Too early? Yes, but who would you like to see make the 53?
Mine:
9 DL
Wake
Branch
Hayes
Harris
Suh
Godchaux
Phillips
Fede
V. Taylor
7 LB
Alonso
Hewitt
Hull
Timmons
Allen
Lacey
Maualuga
10 DB
Aikens
N. Allen
R. Jones
M. Thomas
X. Howard
Maxwell
Tankersley
McCain
Verner
M. Smith
*(TJ McDonald will only count on the 53 when he returns)
2 QB
Cutler
Moore
4 RB
Ajayi
Drake
D. Williams
Perry
3 TE
J Thomas
Fasano
Gray
6 WR
Parker
Stills
Landry
Grant
Caroo
Stringfellow
9 OL
Pouncey
Urbik
Steen
Asiata
Bushrod
J. James
Tunsil
J. Davis
E. Smith
*Larsen to IR then returns by mid-season. Sorry, Sam Young.
3 ST
Denney
Darr
Franks
Who would you like to see make the 53?
-
-
Not sure Fede sticks maybe one of the UDFAs or Nick Williams or Okoye to play inside.
McTyer rather than Smith maybe.
After Alonso/Timmons/Hull/Hewitt/Maualuga I'm not sure - Allen looked good in parts and awful on others. Probably be ST ability and hope they never have to fill-in for those five.
Young did himself no favours but maybe we hope Davis or Smith stay on the PS. -
Been working on mine for a while now. Still torn on the Drew Morgan/Demore'ea Stringfellow battle, but I think Morgan will edge out Stringfellow due to his special teams and kick-return abilities. Not to mention, Morgan is a great locker-room character, whereas Stringfellow could be a risk in terms of his maturity.
I also don't think Rey Maualuga is going to make the final roster. If Lawrence Timmons moves to MIKE, Maualuga will be competing with Mike Hull for a depth position. Maualuga is disadvantaged in this battle, both physically and mentally. Hull is entering his 2nd year in the system and is eager for his shot; Maualuga is coming off the street in a 30-year old body with little-to-no understanding of the defense. I would be surprised if he makes it.
QB (2):
Jay Cutler
Matt Moore
RB (4):
Jay Ajayi
Damien Williams
Kenyan Drake
Senorise Perry
WR (6):
Jarvis Landry
DeVante Parker
Kenny Stills
Leonte Carroo
Jakeem Grant
Drew Morgan (R)
TE (3):
Julius Thomas
Anthony Fasano
MarQueis Gray
T (4):
Laremy Tunsil
Ja’Wuan James
Sam Young
Jesse Davis
G (4):
Jermon Bushrod
Isaac Asiata (R)
Anthony Steen
Sean Hickey
C (2):
Mike Pouncey
Kraig Urbik
DE (5):
Cameron Wake
Charles Harris (R)
Andre Branch
William Hayes
Terrence Fede
DT (4):
Ndamukong Suh
Jordan Phillips
Nick Williams
Davon Godchaux (R)
LB (6):
Kiko Alonso
Lawrence Timmons
Trevor Reilly
Neville Hewitt
Mike Hull
Deon Lacey
CB (6):
Byron Maxwell
Xavien Howard
Bobby McCain
Alterraun Verner
Cordrea Tankersley (R)
Lafayette Pitts
S (4):
Reshad Jones
Nate Allen
Michael Thomas
Jordan Lucas
K (1):
Andrew Franks
P (1):
Matt Darr
LS (1):
John Denney
KR (3):
Jakeem Grant
Kenyan Drake
Drew Morgan
PR (3):
Kenyan Drake
Jakeem Grant
Drew Morgan
Returning Mid-Season:
Ted Larsen, G
T.J. McDonald, S
On the Bubble:
Demore’ea Stringfellow, WR
Julius Warmsley, DT
Rey Maualuga, LB
Walt Aikens, DB
A.J. Hendy, S -
"Hull is entering his 2nd year in the system and is eager for his shot; Maualuga is coming off the street in a 30-year old body with little-to-no understanding of the defense."
Not sure the little to no understanding of the defense part is accurate. Maualuga played a couple years in the same defense with the Bengals. So mentally he should be there, physically it sounds like not.Bpk likes this.