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Smitty tried to warn us...

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This team values Ian Thomas much more than the fans evidently. When I was at practice, he got a lot of reps with the 1's. I think he is going to get way more playing time in this offense than people think. Reading the tea leaves, the offense we have shown in the preseason much be radically different than what we plan to run when the season starts

I don't mind the idea of playing smashmouth football and leaning on this defense, I just question whether we have the personnel to actually run it...

I think this offense may look a lot more like something we would have ran under John Fox than anything we've seen recently

Must be planning on CMC getting a massive workload and running a lot of 21 and 22 personnel... and some major changes to the offense I agree with you about the weird roster part, but I also felt that way to start the 2015 season too when we went into some games with only J-Stew and Tolbert as the active backs and only 4-5 WR active... Not saying there are any similarities beyond that, though. It certainly does appear this team is planning to grind the clock and count on the defense stepping up... I hope it works.

I can't imagine we won't pick up a 6th WR, but then again, the move of Ricci to fullback, keeping 4 other TE's... Brady must be planning some significant changes to the offense from last year

Both Terrace Marshall and Shi Smith outplayed him IMO, and Zylstra is a core ST guy Would imagine this means the PR job is Shi's once he's healthy... do we risk putting DJ back there until then?

Must be planning to run a lot of 21 and 22 personnel this year Plan on running the ball a lot and having guys back to help block with this offensive line and rely on our WRs to win down the field

Surprised by the David Moore release... must have tried to trade him and found no takers... He wasn't really going to have a role on offense outside of PR/KR without injuries, and he didn't play on other ST roles Good news for Shi Smith... hopefully he is back in a few weeks... seems to be more dynamic than Moore, and the team obviously has plans for him

Glad this team is being run by professionals who seem to have a plan beyond basically flunking the draft after the 1st round and handing out contracts we regret before the ink is dry...

Thanks for the recap OP... really appreciate it

This is the most surprising thing to me of all so far with the roster

Keith Taylor and STO have shown good promise... hopefully they won't have to be pressed into a lot of playing time too early like Troy Pride was last year and continue to develop.

Fletcher selling that injury like a true team player... IR and stash him if we can't trade him

The Elflein/ Paradis show is going to get Darnold killed

Don't know how close he is to playing, but we can't go into the season without at least trying to upgrade across the entire offensive line. Only positions I feel like are in decent shape at RG & RT. Lamp has a good bit of experience playing LG, which may be the worst position on the line right now (even over LT)

I think he ends up with the Steelers (probably the best spot for him) b/c he will have a chance next year if Ben retires Or the Texans will sign him since Tyrod is going to be their starting QB as of now. BTW we play them Week 3

If we are serious about having a fullback, yes. I think Ricci is a fine developmental player, but Armah actually knows the position. Saints fans aren't happy, he had a good TC and preseason, got caught up in the numbers/injuries game. Wouldn't be surprised if they don't try to sign him back after they put some guys on temporary IR after the initial 53 roster is set

If I was betting that's where I would pick. The problem for Cam as a backup is that he is still a high-profile player and anywhere he goes, the minute the starting QB struggles, people will be clamoring for him. A lot of coaches don't want to deal with that, and would rather have a lesser backup than to deal with the media circus

4 moves left (with Bouye going on inactive/suspended list)

YGM isn't going anywhere. The Johnson trade was about getting another development 4-3 prototype DE and improving STs

If he could approach either of them it would be a huge win for an undrafted guy. You're right about body type, I was thinking more of him just being a dog as a slot CB like Munnerlyn

Trade him while his stock is at an all-time high! Seriously though, he has done a lot of good work here under the radar for many years. This huddler appreciate that

I don't see it... I think the team very much has Bouye in their plans... with a 17 game season and playing against the WR's in the NFC South, he is going to get plenty of playing time IMO. Although, Myles Hartfield has looked better at nickel than I ever imagined he could be. Reminds me a little of Munnerlyn.