Let's do the 53

Sydla

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Mid-preseason guess:

QB - Prescott, Rush, DiNucci
RB - Elliott, Pollard, Dowdle
WR - Cooper, Gallup, Lamb, Wilson, Brown, Fehoko
TE - Jarwin, Schultz, Sprinkle
OT - Smith, Collins, Nsekhe, Knight
OG - Williams, Martin, McGovern
C - Biadasz
(23)

DE - Lawrence, Gregory, Basham, Anae, Armstrong
DT - Urban, Odighizua, Bohanna, Watkins, Hamilton
LB - Parsons, Cox, Smith, Neal, LVE, Gifford
CB - Diggs, Joseph, Lewis, Brown, Wright, Canady
S - Hooker, Kazee, Wilson, Kearse
(26)

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The backup QBs are no great shakes but I suspect Rush stays as he's looked like the tallest midget. They probably think there is still some development left in DiNucci. Gilbert is gone although does the mix behind Prescott even matter?

Ball was an obvious swing tackle but he's hurt, so after Nsekhe, it will be either Steele or Knight. With the 55 man roster rules, carrying 9 or 10 OL isn't needed on the 53. They could go 4 TEs but with McKeon out, I suspect they go 3 TEs to start.

Watkins only makes the 53 because Gallimore and Hill are likely to start the season injured. I only have 52 players listed but Godwin is probably the 53rd guy because he's a special teams ace and can play CB. Or they could go with a 5th safety in Mukuamu who apparently has looked pretty good in camp and with Hooker and Kazee being injury risks, that 5th S might be valuable.
 

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Gallimore has to be there,he is only out 2 games,Surely we can better than Knoght and nseske .
 
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A little thin at OL for my liking with this squad.

No way in hell should Ben DaNooch make any team, and I don't see Fehoko making it either. Coaches really like Darian Thompson and CJ Goodwin as ST'er as well.

In any event, it's incredible how different this roster looks now compared to only a few years ago.
 

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Just an observation but Steele, Knight, and Farniok have led the team in preseason snaps (over 150 apiece)
That's a lot of work that could have gone to the others if they don't intend to keep them.
 
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So 7 cornerbacks make it with Goodwin and 8 offensive linemen.

Get down with that sickness.
 

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Mid-preseason guess:

QB - Prescott, Rush
RB - Elliott, Pollard
FB - Ralston
WR - Cooper, Gallup, Lamb, Wilson, Brown, Fehoko
TE - Jarwin, Schultz, Sprinkle
OT - Smith, Collins, Nsekhe, Steele
OG - Williams, Martin, McGovern, Knight
C - Biadasz
(23)

DE - Lawrence, Gregory, Basham, Anae, Armstrong
DT - Urban, Odighizua, Gallimore, Bohanna, Watkins
LB - Parsons, Cox, Smith, Neal, LVE, Gifford
CB - Diggs, Joseph, Lewis, Brown, Wright, Canady
S - Hooker, Kazee, Wilson, Kearse
(26)

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My changes are to drop DiNucci from the 53 and keep him on the practice squad. Same with Dowdle. Based on the PS rules, we can bring him up for games and I'd rather keep the fullback on the roster.

Gallimore could go on IR to start the season since a three-game return is allowed. I also think they'll keep Goodwin because they love his special teams play, but I assume that he might be the one to end up temporarily on IR.

My 16-man practice squad would be: QB DiNucci, RB Dowdle, WR Brandon Smith, OL Farniok, DE Kamara, DE Carter, S Coyle, DT Hamilton, DB Mukuamu and possibly (depending on IR status) WR Turner, TE McKeon, CB Goodwin and LB Bernard. That's only 13 so it leaves me with three spots to fill, maybe K Hajrullahu and a couple from other teams or street FAs like the ones we worked out recently. Remember that several vets can now be kept on PS.
 

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Mid-preseason guess:

QB - Prescott, Rush, DiNucci
RB - Elliott, Pollard, Dowdle
WR - Cooper, Gallup, Lamb, Wilson, Brown, Fehoko
TE - Jarwin, Schultz, Sprinkle
OT - Smith, Collins, Nsekhe, Knight
OG - Williams, Martin, McGovern
C - Biadasz
(23)

DE - Lawrence, Gregory, Basham, Anae, Armstrong
DT - Urban, Odighizua, Bohanna, Watkins, Hamilton
LB - Parsons, Cox, Smith, Neal, LVE, Gifford
CB - Diggs, Joseph, Lewis, Brown, Wright, Canady
S - Hooker, Kazee, Wilson, Kearse
(26)

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The backup QBs are no great shakes but I suspect Rush stays as he's looked like the tallest midget. They probably think there is still some development left in DiNucci. Gilbert is gone although does the mix behind Prescott even matter?

