sp6488 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 A tradition unlike any other... Trying to predict the Final 53. This may be one of the deepest rosters we've had in a while in that it seems like we have 60 or so guys who should have a roster spot. Assuming no additional signings at this point. If we do sign anyone additional, that will obviously change things in subsequent updates to my prediction. Interested to see what everyone thinks we do with the roster headed into week 1. Projected starters are bolded, rookies are italicized. Offense (24) QB - Lamar Jackson, RG3, Trace McSorley (3) RB - Mark Ingram, Kenneth Dixon, Gus Edwards, Justice Hill (4) WR - Hollywood Brown, Willie Snead, Chris Moore, Miles Boykin, Seth Roberts, Jordan Lasley (6) TE - Hayden Hurst, Mark Andrews, Nick Boyle (3) OL - Ronnie Stanley, Jermaine Eluemunor, Matt Skura, Marshall Yanda, Orlando Brown, Ben Powers, Greg Senat, Alex Lewis, Bradley Bozeman (9) Defense (25) DL - Michael Pierce, Brandon Williams, Chris Wormley, Willie Henry, Zach Sieler, Daylon Mack, Gerald Willis (7) Edge - Matthew Judon, Tyus Bowser, Tim Williams, Jaylon Ferguson (4) ILB - Patrick Onwuasor, Kenny Young, Chris Board (3) DB/LB - Anthony Levine (1) CB - Jimmy Smith, Marlon Humphrey, Brandon Carr, Tavon Young, Anthony Averett, Iman Lewis-Marshall (6) S - Earl Thomas, Tony Jefferson, Chuck Clark, DeShon Elliott (4) Special Teams (3) K - Justin Tucker P - Sam Koch LS - Morgan Cox Most difficult cuts: James Hurst, Jaleel Scott, Maurice Canady, Cyrus Jones, Justin Bethel Trace McSorley and Chris Board have the most vulnerable spots based on the depth chart above, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BareYourTeeth Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 (edited) Offense (23) QB: Lamar Jackson, Robert Griffin III, Trace McSorley RB: Mark Ingram II, Gus Edwards, Justice Hill TE: Nick Boyle, Mark Andrews, Hayden Hurst WR: Miles Boykin, Chris Moore WR: Marquise Brown, Seth Roberts WR: Willie Snead IV LT: Ronnie Stanley, Jermaine Eluemunor LG: Ben Powers, Patrick Mekari C: Matt Skura, Bradley Bozeman RG: Marshal Yanda RT: Orlando Brown Jr., James Hurst Defense (27) DT: Michael Pierce, Willie Henry NT: Brandon Williams, Daylon Mack DE: Patrick Ricard, Chris Wormley, Zach Sieler RLB: Pernell McPhee, Tim Williams, Jaylon Ferguson MLB: Patrick Onwuasor, Kenny Young WLB: Chris Board, Anthony Levine SLB: Matthew Judon, Tyus Bowser LCB: Marlon Humphrey, Brandon Carr, Iman Marshall RCB: Jimmy Smith, Anthony Averett, Cyrus Jones, Justin Bethel FS: Earl Thomas III, DeShon Elliott SS: Tony Jefferson, Chuck Clark Special Teams (3) K: Justin Tucker P: Sam Koch LS: Morgan Cox IR: Gerald Willis, Tavon Young Practice Squad: Antoine Wesley Edited August 23, 2019 by BareYourTeeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Can we cut Seth Roberts without penalty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coordinator0 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, DreamKid said: Can we cut Seth Roberts without penalty? $1 million in dead money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp6488 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, coordinator0 said: $1 million in dead money. Not sure if that's the worst thing in the world if it comes to that. Basically I would view that as an insurance policy in case we weren't able to get a receiver (or two) that we wanted in the draft. He allowed us to some degree to not reach if the board didn't fall in our favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp6488 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 45 minutes ago, BareYourTeeth said: James Hurst Hurst/Lewis was one of the tougher decisions IMO. Ultimately, I determined that carrying 9 OL minimizes his value from versatility somewhat (even though you can carry less linemen on game day, I guess). Additionally, cutting him would save $1MM on the cap this year (and help future years). Finally, if Alex Lewis contributes at all or shows some value at guard or as a fill-in, then he may help us with the 2021 draft comp pick formula as this is his walk year. Hopefully, if we aren't facing injuries ourselves, some team will value his versatility and send us something of value (even a conditional 7th rounder) for Hurst. With his guarantees cleared out, his contract would actually be pretty good if a team views him as a 6th linemen/starter out of necessity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavensfanRD Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 What's the reasoning you guys have with starting Hayden Hurst over Mark Andrews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondbull424 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Offense (24) QB: Lamar Jackson, Robert Griffin III, Trace McSorley RB: Mark Ingram II, Gus Edwards, Justice Hill XWR: Marquise Brown, Seth Roberts ZWR: Chris Moore, Jordan Lasley, Jaleel Scott SLWR: Willie Snead IV TE: Nicks Boyle, Hayden Hurst, Mark Andrews LT: Ronnie Stanley, Jermaine Eluemunor LG: James Hurst, Ben Powers C: Bradley Bozeman, Matt Skura RG: Marshal Yanda, Alex Lewis RT: Orlando Brown Defense (26) DE: Chris Wormley, Willie Henry, Zach Sieler NT: Brandon Williams, Daylon Mack DT: Michael Pierce, Gerald Willis RUSH: Tyus Bowser, Jaylon Ferguson MIKE: Patrick Onwuasor, Chris Board WILL: Kenny Young, Anthony Levine SAM: