early predictions on 53 man roster

My best guess as of 5/3:
Offense:
QBs: M. Brunell, J. Campbell, T. Collins
RBs: C. Portis, L. Betts, R. Cartwright
WRs: S. Moss, B. Lloyd, A. Randle-El, D. Patten, J. Thrash
FBs: M. Sellers
TEs/HBs: C. Cooley, C. Fauria, R. Johnson, M. White,
OL: J. Jansen, R. Thomas, C. Rabach, D. Dockery, C. Samuels, J. Molinaro, M. Pucillo, T. Walter, K. Lefotu

Defense:
D Line: P. Daniels, A. Carter, R. Wynn, C. Griffin, J. Salave'a, D. Evans, A. Montgomery, C. Killings, Golston
LB: M. Washington, L. Marshall, R. McIntosh, C. Clemons, K. Campbell, R. McCune, S. Havner
CB: S. Springs, C. Rogers, K. Wright, A. Jimoh, C. Onyenegecha
S: S.Taylor, A. Archuleta, P. Prioleau, Doughty

Others:
Frost
John Hall
Ethan Albright

I would not be shocked to see us aquire a TE over the next month or so, and Ron Johnson would be the odd man out.

I know this thread is all about roster spots, but someone help me out on a conversation I had with another fellow Skins fanatic yesterday concerning substitutions...... When the Skins go to a Nickle Defense, who replaces whom? I said that our Weakside LB goes out and our 3rd Corner comes in. When we go to a Dime Defense, the Strong LB goes out with the Weak LB and our 3rd Corner and maybe one of the 3rd Safeties comes in.
Is this about right?

I know this thread is all about roster spots, but someone help me out on a conversation I had with another fellow Skins fanatic yesterday concerning substitutions...... When the Skins go to a Nickle Defense, who replaces whom? I said that our Weakside LB goes out and our 3rd Corner comes in. When we go to a Dime Defense, the Strong LB goes out with the Weak LB and our 3rd Corner and maybe one of the 3rd Safeties comes in.
Is this about right?

I don't think there's any set rule for substitutions on nickel and dime formations. Every D-coordinator has their own plays and it can be many different allignments on any given play.

If I had to guess, I'd say that the strong-side LB goes out before the weak-side LB does on passing situations.

I don't think there's any set rule for substitutions on nickel and dime formations. Every D-coordinator has their own plays and it can be many different allignments on any given play.

If I had to guess, I'd say that the strong-side LB goes out before the weak-side LB does on passing situations.

Beem, is your thinking on this that the Weak-side LB is a better pass defender than the Strong-side? Just curious, I agree with you that Greg Williams uses a lot of different "packages" but I am just wondering what the general substitution rule is when an Offense shows you a 3-WR set.

Beem, is your thinking on this that the Weak-side LB is a better pass defender than the Strong-side? Just curious, I agree with you that Greg Williams uses a lot of different "packages" but I am just wondering what the general substitution rule is when an Offense shows you a 3-WR set.

You are gonna, as a D Coordinator keep your two best cover/pass rush LBs out there. For us, thats Marcus and Lemar. In the nickel, weak and strong LB no longer exist, rather, the nickel plays to strength.

last year lavar/holdman came out first, then lemar.... you leave marcus on the field for every snap. he has the best field awareness, he can make the calls, and he's the best in coverage.

they said they'd keep 4 DEs and 5 DTs, so golston or boschetti in, jacobs out.

. Beem, is your thinking on this that the Weak-side LB is a better pass defender than the Strong-side? Just curious, I agree with you that Greg Williams uses a lot of different "packages" but I am just wondering what the general substitution rule is when an Offense shows you a 3-WR set.

It may not even be a situation where you'd leave in the weak side linebacker and take out the strong side -- I suppose you'd just put whoever plays the pass better. Example: In our last Super Bowl against the Bills, I remember Matt Millen not even suiting up against the old "Run 'n Shoot" teams like the Lions and Falcons during the playoffs. He was a much better run stopper than a pass defender. Consequently, Monte Coleman saw a whole lot of action. Millen, I believe was the middle linebacker when he played.

So I think GTripp is right in that the there really isn't a weak or strong linebacker out there. You're going to have an extra cornerback at least (maybe two) and somebody's going to come out.

GJ on the list but I disagree with a couple of choices.
Thrash or jacobs: I cant see them keeping 6 WR's even if one is a special teams star. I think jacobs finally gets the boot. Thrash has too many skills to be let go.
Safety: I think we will have more than 4 safeties. Im thinking a possible 6 but more likely 5 since Williams likes to use His safeties to cover/blitz from the slot.
RB: I think nemo and white are gone. Just not enough spots for those guys since we will carry FB's and H-backs.

I don't think Nemo will be gone, he seemed to be very sure that he was being moved to FB, and seemed like him and the coaches were working on a lot of things. As for LB, Williams usually goes with his Vets. On the TE comment, under Gibbs HB and TE are very simalar and Cooley was more of a TE last year, I think he'll do fine. Agree with Jacobs being released.

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Some of these FAs are a mystery! Who is Junta Woodard, Atavious Cash, Sean Guthrie, Steven Harris, Ron Johnson, Jim Jones, Tyler Jones, Nick McNeil, Calen Powell, Karon Riley, Jayshon Sykes, LaShaun Ward, and Aric Williams?

I never heard of any of them!