Guess the 53-man roster [Game]

[stitches]

I thought we make a game out of predicting the 53 man roster. Here are the rules:

 

0. We are talking about 53 man roster on Sept 9th. 

 

1. There will be 3 tiers of players:

1.1. Tier 1 - No way they get cut - 15 players

1.2. Tier 2 - Those look safe, but... - 25 players

1.3. Tier 3 - On the bubble/marginal roster spots - 13 players

 

2. Penalty points

2.1 If a player in your Tier 1 gets cut you get 5 points penalty. 

2.2 If a player in your Tier 2 gets cut you get 2 points penalty. 

2.3 If a player in your Tier 3 gets cut you get 1 point penalty. 

 

3. Lowest score(penalty points accumulated) wins. 

[stitches]

Here's my take

Offense(26)

QB(2): Andrew Luck, Jacobi Brissett

WR(7): TY Hilton, Ryan Grant, Chester Rogers, Reece Fountain, Kasen Williams, Zach Pascal, Steve Ishmael 

OL(8): Anthony Castonzo, Quenton Nelson,  Ryan Kelly, Braden Smith, Matt Slauson,  Deyshawn Bond, Denzelle Good, Joe Haeg

TE(5): Jack Doyle, Eric Ebron, Erik Swoope, Darrell Daniels, Ross Travis 

RB(3): Marlon Mack,  Nyheim Hines, Jordan Wilkins, Christian Michael

 

Defense(24)

DL(9): Kemoko Turay, Denico Autry, Tyquan Lewis,  Jabaal Sheard, John Simon, Hassan Ridgeway, Al Woods, Grover Stewart, Ryan Delaire

LB(5): Darius Leonard, Anthony Walker, Skai Moore, Zaire Franklin, Najee Goode

CB(6): Kenny Moore II, Pierre Desir, Quincy Wilson, Nate Hairston, Chris Milton, Lenzy Pipkins

S(4): Clayton Geathers, Malik Hooker,T.J. Green, Matthias Farley

 

Special Teams(3):

P: Rigoberto Sanchez

K: Adam Vinatieri

LS: Luke Rhodes

 

 

-----------------------------------Tier 1:

1. Andrew Luck 

2. Clayton Geathers

3. TY Hilton

4. Ryan Grant

5. Quenton Nelson

6. Anthony Castonzo

7. Ryan Kelly

8. Malik Hooker

9. Braden Smith

10. Jack Doyle

11. Eric Ebron

12. Denico Autry

13. Kemoko Turay

14. Jabaal Sheard

15. Darius Leonard

-----------------------------------Tier 2:

16. Jacobi Brissett 

17. Chester Rodgers

18. Reece Fountain

19. Matt Slauson

20. Marlon Mack

21. Grover Stewart

22. Nyheim Hines

23. Jordan Wilkins

24. Anthony Walker

25. Skai Moore

26. Najee Goode

27. Kenny Moore II

28. Pierre Desir

29. Quincy Wilson

30. Adam Vinatieri

31. Rigoberto Sanchez

32. Luke Rhodes

33. Matthias Farley

34. Deyshawn Bond

35. Nate Hairston

36. Denzelle Good

37. John Simon

38. Hassan Ridgeway

39. Al Woods

40. Tyquan Lewis

-----------------------------------Tier 3:

41. Christian Michael

42. Kasen Williams

43. Darrell Daniels

44. Ryan Delaire

45. Zaire Franklin

46. Chris Milton

47. Lenzy Pipkins

48. T.J. Green

49. Erik Swoope

50. Steve Ishmael

51. Zach Pascal

52. Ross Travis

53. Joe Haeg

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I just realized our roster is trash. Once I got to about the mid-30s I could honestly not say with any confidence that those left deserve a roster spot. Ballard will be making a ton of waiver claims IMO. 

[Btown_Colt]

Sounds fun!

