53 man roster prediction
 

Anyone done one of these yet? Seems like it might be a tough one to flesh out this year.

Ill post one tonight.

When is cut day?

Tuesday

QB's (2) - Jones, Richardson (I would cut Leonard, as i don't believe any other teams will pick him up, he will make the practice squad).

RB's (3) - Taylor, Giddens, Goodson

WR's (6) - Pittman, Pierce, Downs, Mitchell, Dulin, Gould,

TE's (5) Warren, Alie-Cox, Ogletree, Mallory, Woods (Woods is a better player than Leonard, and i don't want to cut him and lose him to another team, injuries are bound to happen)

Oline (10)- Raimann, Nelson, Bortolini, Goncalves, Smith, Travis, Tucker, Pinter, Tenuta

DE's (5)- Latu, Paye, Ebukam, Tuimoloau, Land (I think Tyquan Lewis could be a surprise cut)

DT's (5)- Buckner, Stewart, Gallimore, Johnson, Adebawore

LB's (4)- Franklin, McGrone, Bachie, Carlies

S (4)- Bynum, Cross, Thomas, Scott

CB's (6)- Ward, Howard, Moore, Jones, Brents, Womack (Brents and Womack could be usurped by any of Edwards, Johnson or Lammons)

ST's (3)- Schrader, Sanchez, Rhodes

Practice Squad
1. QB Leonard
2.RB Bentley
3.WR Coleman Owen (he looked really good in preseason and i think could be an excellent player)
4.WR Treadwell
5.G Sills
6. T Foerner
7. TE McKeon
8. RB Herbert
9. DE Nchami
10. DT Tupou
11. DT Tim Smith
12. CB Edwards (Edwards, Johnson and Lammons have all looked very good in preseason)
13. CB Johnson
14. CB Lammons
15. LB Ajiaka
16. LB Olubi

This year i feel comfortable with a lot of the guys on the practice squad being capable of actually playing regular season games if needed. Especially at receiver, CB, and RB. I can see we might try to pick up an offensive lineman, LBer and Safety on the waiver wire.

Offense

QB: Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson, Riley Leonard
Maybe the weakest group in the NFL, if Jones doesn't play well.

RB: Jonathan Taylor, Tyler Goodsen, DJ Giddens
Goodsen over over Giddens at #2, based on experience. It won't stay that way for long.

TE: Tyler Warren, Mo Allie Cox, Will Mallory, Drew Ogletree
I expect Warren to become the face of the franchise. The others...meh.

IOL: Quentin Nelson, Tanor Bortolini, Matt Gonclves, Danny Pinter, Dalton Tucker
Must add veteran depth.

OT: Bernhard Raimann, Braden Smith, Jalen Travis, Luke Tenuta
Must add veteran depth, although Goncalves could move to OT, if we had a veteran guard.

WR: Michael Pittman, Alec Pierce, Josh Downs, Adonai Mitchell, Ashton Dulin, Anthony Gould
Nothing much to say hear. A good to very good group, if AD Mitchell mans up and gets his head
out of his ass. Do not throw AD slants or crossing routes, it will not end up good.

Defense

IDL: Deforest Buckner, Grover Stewart, Neville Gallimore, Eric Johnson, Adetomiwa Adebawore
As long as Gallimore is better than the shit we've had in the past this unit will perform well.

Edge: Kwity Paye, Laiatu Latu, Samson Ebukam, Tyquan Lewis,, JT Tuimoloau
Latu is the key. Can he be great?


LB: Zaire Franklin, Jaylon Carlies, Joe Bachie, Cameron Mcgrone, Austin Ajiake
Anurumo doesn't emphasixe LB's, so I'm fine with this group.


CB: Charvarius Ward, Jaylon Jones, Kenny Moore, Xavien Howard, Samuel Womack, Juju Brents
Much better group than last season, provided they stay healthy.

SAF: Nick Cross, Cam Bynum, Rodney Thomas, Daniel Scott
Same here. Much better group than last season, provided they stay healthy.

ST: Spencer Schrader, Rigoberto Sanchez, Luke Rhode
Not much to say. Schrader>than Gay and cheaper too.

I think this is going to be close to accurate and I appreciate the post....but I disagree about Leonard, if he is cut, someone will take him. There has to be a way to keep both he and Woods!

QB
1) Daniel Jones
2) Anthony Richardson
3) Riley Leonard

RB
4) Jonathan Taylor
5) D.J. Giddens
6) Tyler Goodson
7) Khalil Herbert

WR
8) Michael Pittman Jr.
9) Josh Downs
10) Alec Pierce
11) Adonai Mitchell
12) Anthony Gould
13) Ashton Dulin

TE
14) Tyler Warren
15) Mo Alie-Cox
16) Drew Ogletree
17) Jelani Woods

OL
18) Bernhard Raimann
19) Quenton Nelson
20) Tanor Bortolini
21) Matt Goncalves
22) Braden Smith
23) Jalen Travis
24) Dalton Tucker
25) Matt Goncalves
26) Luke Tenuta

