DMN Todd Archer's 53-man roster

[matt51180]

Archer's 53-man roster prediction
2:24 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Since Timmy Mac is on his 17th different roster prognostication, I figured I'd come up with my first ...

QB (2) - Tony Romo, Brad Johnson
Comment: Injuries at wide receiver take away the chance to carry a third quarterback, at least for the first week.

RB (4) - Marion Barber, Felix Jones, Tashard Choice, Deon Anderson
Comment: Pretty well set here, but I can see a fullback and tailback on the practice squad.

WR - (6) Terrell Owens, Patrick Crayton, Sam Hurd, Miles Austin, Isaiah Stanback, Mike Jefferson
Comment: I feel the least confident on this projection. I'm not sure Stanback will make it through the season because of the shoulder injury and Jefferson is an early-season fix. I apologize to the Danny Amendola fans.

TE (3) - Jason Witten, Martellus Bennett, Tony Curtis
Comment: Bennett needs to continue his improvement and realize it gets tougher when the games are for real.

OL (10) - Flozell Adams, Kyle Kosier, Andre Gurode, Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo, Montrae Holland, Cory Procter, Joe Berger, Doug Free, Pat McQuistan
Comment: Before the Holland trade, I thought nine offensive linemen. There's too much upside on the younger players to give up on now, but James Marten's chances don't look too good.

DL (6) - Chris Canty, Jay Ratliff, Marcus Spears, Jason Hatcher, Tank Johnson, Stephen Bowen
Comment: Solid group all around and versatile. I can see Marcus Dixon on the practice squad.

LB (9) - Greg Ellis, Bradie James, Zach Thomas, DeMarcus Ware, Anthony Spencer, Kevin Burnett, Bobby Carpenter, Justin Rogers, Erik Walden.
Comment: Walden gets the last spot here because of Spencer's knee injury and special teams. I didn't see Tearrius George on the coverage teams.

DB (10) - Terence Newman, Anthony Henry, Roy Williams, Ken Hamlin, Adam Jones, Mike Jenkins, Pat Watkins, Courtney Brown, Orlando Scandrick, Alan Ball.
Comment: Ball gets the spot over Evan Oglesby because there might be more upside here and he gets the benefit of the doubt by being drafted under this staff. If Keith Davis returns, then, take away Walden.

Specialist (3) - Mat McBriar, Nick Folk, L.P. Ladouceur
Comment: Pretty formidable crew here.

[mexicanjunior]

Looks about right...I think Amendola is done and I like what I saw from Jefferson for parts of the preseason.

[matt51180]

Amendola really disappointed me last night with his terrible punt returns. Jones will be returning them, but it would have been some nice insurance had he been half way good at it.

[bigdave]

No way this list is right more then 6 people are wrong. Wait and see.

[Terd Ferguson]

Aug 30, 2008 0:30:38 GMT -6 @bigdave said:

No way this list is right more then 6 people are wrong. Wait and see.

I disagree...probably no more than 2 might be wrong. Ball being kept was a bit of a surprise, as was Jefferson. However, Jefferson was on our practice squad last year and I saw them showing real doubt about Amendola's ability to separate in a real game.

I'm going to say that AT MOST he got 4 wrong if you count 2 for each miss (one guy that stays, one that actually gets cut...one roster spot, 2 people affected).

The one thing that could affect this obviously is more trades or players picked up off waivers from other teams. However at that point your 53 man roster would have to be solidified and then pick up other guys, so technically the guys we have on the roster right now should make up the original 53, with the chance to upgrade after people are waived.
Don't forget though, if we put in a waiver claim on a guy, we only get him if almost nobody else claims him. We could only get them if the other teams claiming him had better records than us...kind of a short list last year.

[Terd Ferguson]

What did he miss? Two?