Offense = 24

Defense = 26

Special Teams = 3

 

Tier 1

QB - Luck, Brissett (2)

WR - TY Hilton, Ryan Grant, Chester Rodgers (3)

OL - Anthony Castonzo, Quenton Nelson, Ryan Kelly (3)

RB - Marlon Mack, Jordan Wilkins (2)

S - Clayton Geathers, Malik Hooker (2)

LB - Darius Leonard (1)

P - Rigoberto Sanchez (1)

K - Vinny (1)

 

Tier 2

OL - Matt Slauson, Braden Smith, Joe Haeg (3)

TE - Jack Doyle, Eric Ebron (2)

DL - John Simon, Jabaal Sheard, Kemoko Turay, Al Woods, Grover Stewart, Denico Autry, Tyquan Lewis, Hassan Ridgeway, (8)

CB - Kenny Moore, Nate Hairston, Quincy Wilson, Pierre Desir (4)

S - Matthias Farley (1)

LB - Najee Goode, Zaire Franklin, Skai Moore, Tyrell Adams, Anthony Walker (5)

LS - Luke Rhodes (1)

RB - Nyheim Hines (1)

 

Tier 3

WR - Reece Fountain, Kasen Williams, Zach Pascal (3)

OL - J’Marcus Webb, Denzelle Good, (2)

Dl - Ryan Delair, Rakeem Nunez-Roches (2)

TE - Ross Travis, Darrell Daniels (2)

RB - Christine Michael (1)

CB - Lenzy Pipkins, Chris Milton (2)

S - George Odum

 

[MacDee1975]

37 minutes ago, stitches said:

Here's my take

Offense(26)

QB(2): Andrew Luck, Jacobi Brissett

WR(7): TY Hilton, Ryan Grant, Chester Rogers, Reece Fountain, Kasen Williams, Zach Pascal, Steve Ishmael 

OL(8): Anthony Castonzo, Quenton Nelson,  Ryan Kelly, Braden Smith, Matt Slauson,  Deyshawn Bond, Denzelle Good, Joe Haeg

TE(5): Jack Doyle, Eric Ebron, Erik Swoope, Darrell Daniels, Ross Travis 

RB(3): Marlon Mack,  Nyheim Hines, Jordan Wilkins, Christian Michael

 

Defense(24)

DL(9): Kemoko Turay, Denico Autry, Tyquan Lewis,  Jabaal Sheard, John Simon, Hassan Ridgeway, Al Woods, Grover Stewart, Ryan Delaire

LB(5): Darius Leonard, Anthony Walker, Skai Moore, Zaire Franklin, Najee Goode

CB(6): Kenny Moore II, Pierre Desir, Quincy Wilson, Nate Hairston, Chris Milton, Lenzy Pipkins

S(4): Clayton Geathers, Malik Hooker,T.J. Green, Matthias Farley

 

Special Teams(3):

P: Rigoberto Sanchez

K: Adam Vinatieri

LS: Luke Rhodes

 

 

-----------------------------------Tier 1:

1. Andrew Luck 

2. Clayton Geathers

3. TY Hilton

4. Ryan Grant

5. Quenton Nelson

6. Anthony Castonzo

7. Ryan Kelly

8. Malik Hooker

9. Braden Smith

10. Jack Doyle

11. Eric Ebron

12. Denico Autry

13. Kemoko Turay

14. Jabaal Sheard

15. Darius Leonard

-----------------------------------Tier 2:

16. Jacobi Brissett 

17. Chester Rodgers

18. Reece Fountain

19. Matt Slauson

20. Marlon Mack

21. Grover Stewart

22. Nyheim Hines

23. Jordan Wilkins

24. Anthony Walker

25. Skai Moore

26. Najee Goode

27. Kenny Moore II

28. Pierre Desir

29. Quincy Wilson

30. Adam Vinatieri

31. Rigoberto Sanchez

32. Luke Rhodes

33. Matthias Farley

34. Deyshawn Bond

35. Nate Hairston

36. Denzelle Good

37. John Simon

38. Hassan Ridgeway

39. Al Woods

40. Tyquan Lewis

-----------------------------------Tier 3:

41. Christian Michael

42. Kasen Williams

43. Darrell Daniels

44. Ryan Delaire

45. Zaire Franklin

46. Chris Milton

47. Lenzy Pipkins

48. T.J. Green

49. Erik Swoope

50. Steve Ishmael

51. Zach Pascal

52. Ross Travis

53. Joe Haeg

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I just realized our roster is trash. Once I got to about the mid-30s I could honestly not say with any confidence that those left deserve a roster spot. Ballard will be making a ton of waiver claims IMO. 