Matthew Judon, Tim Williams RCB: Jimmy Smith, Tavon Young, Justin Bethel, Iman Marshall LCB: Marlon Humphrey, Brandon Carr, Anthony Averett FS: Earl Thomas III, DeShon Elliott SS: Tony Jefferson, Chuck Clark Special Teams (3) K: Justin Tucker P: Sam Koch LS: Morgan Cox It wouldn’t be an offseason without a proper redshirt. This year my candidate for that would be Mike Boykin. Talented and explosive player that seemingly adjusted slowly in college, perhaps the same will be true of the NFL level. He has redshirt candidate written all over him. I can’t see us retaining Kenneth Dixon over much more valuable options. Dixon would be our 4th runner, he’s had a history, and only has one more year left on his deal. He does elsewhere after preseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMcFife Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 9:42 PM, DreamKid said: Can we cut Seth Roberts without penalty? My guess is Snead and Roberts are competing for 1 spot, and I'd rather have Roberts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMcFife Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 14 hours ago, RavensfanRD said: What's the reasoning you guys have with starting Hayden Hurst over Mark Andrews? They will both be starting. Ravens will use 12 personnel as base offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMcFife Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 As I noted in the post-draft Ravens roster thread, I don't see the Ravens only carrying 3 ILB or 3 TEs. If you need 2 starting players for each position, you can't go into a season with 1 backup, that would be extremely negligent. Plus, TEs and ILBs are the best special teams players (especially for punts). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDandyGuyInSpace Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, AngusMcFife said: As I noted in the post-draft Ravens roster thread, I don't see the Ravens only carrying 3 ILB or 3 TEs. If you need 2 starting players for each position, you can't go into a season with 1 backup, that would be extremely negligent. Plus, TEs and ILBs are the best special teams players (especially for punts). Bro im so sure we've carried 3 tight ends and 3 inside linebackers for many years now. Especially since 2 of our tight ends are 2nd year players and we just resigned Boyle. The same can mostly be said for ILB. Kenny is in year 2 and Pnut is on his rookie deal. You dont see us carrying a 3rd? Also why are you saying TE's are so great on special teams? If anything our corners and recievers have been big dogs on ST, Chris Moore, Tavon, Bethel, and in the past we had Webb and Reed, torrey smith, idk about tight ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondbull424 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 6 hours ago, AngusMcFife said: As I noted in the post-draft Ravens roster thread, I don't see the Ravens only carrying 3 ILB or 3 TEs. If you need 2 starting players for each position, you can't go into a season with 1 backup, that would be extremely negligent. Plus, TEs and ILBs are the best special teams players (especially for punts). I’m sure we’ll have a talented TE on the practice squad that we utilize as our 4th TE. Our offense is flexible enough that if two TEs were to go down in game we could revert to a spread system with only 1 TE. Then we’d have a backup TE on the practice squad that we could bump up. Same with ILB. No reason to have more than 3 when there’s limited snaps to go around. Lastly, Levine is essentially our 4th ILB and in the event of emergency would surely use him there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMcFife Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 15 hours ago, aDandyGuyInSpace said: Bro im so sure we've carried 3 tight ends and 3 inside linebackers for many years now. Especially since 2 of our tight ends are 2nd year players and we just resigned Boyle. The same can mostly be said for ILB. Kenny is in year 2 and Pnut is on his rookie deal. You dont see us carrying a 3rd? Also why are you saying TE's are so great on special teams? If anything our corners and recievers have been big dogs on ST, Chris Moore, Tavon, Bethel, and in the past we had Webb and Reed, torrey smith, idk about tight ends. Bro the offense with Lamar Jackson at QB will be using different personnel than in previous years. Regarding special teams, yes the gunners are usually WR, but the rest of the punt team needs to be able to 1) block, 2) run, and 3) tackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMcFife Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 8 hours ago, diamondbull424 said: I’m sure we’ll have a talented TE on the practice squad that we utilize as our 4th TE. Our offense is flexible enough that if two TEs were to go down in game we could revert to a spread system with only 1 TE. Then we’d have a backup TE on the practice squad that we could bump up. Same with ILB. No reason to have more than 3 when there’s limited snaps to go around. Lastly, Levine is essentially our 4th ILB and in the event of emergency would surely use him there. I don't really agree that Levine is a LB. When you put a DB in place of a LB, its called nickel. He weighs 207 lbs. There's no way he can be expected to shed OL blocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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