Ball was an obvious swing tackle but he's hurt, so after Nsekhe, it will be either Steele or Knight. With the 55 man roster rules, carrying 9 or 10 OL isn't needed on the 53. They could go 4 TEs but with McKeon out, I suspect they go 3 TEs to start.

Watkins only makes the 53 because Gallimore and Hill are likely to start the season injured. I only have 52 players listed but Godwin is probably the 53rd guy because he's a special teams ace and can play CB. Or they could go with a 5th safety in Mukuamu who apparently has looked pretty good in camp and with Hooker and Kazee being injury risks, that 5th S might be valuable.

Swap out Fehoko and Sprinkle for Mukuamu and McKeon and that’s my prediction. Goodwin also makes it. There might be a few roster games with vets like Kearse, Goodwin and Sprinkle brought back a day later.
 

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QB
Prescott
Gilbert
Rush

FB
Ralston

RB
Elliott
Pollard
Hardy


WR
Cooper
Lamb
Gallup
C.Wilson
N.Brown
Fehoko


TE
Jarwin
Schultz
Sprinkle


LT
T.Smith
Nsekhe


LG
McGovern
Knight

C
Biadiaz
C.Williams

RG
Martin
Farniok



RT
Collins
Steele



RDE
Gregory
Basham



RDT
Odighizuwa
Watkins


LDT
Urban
Bohanna


DE
Lawrence
Armstrong


WLB
Neal
J.Smith


MLB
Parsons
Gifford


SLB
Vander Esch
Cox


RCB
Diggs
Wright


LCB
A.Brown
Joseph


Nickel
J. Lewis
Canady


FS
Kazee
Hooker

SS
Kearse
D.Thompson


P-Anger

K- Zeurlein

LS- McQuade


IR List
Gallimore
Ball
T.Hill
Bernard
McKeon
D.Wilson
Dowdle
Olinua
Hines
R. Robinson



Practice Squad
Eubanks
Alarcon
Gholston
A. Parker
DiNucci
Kamara
Anae
Mukuamu
J.Dixon
Coyle
 
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QB
Prescott
Gilbert
Rush

FB
Ralston

RB
Elliott
Pollard
Hardy


WR
Cooper
Lamb
Gallup
C.Wilson
N.Brown
Fehoko


TE
Jarwin
Schultz
Sprinkle


LT
T.Smith
Nsekhe


LG
McGovern
Knight

C
Biadiaz
C.Williams

RG
Martin
Farniok



RT
Collins
Steele



RDE
Gregory
Basham



RDT
Odighizuwa
Watkins


LDT
Urban
Bohanna


DE
Lawrence
Armstrong


WLB
Neal
J.Smith


MLB
Parsons
Gifford


SLB
Vander Esch
Cox


RCB
Diggs
Wright


LCB
A.Brown
Joseph


Nickel
J. Lewis
Canady


FS
Kazee
Hooker

SS
Kearse
D.Thompson


P-Anger

K- Zeurlein

LS- McQuade


IR List
Gallimore
Ball
T.Hill
Bernard
McKeon
D.Wilson
Dowdle
Olinua
Hines
R. Robinson



Practice Squad
Eubanks
Alarcon
Gholston
A. Parker
DiNucci
Kamara
Anae
Mukuamu
J.Dixon
Coyle


Let go

RB-
Knox

WR
Vasher
Turner
R.Davis
Mitchell
B.Smith

TE
Lynn

O-Line
Hyatt
E.Smith
B.Jones


D-Line
Hamilton
Carter
Faoliu

CB
Burton
Goodwin

S
Parker

P
Niswander
 

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QB
Prescott
Gilbert
Rush

FB
Ralston

RB
Elliott
Pollard
Hardy


WR
Cooper
Lamb
Gallup
C.Wilson
N.Brown
Fehoko


TE
Jarwin
Schultz
Sprinkle


LT
T.Smith
Nsekhe


LG
McGovern
Knight

C
Biadiaz
C.Williams

RG
Martin
Farniok



RT
Collins
Steele



RDE
Gregory
Basham



RDT
Odighizuwa
Watkins


LDT
Urban
Bohanna


DE
Lawrence
Armstrong


WLB
Neal
J.Smith


MLB
Parsons
Gifford


SLB
Vander Esch
Cox


RCB
Diggs
Wright


LCB
A.Brown
Joseph


Nickel
J. Lewis
Canady


FS
Kazee
Hooker

SS
Kearse
D.Thompson


P-Anger

K- Zeurlein

LS- McQuade


IR List
Gallimore
Ball
T.Hill
Bernard
McKeon
D.Wilson
Dowdle
Olinua
Hines
R. Robinson



