally made a trade to avoid exposing Gunner Olszewski to waivers a few years ago, after he had gotten the call that they were going to release him.

 

[Ring 6]

It may not be as common as we think, but we've seen it happen; Belichick literally made a trade to avoid exposing Gunner Olszewski to waivers a few years ago, after he had gotten the call that they were going to release him.

Not sure that applies, because Gunner made the team and was the primary return man week 1.

 

[Family]

You are doing a whole lot of mental gymnastics

I get that that adjusting to rule changes as the years pile up is a lot for you.

 

[javajunky]

Polk retires. Is the backend of our receiving core running on too much Hopium?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49515016/saints-place-wr-jalynn-polk-24-reserve-retired-list