 

If they keep 7 out of that pathetic group of WR, I may give up on Ballard forever.  They have 3, at most, NFL caliber wide receivers.  And that is being very generous.  I have no clue how you are coming up with 7 being on the final roster.

 

Agree that this roster is trash....it really is.  Its criminal how bad Ballard has allowed our WR, LB and CB groups to be.  Those 3 are not even remotely near being NFL caliber position groups.

[csmopar]

51 minutes ago, stitches said:

 

 

-----------------------------------Tier 1:

 

-----------------------------------Tier 2:

 

-----------------------------------Tier 3:

 

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Mines very similar with only as few changes.  Notable Basham, I think he makes it, I don't see us carrying 5 TEs either. 

 

We'll carry 4 RBs initially, keeping both Turbin and Michaels, at least until Turbin returns from suspension.  Then Michaels becomes expendable. I do not know if Turbin counts towards the active roster on day 1 or not so I went ahead and included him in the 53.  Also, I think Hines has played himself off the team regardless with all the fumbles but he's my one wild card to this position, I could see him and Michael swapping spots.

 

I kept the same color codes for ease of reading.

 

*=Turbin Situation as explained above

***= I believe we will trade or claim a better RT off of waivers. If that happens, I think Good or Haeg, or BOTH get cut. 

 

Offense(25)

QB(2): Andrew Luck, Jacobi Brissett

WR(7): TY Hilton, Ryan Grant, Chester Rogers, Reece Fountain, Kasen Williams, Zach Pascal, Steve Ishmael 

OL(8): Anthony Castonzo, Quenton Nelson,  Ryan Kelly, Braden Smith, Matt Slauson,  Deyshawn Bond, Denzelle Good***,Joe Haeg***

TE(4): Jack Doyle, Eric Ebron, Erik Swoope, Darrell Daniels

RB(4*): Marlon Mack, Robert Turbin*, Jordan Wilkins, Christian Michael*,

 

Defense(25)

DL(10): Kemoko Turay, Denico Autry, Tyquan Lewis,  Jabaal Sheard, John Simon, Hassan Ridgeway, Al Woods, Grover Stewart, Tarell Basham, Ryan Delaire

LB(5): Darius Leonard, Anthony Walker, Skai Moore, Zaire Franklin, Najee Goode

CB(6): Kenny Moore II, Pierre Desir, Quincy Wilson, Nate Hairston, Chris Milton, Lenzy Pipkins

S(4): Clayton Geathers, Malik Hooker,T.J. Green, Matthias Farley

 

Special Teams(3):

P: Rigoberto Sanchez

K: Adam Vinatieri

LS: Luke Rhodes

[csmopar]

3 minutes ago, MacDee1975 said:

 

If they keep 7 out of that pathetic group of WR, I may give up on Ballard forever.  They have 3, at most, NFL caliber wide receivers.  And that is being very generous.  I have no clue how you are coming up with 7 being on the final roster.

 

Agree that this roster is trash....it really is.  Its criminal how bad Ballard has allowed our WR, LB and CB groups to be.  Those 3 are not even remotely near being NFL caliber position groups.

You have to have bodies. That's the only reason I kept them around in my mock. Also, history has shown that some WRs take time to develop, especially with route running.  I also think this will be a group that is heavily modified once the cuts are made with at least 1-2, maybe even 3 waiver wire pick ups here.

[stitches]

30 minutes ago, MacDee1975 said:

 

If they keep 7 out of that pathetic group of WR, I may give up on Ballard forever.  They have 3, at most, NFL caliber wide receivers.  And that is being very generous.  I have no clue how you are coming up with 7 being on the final roster.

 

Agree that this roster is trash....it really is.  Its criminal how bad Ballard has allowed our WR, LB and CB groups to be.  Those 3 are not even remotely near being NFL caliber position groups.

