2010 Redskins Final Cutdown

Honestly, I liked a bunch of guys we cut a lot more than Jean Gilles. Hartwig>Rabach, but it's not like we can just switch the center right now and expect no dropoff.

Montgomery made the team because he can play center, which seems like a really terrible reason. Its no secret that all coaches have favorites, but just to put it in perspective: if we had kept just eight OLmen last year, Will Montgomery wouldn't have made that team. And that team was terrible up front.

Yes, Montgomery probably would have made the team last year with only 8 OL. He was a "favorite" of Bugle too.

Honestly,I love our roster...

If I had to make a move...it would be to cut/trade R.Williams and get a sure #2 or #3 WR on the roster...
For example..T.J. hushmazilly

Then have a WR core of Moss,T.J.,Galloway,Armstrong and Banks

That would be a pretty darn good WR core...imo

With Austin on the practice squad in case of a bad injury...

But I do believe,we need to find a way to replace R.Williams..
I don't think he's a bad receiver,I just think we could significantly upgrade the WR position.

banks has way too much potential to be replaced here and is very young..
I think R.Williams is what...29?

But the 5 I have are very fast/quick not to mention the 2 studs in cooley and davis...

This is the move I'm hoping we make people...
be it williams for T.J.....or whoever...

Other than that! I love the roster...

Honestly, I liked a bunch of guys we cut a lot more than Jean Gilles. Hartwig>Rabach, but it's not like we can just switch the center right now and expect no dropoff.

Montgomery made the team because he can play center, which seems like a really terrible reason. Its no secret that all coaches have favorites, but just to put it in perspective: if we had kept just eight OLmen last year, Will Montgomery wouldn't have made that team. And that team was terrible up front.

Just out of curiousity who would you have kept? I have a great respect for the numbers game you have created in breaking down players on the Oline and I wonder who you saw in preseason that would have warranted GM Gtripp to keep? BTW I am not trying to be a smart ass at all and I do respect your opinion on this part of the team in particular.

This is only the 53 man roster for now. If I were R. Williams, D. Young, Westbrook, Banks, Paulsen, Riley, Barnes I wouldn't get to comfortable.

Lot of players on the market. I would think there are moves coming.

As a sign of the roster turnover and how bad our roster was at the end of the season last year, of the 10 players released in March (Randy Thomas, Rock, Randle-El, Betts, Griffin, Smoot, Collins, Mason, E. Williams, Stolinsky) only 3 are on other teams final rosters (Randle-El in Pittsburgh, Rock in Oakland and Collins in Chicago) and none have significant roles.

CAN NOT believe they cut Austin over Banks. Is he going to the practice squad? How can any of the coaches actually trust Banks? He's put the ball on the ground way too much and for that alone he shouldn't have made the team. I know he's made some nice plays but 5'7 145lbs guys don't make it in the NFL.

Also can someone tell me why these guys have such a hard on for Beck? Just cause he played in a similar system in college? Bartel clearly out played him. Not sure what they're thinking there.

I also don't think we need to go out and get TJ Housh. Outside of Moss it looks like they're going to go with a WR by committiee approach and I kinda like that. Keeps everyone fresh and hopefully one or two guys will emerge.

Because Skinfan...
Not only is banks a very dangerous return man (good and bad) but is probably the biggest homerun threat on the team.

Plus,what doesn't get mentioned either,is Austin was our leading receiver in the preseason with 10 catches for 146 yards & 1 TD.....Did you guys know that Banks was #2 with 8 catches for 129 yards?

The guy may be small,but he can play. He's not just some small fast kid.

Yes,he does need to work on holding on to the football,but this can & will be corrected I believe.

But everytime watching this kid,I always felt he could take every return to the house when touching the football.

Hell...that damn bubble screen looked like it was going for 70...lol

You guys act like you're the ones dissecting game and practice tape; and at the facility holding practices with these guys day in and day out.

Look, cutting and trading players isn't an exact science and every coach blows one here and there, but on the whole I'm 100% confident that our staff made the right roster decisions. I mean, did Justin Tryon really have a definitive edge over the players that we decided to keep this year? I didn't think so, unless you guys were watching a different Tryon. He was an average nickel guy, in my opinion. Again, my opinion. I think you can make an argument against Westbrook, but on the other hand he's been pretty solid on teams since the day he got here. And now that Rock is no longer here, we need a few guys flying to the ball on kick-offs and punts.

As Pain pointed out most of the guys we were whining about just five months ago aren't even in the NFL right now. Ladell Betts could do no wrong around here, but he couldn't even make the running back starved New Orleans Saints. Colt Brennen, lord have mercy! The list goes on and on.

I think the 53 we see today probably won't be the same 53 that suits up for Dallas; Terrence Austin included.