DL
27) DeForest Buckner
28) Laiatu Latu
29) Grover Stewart
30) J.T. Tuimoloau
31) Samson Ebukam
32) Kwity Paye
33) Adetomiwa Abedawore
34) Neville Gallimore
35) Tyquan Lewis
36) Eric Johnson II

LB
37) Zaire Franklin
38) Jaylon Carlies
39) Joe Bachie
40) Segun Olubi

CB
41) Charvarius Ward
42) Kenny Moore II
43) Xavier Howard
44) Jaylon Jones
45) Samuel Womack III
46) JuJu Brents

S
47) Camryn Bynum
48) Nick Cross
49) Daniel Scott
50) Rodney Thomas II

ST
51) Spencer Shrader
52) Rigoberto Sanchez
53) Luke Rhodes

Practice Squad:
QB Jason Bean
RB Ulysses Bentley IV
WR Laquon Treadwell
WR D.J. Montgomery
WR Coleman Owen
TE Will Mallory
OG Josh Sills
DE Isaiah Land
DT Tim Smith
LB Cameron McGrone
CB Jonathan Edwards
S Trey Washington

You have Goncalves on your list twice.

Personally I don't see any way that Land, or Mallory would make it through waiver claims.

I can see other teams possibly wanting Leonard on their practice squads. But they would have to elevate him to their 53 man roster and keep him there for at least 3 weeks i believe. I am not sure many teams see him as that sort of development project, otherwise they would have drafted him to begin with. Of course i could be wrong, but i am more willing to bet that Leonard gets to our practice squad than either Mallory, Woods or Land. I also think that all three of those guys are ultimately actually more likely to give some production this year and going forward than Leonard is.

You make some solid points, I agree Woods would definitely not clear waivers, and Mallory would likely get picked up as well! I’m hoping we keep them all, Leonard probably would be the least risk, but I still think somebody might grab him.

I agree w/ a lot of what you guys are saying. I do think chances are slim to none that we release Leonard. We kept Ehlinger around for 4 years, and Leonard has shown more potential that Ehlinger did.

I also agree that Mallory and Woods will definitely not survive the waiver wire, and Land might not as well. In order to keep both Mallory and Woods we'll have to either make some tough cuts or get creative. Same goes w/ Land. Here's a couple of ideas I have:

Release Tenuta then either sign him to the PS if he clears waivers or just outright re-sign him and place someone like Carlies, Ebukam, or Goodson on IR and designate them to return after they're healthy (Goodson will be tough to do unless we keep Herbert or Bentley). We'll need to open a roster spot when said IR player gets healthy, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it.

Release Johnson II knowing that either him or Smith is likely to make it to our PS. Could also re-sign Johnson after putting someone on IR as stated above. Ade Ade could be a candidate for this as well.

Also, I think Edwards makes the team as our 6th CB over Womack.

Edit: Just now read that there was a rules change in 2024 that allows teams to place up to 2 players on IR designated to return on cutdown day. I totally missed seeing that. Anyway, it makes things easier to keep both Mallory and Woods, Land, etc. by placing someone like Carlies on IR tomorrow.

I am guessing the 6th CB role now goes to Mekhi Blackmon.

The Colts just picked him up from the Vikings for a 6th Round draft pick.

He missed last season due to an ACL injury.

Yeah, just saw that. Guessing both Edwards and Womack are gone now. Maybe Edwards clears waivers and makes it to the PS.

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That's OK ...... Ballard might do the same thing when he finalizes the roster.

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A list of Cuts I've seen that happened ahead of the deadline, nothing particular of note in this list, all were long shots to make it

DT Devonta Davis
LB Solomon DeShields
CB Alex Johnson
LN Joseph Vaughn
DE Desmond Little
RB Nate Noel
TE Max Mang
WR Blayne Taylor

Holy smokes Jelani Woods is cut.

Also Austin Ajiake

Not too surprising I guess considering Woods was #5 on the depth chart. Was thinking that w/ Carlies going to the IR that might open up a temporary spot to keep Woods, but I guess not.

Here's to hoping he clears waivers and we sign him to the PS, but I really doubt that'll happen.

Woods played throughout the 4th quarter in all the preseason games.

That’s the least surprising cut they’ll make.

And to be honest, he’s kind of redundant with Warren around.

Also Wesley French gone, I thought he did OK a couple years ago but I guess this was no surprise.

No Fries, no French. How it has to be.

I don't know Lloyd, the French are assholes.

Colts are waiving CB JuJu Brents.

I’m mildly surprised by that but he’s in the same boat as Jelani Woods. Just cannot stay healthy.

Can’t make the club from the tub.

Can’t rely on guys like that.. taking opportunities away from others and fuckin up chemistry with the in and out of the game shit

Surprised about Brents, but I suppose the FO liked Edwards more at this point.

If AR doesn't turn it around do we consider '23 a horrible draft and possibly Ballard's worst? 2 years later out of 12 picks we have a really good slot WR, an ok CB, a backup QB, and 3 JAG depth guys left on the roster which includes Freeland.

I saw where Darius Rush was waived today. Remember the hype on that guy?