We probably won't keep 7 and IMO the WR group is one that is most likely to get reinforcements from outside the team, but right now I guess I cannot differentiate much between them. It's very possible we end up cutting one or two of those but by the nature of the game(giving all 53 now, without knowing the waiver claims we will do) I couldn't really come to better ones to keep from other groups). They are at least young, while I couldn't make myself keep Howard for example who has been trash and is over 30. Maybe I should have kept Basham instead of one of those.... yeah... if I had to do it again I probably keep Basham over Ishmael or Kasen Williams.

[akcolt]

34 minutes ago, csmopar said:

You have to have bodies. That's the only reason I kept them around in my mock. Also, history has shown that some WRs take time to develop, especially with route running.  I also think this will be a group that is heavily modified once the cuts are made with at least 1-2, maybe even 3 waiver wire pick ups here.

I think we see 5 on the 53 man then a couple to the PS. After TY Rogers and Grant who knows what happens. Personally I like Pascal and Ishmael unless KJ makes it back then that changes things. Do we know how his knee is? I think Fountain is headed to the PS but who knows we don't see practice team meetings etc. This group is the most difficult to get a read on for me. 

[csmopar]

1 minute ago, akcolt said:

I think we see 5 on the 53 man then a couple to the PS. After TY Rogers and Grant who knows what happens. Personally I like Pascal and Ishmael unless KJ makes it back then that changes things. Do we know how his knee is? I think Fountain is headed to the PS but who knows we don't see practice team meetings etc. This group is the most difficult to get a read on for me. 

Agreed. 

[Statiik82]

Offense(24)

QB(2): 

Andrew Luck

Jacoby Brissett

WR(6): 

TY Hilton, Ryan Grant, Chester Rogers, Reece Fountain, Zach Pascal, Steve Ishmael 

OL(8):

Anthony Castonzo, Quenton Nelson, Ryan Kelly, Braden Smith, Matt Slauson, Deyshawn Bond, Denzelle Good, Joe Haeg

TE(4): Jack Doyle, Eric Ebron, Ross Travis, Darrell Daniels 

RB(4):

Marlon Mack, Nyheim Hines, Jordan Wilkins, Christine Michael

 

Defense(26)

DL(10):

Kemoko Turay, Denico Autry, Jabaal Sheard, Tyquan Lewis,  John Simon, Hassan Ridgeway, Al Woods, Margus Hunt, Grover Stewart, Ryan Delaire

LB(6):

Darius Leonard, Anthony Walker, Najee Goode, Skai Moore, Zaire Franklin, Matt Adams

CB(6):

Pierre Desir, Kenny Moore II, Quincy Wilson, Nate Hairston, Chris Milton, Lenzy Pipkins

S(4):

Malik Hooker, Clayton Geathers, Matthias Farley, T.J. Green

 

Special Teams(3):

K: Adam Vinatieri 

P: Rigoberto Sanchez 

LS: Luke Rhodes 

 

-----------------------------------Tier 1:

1. Andrew Luck 

2. TY Hilton

3. Anthony Castonzo

4. Quenton Nelson

5. Ryan Kelly

6. Jack Doyle

7. Marlon Mack

8. Kemoko Turay

9. Denico Autry

10. Jabaal Sheard

11. Darius Leonard

12. Pierre Desir

13. Malik Hooker

14. Clayton Geathers

15. Adam Vinatieri

-----------------------------------Tier 2:

16. Jacoby Brissett 

17. Ryan Grant

18. Chester Rodgers

19. Reece Fountain

20. Braden Smith

21. Matt Slauson

22. Eric Ebron

23. Ross Travis

24. Nyheim Hines

25. Jordan Wilkins

26. Christine Michael

27. Tyquan Lewis

28. John Simon

29. Hassan Ridgeway

30. Al Woods

31. Margus Hunt

32. Anthony Walker

33. Najee Goode

34. Skai Moore

35. Kenny Moore II

36. Quincy Wilson

37. Nate Hairston 

38. Matthias Farley

39. Rigoberto Sanchez

40. Luke Rhodes

-----------------------------------Tier 3:

41. Zach Pascal

42. Steve Ishmael

43. Deyshawn Bond

44. Denzelle Good

45. Joe Haeg

46. Darrell Daniels

47. Christine Michael

48. Grover Stwart

49. Ryan Delaire

50.Zaire Franklin

51. Matt Adams

52.Chris Milton

53. Lenzy Pipkins

54. T.J. Green

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[Smonroe]

5 hours ago, MacDee1975 said:

 

If they keep 7 out of that pathetic group of WR, I may give up on Ballard forever.  They have 3, at most, NFL caliber wide receivers.  And that is being very generous.  I have no clue how you are coming up with 7 being on the final roster.

