(08-25-2023, 10:10 PM)Caldrac Wrote: I honestly don't feel like breaking down the whole roster. Just lazy on my end. BUT. I will add this on my end.

WR: I really think they should keep Elijah Cooks and Tim Jones on the final roster. I understand we drafted Parker Washington. I just didn't see anything out of him that really stood out, at least not in a positive way. Fumbling on a return is not good. He had a 15 yard TD against the Lions in that game. Other than that. He had an easy run and catch in the first game against the Cowgirls.

Cooks has some really good qualities. Especially size wise and 50/50 ability that he's shown this preseason. I like that. We don't have that with our starting line-up really. Would be a good change of pace WR to toss in the mix inside the redzone. Tim just seems to make big catches man. It's hard to ignore that. It's just hard to get him on the field I guess. However. He should still be on this roster.

Parker was a 6th RD pick. Just try and stash him on the practice squad. If he gets picked up? He gets picked up. I honestly think he's just another Green type receiver who we had years ago coming out of FSU.

TE wise. I think it's going to be Engram, Strange, Prince & Farrell. That's a good group on paper. Secondary for me is anybody's guess. Junior should be on the team for sure. I don't know about Haslett or Braswell though. One of them is probably getting cut or going to the practice squad. Johnson makes it I think as the nickel guy. He's been a good tackler so far already. We need that in our secondary and in added run support.

I think my biggest concern is the OL in general. Feel bad for Cooper Hodges. They might keep him on for limited IR and then try to get him into the rotation at some point. Still tomorrow for some of these guys but WR is the obvious group for me where it's going to be tough to make decisions and fill out the 5th and 6th spot. I think they're keeping 4 RB's for sure. With it being Etienne, Bigsby, Hasty and Johnson.

Lotta good points here. On the WR side, I know that they really like Washington, and I have a feeling he's a lock on the roster. I think Tim's done enough between receiving and special teams to assure us that he'll make the cut too, especially considering that comments have been made that ST contribution may end up the difference between a keep and a cut.

Here's the sticky bit - I agree that Cooks is probably too good to stash away on a PS, and there's no chance we keep 7 WR. So we're left to look at one more WR - Agnew. Has Washington shown enough to say that we can rely on him in the return game? Does Agnew bring enough as a receiver to justify his spot? It would be an eyebrow-raising move to keep two rooks and send Agnew away, but I can't say I wouldn't be opposed if they went in this direction.

Is the difference between Harris and Cooks small enough that if one is claimed and the other sticks to PS, you feel secure leaving them there? Personally I think Cooks has more promise.

Gonna be an interesting week or so.

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