I read Ryan O's article on Jacksonville.com.

 

Most of the choices were predictable.  He did predict 6 WR's.  I also projected 6 WR's so that wasn't a surprise.  He did have the speedy Auburn RB making the team over Storm Johnson.  That means speed beats out Robinson as the kickoff returner.  Not sure that will happen.  Dave Caldwell makes the player decisions and he really likes Robinson.

 

Of course, the additions of the FA's and the draft picks have put pressure on different position groups where surprise cuts may occur.

 

The most obvious group is the OL where Parnell, Wisniewski, and Cann were added.  Here the team will probably cut Shatley, who they kept last year as a developmental player.  Also the OT position is overcrowded and there will be several cuts there none of which will probably surprise us.  What may surprise us is the trading of Beadles or perhaps even Shatley.

 

Staying on offense the TE group became crowded with the additions of Thomas and Koyack.  I can't remember the last time a player drafted by the Jaguars did not make the team.  But there is definitely going to be 5 players intensely competing for 4 spots.

 

At WR there is intense completion to see who makes the roster.  Lee, Robinson, Hurns, Greene, and Sterling seem poised to make the roster.  Will there be a 6th WR and who will it be is the question.

 

At RB Yeldon, Gerhart, and Robinson seem to be locks with 4 RB's expected to be on the roster.  #4 is up for grabs and I'm not sure who will win out among Pierce, Johnson, or Grant.

 

Because of the pressure other positions are putting on the roster, it is likely the team keeps only 2 QB's - Bortles and Henne.

 

On to defense.

 

The DL gives the team the hardest choice to make.  Odrick will start at strong side DE with Alualu the backup.  At NT there is Miller with Jones the backup.  At penetrating DT there is Marks, with Hood, Davis, and Bennett backing him up.  While at Leo the team has Clemons, Branch, Davis, and Smith.  Davis is listed twice as a backup.  Eleven players are listed, but the team normally carries 10 DL.  Someone has to go.  O'Halloran cuts Smith, but he is such a young promising player that I do not want to lose him.  The team carries 11 DL or the team trades Branch for a draft pick or cuts Clemons.

 

LBer is a position group which has been well documented during the offseason.  The team has 3 good starters with ST players as the backups.  During the preseason games the team will confirm weather or not this is true.  The LBers may be better than we think.  But if the team only kept 5 LBers, then they could carry 11 DL.

 

At DB the team normally carries 5 CB and 5 S.  The team will cut a capable backup CB and at S the team will have to decide weather or not to retain Loston on the roster as the 5th S.  Loston is a good ST player.  He probably makes the roster.

 

On ST we'll see if the team blames Scobee for all the blocked field goals last year.

 

So I see minimal surprises with two potential trades - Beadles/Shatley and Branch/Smith.  Looks like a tough year for an undrafted FA to make the team except maybe at LB, 

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