Jake Allen Released

[Partial]

Who they gonna sign?

[SkinBasket]

My sources say Vernand Morency.

[Freak Out]

My sources say Vernand Morency.

Well we missed our chance for Atlas so why not.

[Fritz]

Who they gonna sign?

Ghostbusters!

[sharpe1027]

I am still waiting for my phone to ring. It shouldn't be long now.

[mission]

I am still waiting for my phone to ring. It shouldn't be long now.

Sterling?

[sharpe1027]

I am still waiting for my phone to ring. It shouldn't be long now.

Sterling?

Anyone know if insurance collected for a career ending injury needs to be repaid if a player returns 15 years later? Hypothetically speaking that is.

[mission]

I am still waiting for my phone to ring. It shouldn't be long now.

Sterling?

Anyone know if insurance collected for a career ending injury needs to be repaid if a player returns 15 years later? Hypothetically speaking that is.

I *knew* it was you!!!!

[Brandon494]

Hopefully someone who can return kicks.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I heard a rumor that Andy Brodell passed his physical. So...?

[sharpe1027]

Hopefully someone who can return kicks.

Sorry, but that is not my thing. That phone call should be any second now.

[Lurker64]

Re: Jake Allen Released

Who they gonna sign?

Probably not a WR, since we have 5 on the roster (Ealy, Driver, James, Jennings, Nelson), Nelson is back playing, and Finley looks to return this week. That's enough guys who can catch the ball.

My guess is that we might try to sign an OL off of somebody else's PS (I would have grabbed Lydon Murtha from Detroit, but the Dolphins already did that), as we have no OL on our PS and though we have eight OL on our roster, both Clifton and Tauscher are unreliable due to age and injuries, and the OL really needs help. I'll have to look at the PSs of other NFL teams to see if there's anybody who might be able to help. I could also see maybe a safety from somebody else's PS.

[Lurker64]

Since I went to the trouble to look this up for myself, I figure I would just post it to see if anybody had any opinions.

Here are the current practice squad rosters for all NFL teams:
RAVENS
Davon Drew (TE), Justin Harper (WR), Bryan Mattison (G/T), Marcus Paschal (CB), Joe Reitz (OT), Eron Riley (WR), Stefan Rodgers (OT), William VanDeSteeg (DE/OLB).

BENGALS
Darius Hill (TE), Geoffrey Pope (CB), Brannon Condren (S), James Johnson (RB), Clinton McDonald (DE), Freddie Brown (WR), Jason Shirley (DT), Rico Murray (CB).

BROWNS
Thomas Brown (RB), Titus Brown (LB), Alex Field (DL), Corey Hilliard (OL), Evan Moore (TE), Pat Murray (OL), James Robinson (WR), Brian Schafering (DL).

STEELERS
Eugene Bright (TE), Cutis Gatewood (LB), Tyler Grisham (WR), Tuff Harris (S), Steve McLendon (DT), Isaac Redman (RB), A.Q. Shipley (C), Justin Vincent (RB).

BEARS
Johan Asiata (G), Brett Basanez (QB), Kahlil Bell (RB), James Marten (OT), Donovan Raola (C), DeAngelo Smith (CB), Will Ta'ufo'ou (FB), Woodny Turenne (CB).

LIONS
Dan Gronkowski (TE), Dan Gerberry (C), Robert Henderson (DE), Cedric Peerman (RB), Jahi Word-Daniels (CB), Kole Heckendorf (WR) Eric Fowler (WR), Danny Lansanah (LB).

PACKERS
Brian Brohm (QB), Patrick Williams (WR), Kregg Lumpkin (RB), Trevor Ford (CB), Cyril Obiozor (LB), Stanley Daniels (G), Anthony Toribio (NT), Ronald Talley (DE).

VIKINGS
Colt Anderson (DB), Chris Clark (OT), Seppo Evwaraye (G), Alex Guerrero (DT), Ian Johnson (RB), Tremaine Johnson (DT), Garret Mills (TE), Vinny Perretta (WR)

TEXANS
Darnell Bing (LB), Andrew Crummey (OL), Brett Helms (C), Chris Henry (RB).Adam Stenavich (OT).

