Per report Phillip Dorsett was cut yesterday to open a spot for Tavon Austin to return from injury.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Per report Phillip Dorsett was cut yesterday to open a spot for Tavon Austin to return from injury.

Elevated from the PS and cut not even a week later. Brutal.

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Per report Phillip Dorsett was cut yesterday to open a spot for Tavon Austin to return from injury.

Elevated from the PS and cut not even a week later. Brutal.

Hopefully he’s saved some money for the past 6 years. He’s really only good for ST.

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Article from BCC notes that we also added a kicker to the Practice Squad.

https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2021/9/27/...ip-dorsett

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Per report Phillip Dorsett was cut yesterday to open a spot for Tavon Austin to return from injury.

Elevated from the PS and cut not even a week later. Brutal.

Not 
For
Long

(if I may borrow from coach Glanville)

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Per report Phillip Dorsett was cut yesterday to open a spot for Tavon Austin to return from injury.

Elevated from the PS and cut not even a week later. Brutal.

That seemed strange to me too.  If he was good enough to bring up to the active roster, why not return him to the practice squad and cut another receiver instead?  Is that NFL rules?  Are they unable to return him to the practice squad? Do they have to cut him if they don't want him on the active roster?

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Elevated from the PS and cut not even a week later. Brutal.

That seemed strange to me too.  If he was good enough to bring up to the active roster, why not return him to the practice squad and cut another receiver instead?  Is that NFL rules?  Are they unable to return him to the practice squad? Do they have to cut him if they don't want him on the active roster?

Players have to be cut before they can be put on the practice squad.

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Austin may be the X factor on offense we have been missing. I’m hoping he is fully healed

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Austin may be the X factor on offense we have been missing. I’m hoping he is fully healed

Maybe we'll see a few of those gadget plays they supposedly cooked up for ETN thrown out there this week.

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Austin may be the X factor on offense we have been missing. I’m hoping he is fully healed

Maybe we'll see a few of those gadget plays they supposedly cooked up for ETN thrown out there this week.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that Agnew was brought in for gadgety kinds of plays (besides his return abilities).

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Maybe we'll see a few of those gadget plays they supposedly cooked up for ETN thrown out there this week.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that Agnew was brought in for gadgety kinds of plays (besides his return abilities).

Agnew was signed early in free agency. 
At that juncture, Meyer and co. were under the impression their 1st round RB was the guy for that hybrid/gadget role. 
It's possible they may have considered Agnew a candidate for some of that but they've changed their minds if they did think that way - since he's seen almost no offensive snaps.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that Agnew was brought in for gadgety kinds of plays (besides his return abilities).

Agnew was signed early in free agency. 
At that juncture, Meyer and co. were under the impression their 1st round RB was the guy for that hybrid/gadget role. 
It's possible they may have considered Agnew a candidate for some of that but they've changed their minds if they did think that way - since he's seen almost no offensive snaps.

Not to be nit-picky, but if they signed Agnew first how is the highlighted true?  Unless I'm somehow misinterpreting your comment.  

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Just let him do what he does best returning kicks. Don’t mess with success. Austin is shifty enough to be a poor man’s ETN and is a better receiver.

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"I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man." - Teddy Roosevelt

That seemed strange to me too.  If he was good enough to bring up to the active roster, why not return him to the practice squad and cut another receiver instead?  Is that NFL rules?  Are they unable to return him to the practice squad? Do they have to cut him if they don't want him on the active roster?

Players have to be cut before they can be put on the practice squad.

This isn't true in Dorsett's case.  Teams are allowed to elevate up to two players from the practice squad prior to 4pm the day before their game without them counting against the active roster.  This applied to Dorsett when he was elevated to the active roster last Saturday, and as such he was never technically off the practice squad.  He reverted back to the PS after the game and was now released.  I'm guessing they needed a spot for the kicker and he was the guy most likely to be able to be reaquired at a later date.

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Players have to be cut before they can be put on the practice squad.

This isn't true in Dorsett's case.  Teams are allowed to elevate up to two players from the practice squad prior to 4pm the day before their game without them counting against the active roster.  This applied to Dorsett when he was elevated to the active roster last Saturday, and as such he was never technically off the practice squad.  He reverted back to the PS after the game and was now released.  I'm guessing they needed a spot for the kicker and he was the guy most likely to be able to be reaquired at a later date.

Thanks for the info.

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That's nice. What about the wr from the chargers who is the speedster? It would be nice to see him get a few looks

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I'm actually excited to see if Tavon Austin can do something for us. He looked solid in camp / preseason.

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Agnew was signed early in free agency. 
At that juncture, Meyer and co. were under the impression their 1st round RB was the guy for that hybrid/gadget role. 
It's possible they may have considered Agnew a candidate for some of that but they've changed their minds if they did think that way - since he's seen almost no offensive snaps.

Not to be nit-picky, but if they signed Agnew first how is the highlighted true?  Unless I'm somehow misinterpreting your comment.  

Nah, I'm just dumb. Responded while multi-tasking. They signed Agnew on March 15 and drafted ETN 6 weeks later. 

If they ever thought of Agnew as filling that role, they didn't show it in preseason and definitely haven't shown it in reg. season. 
After looking it up, he's got zero snaps outside of ST.

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