Perspective on final cuts

[Mr. Scot]

Tweeted by Voth, but written by Evan Woodbery of The New Orleans Times-Picayune.

NFL teams brace for flood of waivers

 

Only 27 players were claimed during the final cut-down period. Only nine players played 10 or more games with their new club in 2014. A year later, only 11 of the 27 remain with their new teams.

Most of the claimed players are bottom-of-the-roster reserves and role players who are accustomed to changing jerseys frequently.

Cornerback Sammy Seamster, who signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent last May, was waived at the end of last year's training camp.

He was claimed by the Miami Dolphins and played in two games in 2014. The Dolphins waived him earlier this week and he was claimed by the Saints. 

It's possible that the Saints could waive him again on Saturday.

The New England Patriots aggressively work the NFL transactions wire. They claimed two players in 2014 just to kick the tires for a few days. New England claimed Arizona's Bruce Gaston and Kelcy Quarles of the New York Giants, both defensive tackles, on Aug. 30 and waived them again on Sept. 3.

Teams frequently have the opportunity to get lost players back.

When the Oakland Raiders waived defensive back Brandian Ross on Aug. 30 last year, he was claimed by the Miami Dolphins. When the Dolphins waived him three weeks later, the Raiders reclaimed him. 

Not many teams found diamonds in the rough on the waiver wire. The Houston Texans claimed receiver Damaris Johnson from Philadelphia and were rewarded with eight starts and 331 receiving yards in 2014. (UPDATE: Johnson was released by the Texans on Friday). Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Mike Harris, claimed from the San Diego Chargers, ended up starting five games. Center A.Q. Shipley, claimed by the Indianapolis Colts from Baltimore, also started five.

But for the most part, the claimed players were short-term fill-ins, special teams players or developmental long-shots. 

So it's probably not worth losing too much sleep about the risk of waived players getting nabbed by other teams.

 

[t96]

Even if everybody here reads this, there will be some people losing their minds tomorrow.

[Mr. Scot]

Even if everybody here reads this, there will be some people losing their minds tomorrow.

Granted, but I gotta try.

[KB_fan]

Yes, I saw that article last night.  Good perspective indeed.  Thanks for posting it.

[top dawg]

 

You got to look at these final cuts on a case by case basis.  Sure, most tend to be scrubs, journeyman, plug-n-play guys or whatever, and that's really the expectation (no matter the rhetoric),  but sometimes you get greater than expected results. That's just the nature of the beast.  

It's hard to go bobbing for apples and grasp a watermelon. 

[tiger7_88]

Even if everybody here reads this, there will be some people losing their minds tomorrow.

some people = the same ol' people... lol