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| Post Pre-Season Game One 53-Man Roster Projection | ||
| Offense | ||
| QB | Romo | Dustin Vaughan looked just fine against San Diego, but the need to go long at another spot (ahem DL ahem) will force their hand in carrying only 2 here. |
| Weeden | ||
| RB | Murray | Definitely a lot to feel good about at this spot. |
| Dunbar | ||
| Randle | ||
| Williams | ||
| FB | Clutts | Special teams gives him the edge if it's close. |
| WR | Bryant | The top five guys are locks in my opinion. Boyd is making himself a hard man to cut but I think he'll get squeezed by the numbers |
| Williams | ||
| Beasley | ||
| Harris | ||
| Street | ||
| TE | Witten | Only thing that could change is if they bring in a blocking TE. |
| Escobar | ||
| Hanna | ||
| OT | Smith | Considering the fact that Darrion Weems can't seem to get healthy, have to lean on Parnell for the only spot up for grabs here. Could Wetzel overtake him in camp? |
| Free | ||
| Parnell | ||
| OG/C | Frederick | I'm betting on Leary to win the job at LG over Bernadeau who becomes the swing G/C. Add Nwaneri who will likely fight for the 46th active spot every week. |
| Martin | ||
| Leary | ||
| Bernadeau | ||
| Nwaneri | ||
| Defense | ||
| DE | Selvie | With Spencer looking like he'll be ready sooner than the week 6-8 that would signal PUP, they'll probably keep him on the 53, add Lawrence who's not eligible for PUP, and you have a recipe for going deep at a position. |
| Mincey | ||
| Lawrence | ||
| Crawford | ||
| Spencer | ||
| Wilson | ||
| Boatright | ||
| DT | Melton | With a couple of DE's (Mincey, Crawford) who can move inside to rush, and a couple of DTs waiting in the wings (Brent, Okoye) we could see them go shorter here. McClain and Bishop give more at the nose than Hayden. While Melton and Coleman create a good duo of pure 3-techniques. |
| T. McClain | ||
| Coleman | ||
| Bishop | ||
| LB | R. McClain | Since they acquired McClain a month or so before camp, I've been saying that if his heart is in it, he is a starting Mike LB for this team, and I still believe that. |
| Carter | ||
| Wilber | ||
| Durant | ||
| Holloman | ||
| Hitchens | ||
| CB | Carr | With Scandrick missing four weeks for suspension, I believe they'll go ahead and keep Webb as the 5th corner. |
| Claiborne | ||
| Moore | ||
| Mitchell | ||
| Webb | ||
| S | Church | Wilcox and Church are your starters, while Dixon, Hamilton, and Heath give you a pretty athletic, tackling bunch to play special teams. |
| Wilcox | ||
| Dixon | ||
| Hamilton | ||
| Heath | ||
| K | Bailey | Nothing to see here… |
| P | Jones | |
| LS | Ladoucer | |
| PS | Vaughan | Who really knows at this point? |
| Patmon | ||
| Boyd | ||
| W. Smith | ||
| Bush | ||
| Wetzel | ||
| R. Smith | ||
| Patrick | ||
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PUP |
Okoye | Who knows what the issue is or if/when he'll be able to play. |
|
SUS |
Brent | I'll predict a four game suspension for Brent. |
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Scandrick |
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Looking at the 53-man roster, you have 23 offensive players, and 27 defenders. Which I will attribute to carrying Spencer and Lawrence on the roster while they will both miss games early on. The important thing to look at here, is to see the potential talent infusion the defense could experience from week 4 on. Spencer, Scandrick, Lawrence, and Brent represent four starting-level players who could all hit the field in mid-season.
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