(09-01-2018, 08:05 AM)Jags02 Wrote:

(08-31-2018, 11:50 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

• Jags are deep at DB - Herndon seemed to outplay Meeks (who got looks at safety)and Myrick faltered badly.
  
• LB depth is still a concern after Brown
  
• OT depth is still shaky.  Richardson was hot and cold at RT.  Poehls did OK at LG.
  
• Tanner Lee and Montay Crockett made strong statements for PS spots
  
• I prefer Wilds to Cook if they keep one of them, but both played well
  
• Jags may have the best back-up D-Line in the league
  
• The new punter is very good
  

I think Tanner Lee has tremendous talent and he should be developed. 
His arm strength/velocity is light years beyond what we've seen from recent back-ups like Henne, Allen and Kessler. If he's able to develop the kind of accuracy he showed last night vs our defensive starters playing scout team QB, he could be a real find. Long way to go, but worth a try IMO.

I'm still up in the air on Brown. As you may recall, at one point I had him as a roster lock, however, it was you who opened up my eyes to how little he was playing this Preseason. With Matualuaka looking great in the last two games, I think he's earned himself a spot making things tighter and making me think there's only one spot left between Payne and Brown. With that said, Brown came in with a nice pass rush and a forced fumble that Carroll Phillips was able to return for a TD, and that might have earned Brown his roster spot over Payne.

As for Tanner Lee, I've always been impressed with his sheer arm, but he's a lot like Josh Allen out in Buffalo. He needs a couple years developing before he should ever whiff the field in the real game. 

The one question I have on Brown is that before the draft, it seems like he had the inside track to inherit the SAM.

He knew the defense. 

But to the extent there was even a competition for SAM once they moved Jack into the Mike, it didn't last long.

Jacobs claimed the position in no time.  I wonder if Jacobs was deemed that much better than he, or was it decided early on that Brown was not suited for SAM wholly independent of Jacobs?

Brown will likely make the team.  I've little doubt of that proposition.

But the quickness by which that SAM position was decided is concerning when it comes to Brown.

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(09-01-2018, 09:11 AM)PF* Wrote: Refresh me on the Practice Squad-
  - if a guy is plucked off our PS, do we have the right to retain him by putting him on the active roster?
  - does the player have the ability to decide whether or not he wants to go to the new team?

No...it is my understanding there is no "right of first refusal" on practice squad players.

If a team signs a guy from one team's practice squad, he has to be signed to the active roster.

I think the player can decide whether or not to sign with the other team, but why wouldn't the player sign?

It would represent an immediate chance to play and a substantial bump in salary.

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