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Players and battles to watch:
Yosh Nijman: With a solid game vs starters he will be on the team. Maybe even with an average game. Kelly was a good signing but has been hurt and not spectacular when healthy from what I have heard. Jenkins permanent move to tackle changes some dynamics and Yosh's emergence could make Kelly expendable. The team could really benefit if Yosh is a player.
Taylor vs. Winfree: Sorry tex, the writing is on the wall for St. Brown. One of these 2 is the 6th WR and it could come down to this game. Taylor has the edge with experience in the system and ST ability, but a big game from Winfree could changed he dynamic. Darkhorse: Begelton has done nothing to make the team want to cut him, but having Cobb and Amari in the slot leaves little room for him on the 53. They will want to keep him around on the squad.
Patrick vs. Runyan vs. Newman: It honestly seems as if Newman has already locked up a spot, but MiLF doesn't want to give a rookie too much praise just yet. I'm leaning towards Runyan right now so Patrick can continue to work at C and G. Thats not fair to Patrick, but if its pretty equal you have to consider such things. If you give it to Patrick his work as a C gets really limited.
Heflin vs. Lancaster vs. Previlon: 4 spots are locked in. Will they keep 6? I would expect them to keep only 5 and try to sneak one onto the squad. Lancaster is most likely to get signed to another teams 53 and that actually gives him the edge. But if they team feels good about the other 2 they might just cut bait on Lancaster and honestly it could go either way with the other 2. If one of them has a standout game (or if one of them has a crappy game) this game will decide things. However if they both fail to impress it could be another year of rolling with Tyler.
LB is set at the top 3 both ILB and OLB. The backup battles leave me uninspired. Would like to see Galeai bend an edge just so we have someone with that skill set on the team. Would love to see Burks look like and NFL player one more time in the meaningless games.
S: I really want to see Uphoff make the team. He reminds me a bit of Raven Greene, but its very possible he needs a season on the squad. You have a huge battle of Gaines/Uphoff/Black/Scott/ for only 2 spots (do they keep 5?). It likely comes down to ST again and I can't really say I have a clue which way this goes.
CB: Now here is a battle. They very well might keep 6. 3 locked in (Jaire, King, Stokes). Pretty sure Charles has a spot also. So at most 2 spots. Yiadom has made plays all camp. Ento has shields like talent. Sullivan has proven he belongs in the NFL. I just have no clue and I'm not even sure ST makes as big a difference as at other positions. Maybe other rats can offer insight into this battle
P: Yes, there is a competition. Scott vs. every punter who might be on waivers before week 1. Sorry, the scott experiment has failed. We can and need to do better. I won't be a bit surprised if everyone who has scott on the final 53 is wrong.
Yosh Nijman: With a solid game vs starters he will be on the team. Maybe even with an average game. Kelly was a good signing but has been hurt and not spectacular when healthy from what I have heard. Jenkins permanent move to tackle changes some dynamics and Yosh's emergence could make Kelly expendable. The team could really benefit if Yosh is a player.
Taylor vs. Winfree: Sorry tex, the writing is on the wall for St. Brown. One of these 2 is the 6th WR and it could come down to this game. Taylor has the edge with experience in the system and ST ability, but a big game from Winfree could changed he dynamic. Darkhorse: Begelton has done nothing to make the team want to cut him, but having Cobb and Amari in the slot leaves little room for him on the 53. They will want to keep him around on the squad.
Patrick vs. Runyan vs. Newman: It honestly seems as if Newman has already locked up a spot, but MiLF doesn't want to give a rookie too much praise just yet. I'm leaning towards Runyan right now so Patrick can continue to work at C and G. Thats not fair to Patrick, but if its pretty equal you have to consider such things. If you give it to Patrick his work as a C gets really limited.
Heflin vs. Lancaster vs. Previlon: 4 spots are locked in. Will they keep 6? I would expect them to keep only 5 and try to sneak one onto the squad. Lancaster is most likely to get signed to another teams 53 and that actually gives him the edge. But if they team feels good about the other 2 they might just cut bait on Lancaster and honestly it could go either way with the other 2. If one of them has a standout game (or if one of them has a crappy game) this game will decide things. However if they both fail to impress it could be another year of rolling with Tyler.
LB is set at the top 3 both ILB and OLB. The backup battles leave me uninspired. Would like to see Galeai bend an edge just so we have someone with that skill set on the team. Would love to see Burks look like and NFL player one more time in the meaningless games.
S: I really want to see Uphoff make the team. He reminds me a bit of Raven Greene, but its very possible he needs a season on the squad. You have a huge battle of Gaines/Uphoff/Black/Scott/ for only 2 spots (do they keep 5?). It likely comes down to ST again and I can't really say I have a clue which way this goes.
CB: Now here is a battle. They very well might keep 6. 3 locked in (Jaire, King, Stokes). Pretty sure Charles has a spot also. So at most 2 spots. Yiadom has made plays all camp. Ento has shields like talent. Sullivan has proven he belongs in the NFL. I just have no clue and I'm not even sure ST makes as big a difference as at other positions. Maybe other rats can offer insight into this battle
P: Yes, there is a competition. Scott vs. every punter who might be on waivers before week 1. Sorry, the scott experiment has failed. We can and need to do better. I won't be a bit surprised if everyone who has scott on the final 53 is wrong.
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