Predicting the Ravens Roster

Since he is suspended the first two games, I don’t think he counts as a roster spot until Week 3. I’ve been trying to find the NFL rule – does anyone know for sure?

As for DB’s, neither Williams, Fisher or Miller made a case for getting the CB spot. Williams was getting torched. Hamlin’s lack of tackling made a good case for getting cut. If Williams doesn’t count against the 53, I think Fisher makes it by default. Then it’s a pick ‘em for Week 3. And I guess we hang onto Hamlin until Reed returns. But I won’t be too surprised if we still add someone else at DB cut by another team instead.

Elsewhere on defense, I agree Jones goes to PS and no other team looking at this game film will be tempted to put him on their 53. Phillips over Burgess for ST but he sure didn’t help himself.

Agree with your offense picks. I really want to keep David Reed, but as I have been reminded here more than a few times, it’s tough to keep 6 WR so he’ll go to PS.

QB – they keep Troy.

K – tough call but I think Cundiff has one it on merit.

Moll, Hale and Cary Williams are locks. I believe Phillips to be a lock too. Demitrius is far from a lock; he has shown nothing more than Reed and Smith, and he is due 1.176 million this year.

I think all three (D-Will, Smith, Reed) stand a decent chane on making the team. We’ll see. The corners looked lost out there last nite and none helped themselves.

Not happy but reality says we need the roster spot and in the event that our QB’s both get hurt Troy is not that much better than a released player we pick up off the street. Which may be Troy himself as we have not seen any team express any interest in him. If Joe and Marc are both out we are done anyway so why not keep a position player that can help us win. Maybe give us the luxury of keeping Ed Reed on the 53. The coaches will be weighing this question… Would you rather have Ed Reed maybe be available for a few extra games or have Troy as 3rd string? If you want the ring you have to roll the dice. Look for us to add a corner some team tries to sneak onto their practice squad or is released. There will be better players than Williams or Fisher available.

Looks to me that you have Graham riding on his track record (don’t forget the misses) vs Cundiff who looks to be the better kicker right now. (stonger on KOs and a slight edge on FGs) I think this has been the first time Cundiff has had an offseason with a team and he looks to have made the most of it. His KOs alone will make our D so much better. Drove me crazy for years watching the other team start on the 30, 40, 50 yard line. I hope the keep Cundiff. Just have a bad feeling that keeping a Cincy reject will come back to haunt us.

I wasn’t surprised, but rather disappointed how poorly Troy played last night. Granted, he had all the backups up front and and Davon Drew blocking and trying to run routes. Good thing Troy can run.
David Hale – was he invisible all preseason? I wasn’t looking for him, but I noticed Chester at center and Reitz and Mattison in there next to him. I thought Hale was our future center.

I’d say Parmale is in, Troy is in, and M. Smith, D. Reed, Moll, Hale, Phillips and Cundiff make it. I’m thinking that they want to hang onto D. Williams, so M. Smith or D. Reed may be out, although I’d prefer to keep them both.

Did Fisher really make a good case for himself? The alternative is Miller or Williams, so I dunno.

I’ve only been able to see parts of one Ravens game, but as a diehard ‘Cuse fan I’m rooting for him to make an impact. Is it a numbers game or is he just not playing up to snuff? I truly thought he was a steal for the 5th round.

All you big supporters of D. Williams, with his cap hit of 1.076 million vs. Reed and Marcus Smith on rookie contracts, is Williams really shown he is better than them that it is worth keeping him?

I know, its an uncapped year, blah blah blah….. he sucks and is injury prone! face it.

Jones was getting pushed around pretty badly last night. I was rooting for him to step up and instead saw him losing most of the battles – especially when he had to move laterally. I think he needs some time to adjust and PS is a good way to go for him. On merit, no way he beats out Kelly Talavou and Brandon McKinney.

Harewood is even more of a project and we can’t afford a project on the 53, especially on the already thin O-line. He definitely makes PS though.

Agree Hamlin stays only until Reed returns – which for Ed’s sake I hope is not until after Week 6, unless he is closer to being in football shape than he is letting on.

I still think D-Will has earned a spot and Reed will be PS. What he does in games until then will determine if he survives when Stallworth returns.

Saw the Josh Wilson interview today. Liked this quote

This is a team that is going to do whatever it takes to get to the Superbowl and I want to be a part of that. If they want me to get back there and do kicks, I’ll score touchdowns that way

QB (3) – J Flacco, M Bulger, T Smith
RB (4) – R Rice, W McGahee, L McClain, J Parmele
WR (6) – D Mason, A Boldin, M Clayton, M Smith, D Williams, D Stallworth
TE (3) – T Heap, E Dickson, D Pitta
OL (9) – M Oher, B Grubbs, M Birk, M Yanda, O Cousins, J Gaither, T Moll
DL (8) – H Ngata, K Gregg, C Redding, K Talavou, B McKinney, T Cody, T Pryce, P Kruger
LB (9) – T Suggs, J McClain, R Lewis, J Johnson, A Barnes, D Ellerbe, T Gooden, J Phillips, E Jones
CB (4) – C Carr, F Washington, L Webb, J Wilson,
S (4) – D Landry, H Nakamura, T Zbikowski, K Hamlin,
P – S Koch
K – B Cundiff
LS – M Cox

Suspension – C. Williams
Reserve PUP – E. Reed, B Ayanbadejo
PS – D. Reed, R Harewood, C Steele, A Jones, P Miller

Jason la confora reports ed reed heading to pup

Yall gonna be sorry if Scary Cary and Depetridish Williams make the team. Scary can’t cover quick receivers. Might come in handy against a plodder with height. Depetridish is fragile and not worth dumping someone like Reed. Steele needs a spot as well. I like his second efforts and ability to bounce of an earn another 2-3 yards.