How many safeties and corners are we keeping?

[kskboys]

He'll make the team. It would be a $17M+ dead money cap hit to cut him this year. It becomes more doable next year, dropping to about $4M in cap hit, but would be around that same mark for three more seasons afterward, I believe.

Ah well, he'll prolly go on IR again anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[erod]

Wood is a PSer/STs type. Doubt if he makes this roster, especially as we're now loaded at S. Locke is better.

He's been a star in camp making plays everywhere like Cameron Brown. And he could be a special teams demon.

I'm thinking they trade Milton or Howell to make room.

 

[Asunder]

CB 6- Bland, Revel, Durant, Moore, Stewart; Carson & Kendrick fighting for the last spot

S 5- Downs, Thompson, Hooker, Locke, Wood

PS- Clark & Bridges

 

[kskboys]

He's been a star in camp making plays everywhere like Cameron Brown. And he could be a special teams demon.

I'm thinking they trade Milton or Howell to make room.

Meh. Doubtful.

 

[starfrombirth]

I am looking more at Wood taking over for Bell. But AJ Clark is ahead of him right now for a roster spot. They said they like Clark a lot.

All the talking heads have been raving about Woods and his physicality. That along with him not taking bad angles like Wilson give him a shot. I mean we kept Goodwin for a loooong while and he purely special teams.

 

[starfrombirth]

Bridges is a fringe player at this point to me. They claimed him from waivers last year after the final cutdowns. Along with Steward.
He could be a factor. But bI doubt he pushes Bland off the roster.
Fans are down on Bland form his lack of play from his injuries.

I think fans are down since he got his ankles broken off in the endzone last year. I forget which team, but that was just embarrassing.

 

[tromofan]

Bell can play linebacker in a pinch, which helps.

He’s way to undersized to be an LB.

 

[LouBrown]

I think they go 6 safeties because they have safeties playing slot. Given that, only 4 corners.

S: Downs, Thompson, Hooker, Bell, Wood, Locke.
CB: Bland, Revel, Durant, Steward.

I think it's kind of a toss up between Bell, Wood, and Clarke for two spots.

 

[erod]

I think they go 6 safeties because they have safeties playing slot. Given that, only 4 corners.

S: Downs, Thompson, Hooker, Bell, Wood, Locke.
CB: Bland, Revel, Durant, Steward.

I think it's kind of a toss up between Bell, Wood, and Clarke for two spots.

I think 6 and 6 because Downs is multidimensonal

I think Kendrick makes it, along with Carson, who was physical and not as bad as the penalties suggest. (The deep one was not a foul.) His only real bad play was when he was going to jump the route and got juked to the ground. He tackled very well in support, and that matters to CP.

Also, Bell can play linebacker in an emergency, which is valuable, and he and Clark are important to special teams.

T'will be interesting. Tough decisions to come.

 

[calicowboy54]

I was looking at the roster earlier this morning.
I was looking at. 12, but that is a lot, I think 11.
But they have some tough choices at LB, WR, DB's.

All depends how many the keep at QB, WR, TE, OL, LB.

Right now I have.
3 QB
4 RB, including the FB
6 WR
4 TE
9 OL

5 DL
8 LB
5 S
6 CB

3 ST's

Could go 12 DB total, 9 LB if the go combination of 2 players at 1 less QB, 1 less WR, or 1 less TE

Considering we have 3 Safety's that can play the slot. I think we go longer at Safety and lighter at corner.

10 Total:
4 CB's (Durant, Bland, Revel, one of these: Carson/Moore/Kendricks)
6 S's (Downs, Hooker, Thompson, Lock, Woods, Bell)

 

[LouBrown]

I think 6 and 6 because Downs is multidimensonal

I think Kendrick makes it, along with Carson, who was physical and not as bad as the penalties suggest. (The deep one was not a foul.) His only real bad play was when he was going to jump the route and got juked to the ground. He tackled very well in support, and that matters to CP.

Also, Bell can play linebacker in an emergency, which is valuable, and he and Clark are important to special teams.

T'will be interesting. Tough decisions to come.

Idk I have a hard time cutting someone like Trigg in order to keep someone like Carson.

Maybe they go 11 DBs but I think the hybrid players (Downs, Thompson, and even Locke) minimize how many you need.

If you keep this group + LBs, you don't really need to reserve more spots for STs:

S: Downs, Thompson, Hooker, Bell, Wood, Locke.
CB: Bland, Revel, Durant, Steward
ILB: Overshown, Winters, Barham, Barron, Robinson

Bell can't play LB. I know he did it with Quinn but he was terrible.

 

[erod]

Idk I have a hard time cutting someone like Trigg in order to keep someone like Carson.

Maybe they go 11 DBs but I think the hybrid players (Downs, Thompson, and even Locke) minimize how many you need.

If you keep this group + LBs, you don't really need to reserve more spots for STs:

S: Downs, Thompson, Hooker, Bell, Wood, Locke.
CB: Bland, Revel, Durant, Steward
ILB: Overshown, Winters, Barham, Barron, Robinson

Bell can't play LB. I know he did it with Quinn but he was terrible.

Trigg is easy to get on a practice squad.

Don't forget special teams. You need fast defensive players to do that, so makes guys like Clark, Bell, and Wood super valuable.

Bell can absolutely player linebacker in a pass defense mode for 3rd and long plays. Frees up Downs a lot.

Who really knows? It's going to be interesting and some good players are going to have to be cut.