 

Agree that this roster is trash....it really is.  Its criminal how bad Ballard has allowed our WR, LB and CB groups to be.  Those 3 are not even remotely near being NFL caliber position groups.

 

Disagree about the LBs, you may end up being right but there’s a decent chance the group could be very good too.  All talented, fast players.  Very little experience.  I like that group. 

 

The CB group is adequate.  Four decent players, no stars, but may be fine if the Dline performs.  Is Breeland still available?

 

Agree about the WRs.  One great, one could be real good if he stays healthy (Chester).  Grant has showed nothing.  The rest are all projects and could easily be upgraded.  

[csmopar]

So far, I have a 3 point penalty 

[funktacious2]

On 8/28/2018 at 12:26 PM, stitches said:

Here's my take

Offense(26)

QB(2): Andrew Luck, Jacobi Brissett

WR(7): TY Hilton, Ryan Grant, Chester Rogers, Reece Fountain, Kasen Williams, Zach Pascal, Steve Ishmael 

OL(8): Anthony Castonzo, Quenton Nelson,  Ryan Kelly, Braden Smith, Matt Slauson,  Deyshawn Bond, Denzelle Good, Joe Haeg

TE(5): Jack Doyle, Eric Ebron, Erik Swoope, Darrell Daniels, Ross Travis 

RB(3): Marlon Mack,  Nyheim Hines, Jordan Wilkins, Christian Michael

 

Defense(24)

DL(9): Kemoko Turay, Denico Autry, Tyquan Lewis,  Jabaal Sheard, John Simon, Hassan Ridgeway, Al Woods, Grover Stewart, Ryan Delaire

LB(5): Darius Leonard, Anthony Walker, Skai Moore, Zaire Franklin, Najee Goode

CB(6): Kenny Moore II, Pierre Desir, Quincy Wilson, Nate Hairston, Chris Milton, Lenzy Pipkins

S(4): Clayton Geathers, Malik Hooker,T.J. Green, Matthias Farley

 

Special Teams(3):

P: Rigoberto Sanchez

K: Adam Vinatieri

LS: Luke Rhodes

 

 

-----------------------------------Tier 1:

1. Andrew Luck 

2. Clayton Geathers

3. TY Hilton

4. Ryan Grant

5. Quenton Nelson

6. Anthony Castonzo

7. Ryan Kelly

8. Malik Hooker

9. Braden Smith

10. Jack Doyle

11. Eric Ebron

12. Denico Autry

13. Kemoko Turay

14. Jabaal Sheard

15. Darius Leonard

-----------------------------------Tier 2:

16. Jacobi Brissett 

17. Chester Rodgers

18. Reece Fountain

19. Matt Slauson

20. Marlon Mack

21. Grover Stewart

22. Nyheim Hines

23. Jordan Wilkins

24. Anthony Walker

25. Skai Moore

26. Najee Goode

27. Kenny Moore II

28. Pierre Desir

29. Quincy Wilson

30. Adam Vinatieri

31. Rigoberto Sanchez

32. Luke Rhodes

33. Matthias Farley

34. Deyshawn Bond

35. Nate Hairston

36. Denzelle Good

37. John Simon

38. Hassan Ridgeway

39. Al Woods

40. Tyquan Lewis

-----------------------------------Tier 3:

41. Christian Michael

42. Kasen Williams

43. Darrell Daniels

44. Ryan Delaire

45. Zaire Franklin

46. Chris Milton

47. Lenzy Pipkins

48. T.J. Green

49. Erik Swoope

50. Steve Ishmael

51. Zach Pascal

52. Ross Travis

53. Joe Haeg

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I just realized our roster is trash. Once I got to about the mid-30s I could honestly not say with any confidence that those left deserve a roster spot. Ballard will be making a ton of waiver claims IMO. 

Not sure if someone already said this but I think you have 54 here. You put 3 RBs and have 4.