Roster Building 101

[Squirrel]

Well right now he doesnt need to see the field.

[rayzor]

probably not but they are going to try and get him involved as much as possible anyway.

imo, very little chance that edwards isn't active on game day and that means no emergency QB.

[eViL jEsTeR]

i thought the backup FB was a TE?

[OneBadassCat]

I could see Edwards being deactivated for the first few weeks.

[CWalker4205]

But if Edwards was listed as a QB then we could use him as the number 2 on gamedays, knowing that if something happened to more then Clausen would come in as the emergency QB and therefore Moore and Edwards would then be out of the game.

[Guild]

QB: Moore, Clausen

RB: Williams, Stewart, Goodson (KR)

FB: Fiammetta

WR: Smith, LaFell, Edwards (PR), Martin

TE: King, Rosario, Barnidge

C: Kalil

G: Wharton, Bernadeau, Robinson

T: Gross, Otah, Schwartz

DT: Leonard, E Johnson, Tyler

DE: Brayton, C Johnson, Brown, Hardy

MLB: Connor (only one here because Beason is the backup)

SLB: Anderson, Williams, Norwood

WLB: Beason (Anderson is the backup)

SS Godfrey, Francisco (special teamer)

FS Martin, Pugh

CB Gamble, Marshall, Munnerlyn (KR/PR), Wilson

P: Baker

K: Kasay

KOS: Carter

LS: Jansen

Inactives (for any particular game one of these will be added to the 44 man roster above, quite possibly at OL)

QB Pike (due to Edwards being activated we will not have an emergency QB)

RB Sutton (inactive unless an RB gets hurt)

WR Gettis

WR Guy

T Williams

DT Landri or Irvin (we only carry four; due to DE depth and ability)

SS Hudson

CB Stanford

PUP List: Thomas Davis (not sure if this takes one of our 53 roster spots)

If Moore and Clausen are both injured it will be direct snap to D-Will and using Edwards as an athletic QB.

[Mr. Scot]

Following up (sorry to be so late, been busy).

My Active 45:

QB: Moore, Clausen

RB: Williams, Stewart, Sutton - Goodson will likely be active week one since Sutton is nursing an injury

FB: Fiammetta

WR: Smith, LaFell, Edwards, Martin - expect Jarrett to be active in place of Edwards

TE: King, Rosario, Barnidge

C: Kalil

G: Wharton, Bernadeau, An Outside Pickup, Robinson - Robinson to IR, replace the outsider with Duckworth, pretty much nobody saw that coming :eek:

T: Gross, Otah, Schwartz

DT: Leonard, E Johnson, Tyler - allowed that Landri might beat Tyler for the active spot; definitely didn't see Tyler being cut

DE: Brayton, C Johnson, Brown, Hardy

MLB: Connor (only one here because Beason is the backup) - Harris might be active as a special teamer

SLB: Anderson, Williams, Norwood - as things stack up now, Norwood may wind up inactive

WLB: Beason, Senn (if his ankle is okay)

SS Godfrey, Francisco (special teamer) - Hudson instead of Francisco

FS Martin, Pugh

CB Gamble, Marshall, Munnerlyn, Wilson - McClain got the nod over Wilson and fellow rookie Stanford

P: Baker

K: Kasay - add Carter here, deactivate Norwood to make room

LS: Jansen

My 8 reserves:

QB Cantwell - guess Pike's upside was enough to beat Cantwell after all

RB Goodson - active over Sutton per injury

WR Gettis

T Williams or an outside pickup (possibly Petitti but I doubt it) - put him active since the team only kept 8 uglys

DT Landri - Nick Hayden made the roster but probably goes here as inactive

DT Irvin - disappointing, except if you're Andre Neblett

SS Hudson

CB Stanford

My practice squad choices are:

QB Pike - no practice squad QB at all this year, at least not now; an extra guard in Dan Santucci instead

RB Vaughn

FB Jackson

WR Guy (or Gettis, depending on the outcome; I still think it's possible Guy becomes an IR stash)

C-G Davis (or an outsider) - Shawn Murphy

DT Neblett (or an outsider) - Corvey Irvin

K Carter (if he isn't kept) - LB Sean Ware instead

CB whoever loses the final spot between McClain/Stanford.

Biggest shocks: Obviously the departure of Tank Tyler and the retention of Andre Neblett and Tim Duckworth. If I were them though, I wouldn't get too comfortable once we get past the "veteran guarantee" week. Duckworth is probably the one who should worry the most.

Also surprised to see a John Fox team keep six receivers. I had 'em keeping all but Jarrett. That's another one that could still be fluid, mind you, but I'm still betting that if vet help is on the horizon, it's for the Uglys.

Overall, only about ten or eleven misses as far as the final roster (a few of which, as mentioned, were out of the blue). Some resulting changes to the active.inactive list as a result. More hits than misses, which is all I'd hope for.