COLTS
Ervin Baldwin (DE), Sam Giguere (WR), Devon Hall (DB), Terrall Lambert (DB), John Matthews (WR), Taj Smith (WR), Jamie Thomas (OG).

JAGUARS
Richard Bartel (QB), BRock Bolen (FB), Kennard Cox (WR), Jeremy Navarre (DE), Cecil Newton (C), Zach Potter (TE), Cameron Stephenson (G), Nate Swift (WR).

TITANS
Eric Bakhtiari (LB), John David Booty (QB), Ryan Durand (QB), Mike Rivera (LB), Nick Schommer (S), Cary Williams (CB), Paul Williams (WR).

FALCONS
Troy Bergeron (WR), Eric Brock (S), Rob Bruggerman (OL), Jeremy Clark (DT), Robert James (LB), Maurice Lucas (DE), Antoine Smith (RB), Jose Valdez (OG).

PANTHERS
DeCori Birmingham (RB), Eddie Canonico (DB), Hunter Cantwell (QB), Dustin Fry (C), Mortty Ivy (LB), Dexter Jackson (WR), Charly Martin (WR), Jason Poclask (TE), Shaun Smith (LB), Marcus Walker (CB).

SAINTS
Adrian Arrington (WR), Aaron Brown (WR), Herb Donaldson (RB), Tim Duckworth (G), Renardo Foster (T), Marcus Green (DT), Earl Heyman (DT), Tyler Lorenzen (TE), Jeremy Parnell (DT), Mark Parson (DB), Brandon Villareal (DT).

BUCCANEERS
Brandon Anderson (CB), Emanuel Cook (S), Marc Dile (OL), Maurice Evans (DE), Kareem Huggins (RB), Ryan Purvis (TE), Lee Robinson (LB), Mario Urrutia (WR).

BILLS
Bruce Hall (RB), Cary Harris (DB), C.J. Hawthorne (WR), Nick Hennessey (T), Felton Huggins (WR), Corey Mace (DT), Andre Ramsey (T), Anthony Waters (LB), Daniel Watts (DE).

DOLPHINS
Ryan Baker (DE), Will Billingsley (CB), Tristan Davis (RB), J.D. Folsom (LB), Lee Gray (T), Andrew Hartline (G), John Naibone (TE), Nate Ness (DB), Julius Pruitt (WR), Jacoby Watkins (DB).

PATRIOTS
Titus Adams (DT), Kyle Bissinger (LB), Bruce Davis (LB), Terrence Nunn (WR), James Patrick (CB), Darryl Richard (DT), Wendell Ryan (G), Gemara Williams (CB).

JETS
Jehuu Caulcrick (RB), Kenwin Cummings (LB), Jason Davis (RB), Keith Fitzhugh (DB), ANtonio Garay (DE), Marcus Henry (WR), Ryan Keenan (G), Matt Kroul (DT), Iiro Luoto (TE), Ryan McKee (T), Mathew Mulligan (TE).

COWBOYS
Travis Bright (G), Rudy Carpenter (QB), Scott Chandler (TE), Marcus Dixon (DE), Jesse Holley (WR), Manuel Johnson (WR), Keylon Kincade (RB), Jamar Love (DB), Chauncey Washington (RB).

GIANTS
Vince Anderson (CB), Jacob Bender (T), Rhett Bomar (QB), Nehemiah Broughton (RB), Michael Coe (DB), Fred Gibson (WR), Jonny Harline (TE), Dwayne Hendricks (DT), Bear Pascoe (TE), Sha'reff Rashad (S).

EAGLES
Franklin Dunbar (OT), Tala Esera (G), Paul Fanaika (G), Reshard Langford (DB), Marcus Mailei (FB), Jordan Norwood (WR), Dallas Reynolds (C), Martin Rucker (TE), Stoney Woodson (CB).

