Roster prediction

[AU-panther]

Seems to be the season to make your roster projection so here goes:

QB: Cam Newton / Taylor Heinicke

Fb: Alex Armah

RB: Christian McCaffrey / C.J. Anderson / Cameron Artis-Payne

WR: Devin Funchess / Jarius Wright / Torrey Smith / DJ Moore / Curtis Samuel / Damiere Byrd

TE: Greg Olsen / Ian Thomas / Chris Manhertz

OL:  Matt Kalil, / Amini Silatolu / Ryan Kalil / Trai Turner / Daryl Williams / Taylor Moton / Jeremiah Sirles / Tyler Larsen 

        Greg Van Roten / Blaine Clausell 

25 total on offense

 

DE: Mario Addison / Julius Peppers / Wes Horton / Marquis Haynes / Daeshon Hall / Bryan Cox Jr.

DT: Kawann Short / Dontari Poe / Kyle Love / Vernon Butler

LB: Luke Kuechly / Shaq Thompson / David Mayo / Jermaine Carter / Ben Jacobs / Jared Norris

CB: James Bradberry / Donte Jackson / Captain Munnerlyn / Kevon Seymour / Corn Elder

SS: Da'Norris Searcy / Mike Adams / Colin Jones / Rashaan Gaulden

25 on defense

 

PK: Graham Gano

P: Michael Palardy

LS:  J.J. Jansen

3 on special teams

Bolded players are my best guess at game 1 inactives.

For the longest time I was convinced Byrd wouldn't make the team but now i'm thinking he might be our return guy.  I've got 6 DEs which is more than normal I think.  Bryan Cox Jr. seems to have earned a spot and not sure if they are ready to give up on Hall yet.

I went back and forth between a 6th LB, 6 CB, 11th OL, or 4th RB.

 

 

 

[KB_fan]

Wow,  you're optimistic about the Oline.  Matt, Amini and Sirles all back for week 1 would be surprising. But good if true.

I think we keep Barner over CAP.

And I still think Manhertz could start on the PUP since they haven't activated him. They may need his roster spot for extra OL depth.

[LinvilleGorge]

I hope this Curtis Artis-Payne is an upgrade over his relative Cameron.

[shaqattaq]

Interesting that Clausell is not active with Kalil and Sirles injured. That's a bold move. I think I'd sit CAP in this situation and activate Clausell. On D, I want Haynes over Cox JR. With Dallas' o-line woes, a speed rusher could be useful against second and third string tackles.

[UpstatePanther]

11 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I hope this Curtis Artis-Payne is an upgrade over his relative Cameron.

Cousin to both Donald Lafell and Kalvin Benjamin

[KillerKat]

Remember we can carry 54 players since TD doesn't count during his suspension 

[KillerKat]

This is a hard prediction because of OL injuries. If we only carry 10 OL (this includes carrying Williams for 24 hours so he can go on "IR to Return" list) then we only have 2 healthy backups week 1 due to Sirles and Kalil injuries. So it's like we have to carry 11 (at least for just 24 hours after cuts) just to have bodies for the line. This is what mine looks like after the initial cut down: 

 

OFFENSE:
WR1: Devin Funchess - #Jarius Wright# - Damiere Byrd 
LT: Matt Kalil - Blaine Clausell
LG: Greg Van Roten - (Brendan Mahon)
C: Ryan Kalil - Tyler Larsen
RG: Trai Turner - #Jeremiah Sirles# 
RT: Taylor Moton - #Adam Bisnowaty# - +Darryl Williams+
TE: Greg Olsen - *Ian Thomas* - #Evan Baylis#
WR2: #Torrey Smith# - *D.J. Moore* - Curtis Samuel
QB: Cam Newton - #Taylor Heinicke#
FB: Alex Armah
RB: Christian McCaffrey - #C.J. Anderson# - Cameron Artis-Payne - #Kenjon Barner#

DEFENSE:
LE: Julius Peppers - Bryan Cox Jr.
UT: Kawann Short - Vernon Butler 
NT: #Dontari Poe# - Kyle Love
RE: Mario Addison - Wes Horton - *Marquis Haynes*
SLB: Shaq Thompson - Jared Norris
MLB: Luke Kuechly - David Mayo
WLB: Thomas Davis - *Jermaine Carter Jr.*
LCB: James Bradberry - Captain Munnerlyn - Corn Elder
RCB: *Donte Jackson* - #Lorenzo Doss# 
SS: Mike Adams - Colin Jones 
FS: #Da'Norris Searcy# - *Rashaan Gaulden* 

SPECIAL TEAMS: 
K/KO: Graham Gano 
P/H: Michael Palardy
KR: Damiere Byrd - Curtis Samuel - #Kenjon Barner# - *D.J. Moore* - Christian McCaffrey
PR: Damiere Byrd - #Kenjon Barner# - Christian McCaffrey - *D.J. Moore* - Corn Elder
LS: J.J. Jansen 
 

* = Draft Pick
# = Free Agent
() = Undrafted Free Agent
+ = IR Designated to Return