Practice Squad
Eubanks
Alarcon
Gholston
A. Parker
DiNucci
Kamara
Anae
Mukuamu
J.Dixon
Coyle
Dont think they will IR Gallimore or put him on PUP. He is only supposed to miss a couple games
 

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Assuming the last preseason game has no injuries:
ROSTER OFF = 24 DEF = 26 SPT = 3 = 53
OFFENSE = 24
WR 19 Amari Cooper WR* 17 Malik Turner WR
WR 13 Michael Gallup WR* 1 Cedrick Wilson WR*
WR 88 Cedarian Lamb WR* 85 Noah Brown WR*
TE 89 Blake Jarwin TE 86 Dalton Schultz TE*
LT 77 Tyron Smith LT* 69 Brandon Knight OT 76 Josh Ball OT*
LG 52 Connor Williams OG* 66 Connor McGovern G/C*
C 63 Tyler Biadasz C* 68 Matt Farniok G/C*
RG 70 Zack Martin OG* 74 Terence Steele OT
RT 71 La'el Collins RT 79 Ty Nsekhe OT
QB 4 Dak Prescott QB* 10 Cooper Rush QB
RB 21 Ezekiel Elliott RB* 20 Tony Pollard RB*
FB 46 Nick Ralston FB/TE
SPT SPECIAL TEAMS = 3
PK 2 Greg Zuerlein K* PUP
P/H 5 Bryan Anger P
LS 44 Jake McQuaide LS
DEFENSE = 26
LDE 90 Demarcus LawrenceDE* 56 Bradlee Anae DE*
LDT 96 Neville Gallimore DT* 75 Osa Odighizuwa DT*
RDT 91 Carlos Watkins DT 72 Trysten Hill DT* PUP 98 Quinton Bohanna DT*
RDE 94 Randy Gregory DE* 92 Dorance Armstrong DE* 97 Ron'Dell Carter DE
SLB 11 Micah Parsons LB* 43 Azur Kamara LB
MLB 9 Jaylon Smith* LB* 48 Jabril Cox LB*
WLB 55 Leighton Vander Esch LB* 57 Luke Gifford LB
LCB 30 Anthony Brown NB* 24 Kelvin Joseph CB*
RCB 27 Trevon Diggs CB* 40 Nahshon Wright DB*
NB 26 Jourdan Lewis CB* 31 Maurice Canady CB*
FS 35 Damontae Kazee FS 42 Keanu Neal SS
SS 6 Donovan Wilson S* 32 Jayron Kearse SS/FS
 

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I’m going to cheat a little bit and go with most of what KD Drummond has in what I think is an excellent, comprehensive article.

https://www.___GET_REAL_URL___/s/co...n-roster-preseason-prediction-projection/amp/

I agree with virtually his exact roster with the exception of safety Israel Mukuamu. I would keep him over any 5th OT. If I pick up another guy from another team’s cuts, I’ll cut Nsekhe.
 

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Here's my list (prior to the cuts starting):
Amari Cooper
Anthony Brown
Blake Jarwin
Bradlee Anae
Brandon Knight
Brent Urban
Bryan Anger
C.J. Goodwin
Carlos Watkins
Cedrick Wilson
CeeDee Lamb
Connor McGovern
Connor Williams
Cooper Rush
Dak Prescott
Dalton Schultz
Damontae Kazee
DeMarcus Lawrence
Donovan Wilson
Dorance Armstrong
Ezekiel Elliott
Greg Zuerlein
Jabril Cox
Jake McQuaide
Jaylon Smith
Jayron Kearse
Jourdan Lewis
Justin Hamilton
Keanu Neal
Kelvin Joseph
La'el Collins
Leighton Vander Esch
Malik Hooker
Matt Farniok
Maurice Canady
Micah Parsons
Michael Gallup
Nahshon Wright
Neville Gallimore
Nick Ralston
Noah Brown
Osa Odighizuwa
Quinton Bohanna
Randy Gregory
Sean McKeon
Tarell Basham
Terence Steele
Tony Pollard
Trevon Diggs
Ty Nsekhe
Tyler Biadasz
Tyron Smith
Zack Martin
 
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