Predict the Week 1 Roster

[sp6488]

Migrating this over from the old forum.  Thought I would revisit this now that we have one preseason game in the books.

Starters in bold, rookies are italicized and purple font is not currently signed (speculative). 

QB: Flacco, Mallett (2) 
RB: West, Allen, Woodhead (3) 
WR: Wallace, Maclin, Perriman, Moore, Campanero, Keenan Reynolds (6) 
TE: Williams, Watson, Boyle, Donnell (4) 
OL: Stanley, Hurst, Jensen, Yanda, Howard, Skura, Nembot, Eluemenor (8)

Total Offense - 23

DL: Williams, Pierce, Urban, Davis, Kaufusi, Wormley, Henry, Patrick Ricard (8) 
OLB: Suggs, Judon, Z. Smith, Bowser, Williams (5) 
ILB: Mosely, Correa, Onwuasor, McClellan (4) 
CB: Smith, Carr, Boykin, Humphrey, Jaylen Hill(5) 
DB: Webb, Levine (2) 
S: Weddle, Jefferson, Clark (3) 

Total Defense - 27 

K: Tucker (1) 
P: Koch (1) 
LS: Cox (1) 

Total Special Teams - 3 

Other Notables 
PUP: N/A 
IR: Young, Dixon, Siragusa, Gillmore, Lewis, Tim White, Canady, etc. (depressing...)
To PS: Roubbens Joseph, Brennan Beyer, Derrick Nelson, Quincy Adeboyejo, Ricky Ortiz
Cut: LTF (injuries have made for few notable cuts)

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I would have thought that there would be a fight for two spots among three guys among Larry Donnell, Keenan Reynolds and Tim White, but the Tim White injury makes that discussion a bit moot.  This attempt is a bit heavier toward defense (moved from a 24/26/3 split to 23/27/3), but it seems like there are more guys on that side of the ball who are making the case to be on the roster (specifically Hill and Ricard).

The O-Line situation is a bit dicey and it will be interesting to see if they can find any reinforcements (other than Zuttah).  I do wonder if Hurst might benefit from kicking inside to guard, where he doesn't need to get out wide to battle edge rushers.  Here is an excerpt from his original draft profile:

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BOTTOM LINE A wide-bodied, overachieving, college left tackle more ideally suited for the right side in the pros. Is football smart, gritty and competitive enough to battle for a job, but would be an ideal backup swing tackle on a strong offensive line and might even benefit from kicking inside where he'd have help on each side. Lack of foot quickness, agility and lower-body explosion could be restricting.

 

[coordinator0]

Hurst has shown to be physically overmatched in terms of strength too though. I think he's a bigger liability in that regard than being beaten around the edge... although that happens frequently too.

As for a roster prediction it feels like this changes daily with all of the injuries happening, but here's mine at this point. Note, this is what I expect the final 53 to look like after guys go on injured reserve not the immediate cutdown roster.

QB: Joe Flacco / Ryan Mallett 

RB: Terrance West / Danny Woodhead / Javorius Allen

FB: Ricky Ortiz

WR: Jeremy Maclin / Mike Wallace / Breshad Perriman / Chris Moore / Michael Campanaro / Keenan Reynolds

TE: Nick Boyle / Maxx Williams / Benjamin Watson

OT: Ronnie Stanley / Austin Howard / De'Ondre Wesley

OG: Marshal Yanda / James Hurst / Jermaine Eluemunor

C: Ryan Jensen / Matt Skura

 

DL: Brandon Williams / Michael Pierce / Brent Urban / Chris Wormley / Bronson Kaufusi / Carl Davis / Willie Henry / Patrick Ricard

OLB: Terrell Suggs / Matt Judon / Tyus Bowser / Tim Williams / Za'Darius Smith

ILB: C.J. Mosley / Kamalei Correa / Albert McClellan / Patrick Onwuasor

CB: Jimmy Smith / Brandon Carr / Marlon Humphrey / Maurice Canady / Jaylen Hill

S: Eric Weddle / Tony Jefferson / Lardarius Webb / Anthony Levine / Chuck Clark

 

K: Justin Tucker

P: Sam Koch

LS: Morgan Cox

[drd23]

3 hours ago, sp6488 said:

 I do wonder if Hurst might benefit from kicking inside to guard, where he doesn't need to get out wide to battle edge rushers.  Here is an excerpt from his original draft profile:

I wouldn't read too much into that prospect report considering pretty much all OT prospects except the elite one have it mentioned that a move to guard may be beneficial

[sp6488]

3 minutes ago, drd23 said:

I wouldn't read too much into that prospect report considering pretty much all OT prospects except the elite one have it mentioned that a move to guard may be beneficial

Fair.

[Danand]

QB: Flacco, Mallett
RB: West, Woodhead, Mizzell
FB: Taliaferro, Ortiz
TE: Watson, Boyle, Williams
WR: Wallace, Maclin, Perriman, Moore, Adeboyjo, Reynolds
OL: Stanley, Hurst, Jensen, Yanda, Howard, Eluemanor, Skura

23

DT: Williams, Pierce, Davis
DE: Urban, Kaufusi, Wormley, Henry, Ricard
ILB: Mosley, Correa, Onwuasor, McClellan
OLB: Suggs, Judon, Smith, Bowser, Williams
SS: Jefferson, Levine, Clark
FS: Weddle, Webb
CB: Smith, Carr, Humphrey, Hill, Boykin

27

Koch, Cox, Tucker

3

This is a bit heavy on defense, but they can expect to be on the field a lot so we have to have enough players to rotate. On injury to a dline or a trade, and we add an additional tight end or oline to the roster, and we have a usual 24/26 O/D split.
 

[paraven]

QB: Flacco, Mallett (2) 
RB: West, Allen, Woodhead (3) 
WR: Wallace, Maclin, Perriman, Moore, Adeboyjo, Keenan Reynolds (6) 
TE: Boyle, Williams, Watson,, Donnell (4) 
OL: Stanley, Hurst, Jensen, Yanda, Howard, Skura, Nembot, Eluemenor (8)

Total Offense - 23

DL: Williams, Pierce, Urban, Davis, Kaufusi, Wormley, Henry, Patrick Ricard (8) 
OLB: Suggs, Judon, Bowser, Z. Smith, , Williams (5) 
ILB: Mosely, Correa, Onwuasor, McClellan (4) 
CB: Smith, Carr, Hill, Humphrey, Canady(5) 
DB: Webb, Levine (2) 
S: Weddle, Jefferson, Clark (3) 

Total Defense - 27 

K: Tucker (1) 
P: Koch (1) 
LS: Cox (1) 

Total Special Teams - 3