REDSKINS
Brandon Archer (LB), Anthony Armstrong (WR), Alvin Bowen (LB), Rob Jackson (DE), Clint Oldenburg (T), William Robinson (T), J.D. Skolnitsky (DE), Andre Woodson (QB).

BRONCOS
Steve Baylark (RB), Marquez Branson (TE), Tony Carter (CB), Mitch Erickson (G), Greg Eslinger (C), Braxton Kelley (LB), Rashod Moulton (DB), Manuel Padilla (LB), Carlton Powerll (DT), Matt Willis (WR).

CHIEFS
Jackie Bates (DB), Aden Durde (LB), Dion Gales (DT), Bobby Greenwood (DT), Darryl Harris (G), Quinten Lawrence (WR), Ricky Price (DB), Javarris Williams (RB).

RAIDERS
Shaun Bodiford (WR), Jerome Boyd (S), Robert Felton (G), Greyson Gunheim (DE), D.J. Hall (WR), Paul Hubbard (WR), Mauricio Lopez (DT), David Nixon (LB), Slade Norris (LB), Marcel Reece (RB), Roy Scheuning (G), Quinton Smith (RB).

CHARGERS
Gary Banks (WR), Darry Beckwith (ILB), Jason Brisbane (LB), Ricky Bryant (WR), Simeon Castille (DB), Corey Clark (T), Andre Coleman (DE), Billy Latsko (RB), Jeremy Leman (LB), Marco Thomas (WR), Joe Toledo (T).

CARDINALS
Rashad Barksdale (DB), Trevor Canfield (G), Eduardo Castaneda (LB), Jed Collins (RB), Diamond Ferri (RB), Ed Gant (WR), Chris Harrington (LB), Antoine Holmes (DT), Isaac Keys (LB), Enoka Lewis (C), Kelly Poppinga (LB), Brandon Renkart (LB).

49ERS
Kirk Barton (T), Alex Boone (T), Martall Burnett (DE), Steve Dildine (LB), Sean Estrada (G), J.J. Finley (TE), Keon Lattimore (RB), Britt Miller (LB), Khalif Mitchel (DT), Ramiro Pruneda (T), Russell Rabe (LB), Carl Stewart (FB), Dominique Zeigler (WR).

SEAHAWKS
Na'Shan Goddard (T), Mike Hass (WR), Anthony Heygood (LB), Michael Jones (WR), Devin Moore (RB), Erik Robertson (G), Thatcher Szalay (G), Kyle Williams (T), Trae Williams (CB), DeAngelo Willingham (DB).

RAMS
Chris Bradwell (DT), Marcus Brown (CB), Eric Butler (TE), Matt Caddell (WR), Larry Edwards (LB), Jay Moore (DE), Chris Ogbonnaya (RB), Cord Parks (DB), Sebastien Sejean (DB), Sean Walker (WR), John David Washington (RB), Eric Young (T).

[Lurker64]

Looking through that (very long) list above, I'd have to say my two favorite prospects (though I haven't scouted these guys recently) would be Cedric Peerman (the speedy RB out of Virginia) or Alex Boone (the troubled OT out of Ohio State).

Peerman would offer the "speed back, threat to break it every time he gets in the open field" that we currently lack from our three, mostly indistinguishable, running backs. But I don't know if we'd want 7 people on the roster between RB and FB.

Boone has the talent to be a top LT, and was once on a trajectory to be one of the top picks in the draft, but then developed some serious problems with alcoholism and his play and his draft stock suffered precipitously. He's not what we would call "Packer People" but he could be great, Thompson has looked to give guys a second chance before (e.g. Koren Robinson), and Wisconsin probably has enough AA meetings to keep him afloat.

[Smidgeon]

Wisconsin probably has enough AA meetings to keep him afloat.

Wisconsin also has enough alcohol to keep him afloat. Get it? Float? In a liquid? And alcohol's a liquid? Ha! I kill me.