at the moment this is what im struggling with
Eli Wolf vs Charles Scarff but one of them will make it because we will be keeping 3 TEs
which means that im really struggling with the final 2 spots (as I have them) on the 53 - those 2 spots will come from a combination of these players
it would be a lot easier if i didnt basically consider chris moore a lock because of special teams
QB 3 (Huntley or McSorely)
OL 9 (not even really sure who would be OL 9... maybe bredeson...? Fluker as a dark horse idk)
DL 7 (Justin Ellis or Broderick Washington I think - 1 of them definitely makes it - DL 7 is just about whether they both do...)
LB 5 (Otaro Alaka)
DB 12 (Anthony Averett I think)
only 2 of those positions get those players
at the moment im really struggling
I have Averett missing out, Alaka missing out, all 9 OL staying in, Washington making it but not Ellis and Huntley over McSorely
and that still gets me to 54 and i have no idea where to find that final cut
I've got 42 absolute locks to make the roster and another 7 guys i think are basically locks but then also im confident that at TE and QB we keep 3 which gets us to 51...
i dont have chris moore as a lock but he feels like a lock (for special teams) which gets us to 52 with no ellis, no jordan richards (who also feels like a lock for special teams too) and no chris board (and only 3 LBs total without him)
this year is a major conundrum to work out the back end of the roster but i guess that speaks to the strength of the roster more generally
There's definitely going to be one or two really tough decisions to be made if everyone stays healthy.
QB (3): Jackson, Griffin, McSorley/Huntley
RB (5): Ingram, Dobbins, Edwards, Hill, Ricard (FB)
WR (6): Brown, Snead, Boykin, Duvernay, Proche, Moore
TE (3): Andrews, Boyle, Scarff/Wolf
OL (9): Stanley, Bozeman, Skura, Fluker, Brown, Phillips, Powers, Bredeson, Mekari
DL (6): Campbell, Williams, Wolfe, Madubuike, Ellis, Washington
ILB (4): Queen, Fort, Harrison, Alaka/Board
OLB (5): Judon, Ferguson, McPhee, Bowser, Ward
CB (5): Humphrey, Peters, Smith, Young, Marshall/Averett
S (5): Thomas, Clark, Levine, Elliott, Stone
ST (3): Tucker, Koch, Cox
Like you, I'm at 54 and that's including a couple of tough cuts already.
I guess you could go with 2 TEs with Ricard as more of an inline blocker. Although I doubt it, Hill could be a surprise cut. Does one of Washington or Ellis struggle to make it knowing Ricard, McPhee, and Ward will all play with their hands in the dirt on occasion? Moore is on as a prime STer but not a lock. 9 OL is virtually guaranteed with the new 8 active rule. Is ILB a spot we could go with only 3?
So many questions here, and this is still leaving out some guys that I don't think are firmly on the outs either (Jordan Richards, Trystan Colon-Castillo, Parker Ehinger, Kenjon Barner just to name a few that could factor in as well).