A couple of last minute changes to my 53 with some additional "info" that came out this week. I knew my last one wasn't final but this one is...
QB (3): Jackson, Griffin, McSorley
RB (4): Ingram, Dobbins, Edwards, Hill
WR (6): Brown, Snead, Boykin, Duvernay, Proche, Moore
TE (3): Andrews, Boyle, Ricard
OL (9): Stanley, Bozeman, Skura*, Phillips, Brown, Fluker, Mekari, Bredeson, Powers
DL (6): Campbell, Williams, Wolfe, Madubuike*, Ellis, Washington
OLB (5): Judon, McPhee, Bowser, Ferguson, Ward
ILB (4): Queen, Fort, Harrison, Board
CB (5): Humphrey, Peters, Smith, Young, Averett
S (5): Clark, Elliott, Levine, Stone, Warrior
ST (3): Tucker, Koch, Cox
With Madubuike week-to-week and Skura potentially needing a little more time, both make the original 53 but go to the 3 week IR shortly after. Jordan Richards (vested vet who isn't exposed to waivers) and Jerell Adams (unlikely to be claimed) return to the roster on Tuesday to fill those roster spots.
Ideal PS (pending cleared waivers):
O: QB Huntley, RB Williams, WR Scott, WR Moore, TE Wolf, TE Scarff, OL Colon-Castillo, OL Ehinger, OL Holden
D: DL Crawford, ILB Alaka, ILB Welch, OLB Adeoye, OLB Rivers, CB Nurse, CB Bonds
No luck at the inn:
RB Barner, OLB Willoughby, CB Dorsey, P Townsend, LS Moore
Of note:
I went back with McSorley over Huntley. I just have a hard time buying that Huntley will be claimed on waivers. I don't think McSorley will either, but he at least has some game tape from last year that adds a little more question for me.
With Phillips seemingly winning the RG job and Fluker moving into a super sub role, I have Holden off and Powers back on (2 unintended puns there). I think they'll want to continue to work with Powers as a 4th rounder last year as opposed to a true fringe NFL talent.
Stacking heavy in the secondary for ST reasons but would imagine one of those is the first to go when one of Mads or Skura return from IR. I could also see a scenario where Richards is off the roster until week 2 so they don't have to guarantee his salary for the year.
PS is simply ideal and I don't doubt we'll probably have a couple of outside additions - another DL in particular? Scarff is on temporarily until we know the extent of Wolf's injury.
