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Think Wilson will be on the field every down. Will see a rotation of other backers including Kramdi in different situations.

The "starter" or "backup" thing (again) is a total red herring. We're better off with more guys who can play, there's no doubt about that. Much prefer the approach to having roles for everyone rather than just have 12-15 guys who don't do anything but special teams...kind of the Taman/Mack era model.

Because one of his feet hasn't worked in 2 years.

Mitchell got a crazy amount of playing time too. There were 5-6 guys who basically didn't get on the field in that receiver competition. Kind of hilarious they kept those 96 players around to the bitter end.

The whole "starting Canadian" thing is kind of a red herring. All they do is say how many are on each side of the ball and that's the minimum they have to play each snap. Could play more and probably will on D on a given down. But could go 11 Americans 1 Canadian lots of snaps too.

Mitchell wasn't that bad LOL. Just had some pretty big errors that thought might have chopped him. Think he's got a lot of potential and obviously we don't get much from a month of practice which is about 90% of their evaluation.

They will only need 1 Canadian on the field at a given time on D. I wouldn't read too much into where guys are on "depth" chart. They'll probably have snaps with 1 Canadian out there and snaps with 3 or 4 depending on set for D. They can run sets with only Ford out there for instance and American LB/DL group.

I might have kept both of them over 3 import OL on the PR....but I guess they are covering 3 OL spots there....one interior guy (Vanterpool played a ton of guard in both games), one guy to develop as LT (Coleman) and one guy to continue competing at RT (Randolph). Not sure we needed to keep two import receivers either. More pressing roster need will be if we get a Canadian or two dinged on O. Hamilton ratio changed a lot with DL departures too. I'd much rather have him than the other Bennett sneak back onto the roster.

There's talk of him performing in that role. He has no experience with it and didn't hit the field in preseason. Guess we'll see what the plan is. In any event cutting Rosery feels like a bad move to me given the overall makeup of our roster and commitment to using 6-7-8 Canadians regularly on O. If we lose a Canadian OL to injury our roster will be in significant flux. Sounds like Eli might be down for awhile and there's some durability concerns there so Wallace is likely our 6th OL Day 1.

Certainly didn't look that way. He was taking carries as a primary back behind 3rd string OL and running hard. He's taken regular reps at 2 receivers spots throughout camp. MCI did squat and showed up late. If he's on the roster it's to cover kicks. Hopefully he knows what he's doing in that regard. The MCI hype is just hopeful at the moment.

And when I talk about Rosery I'm not saying they'd cut Augustine....just that Rosery appears to be a useful player and we need more of those especially Canadian ones. Chris-Ike didn't get on the field much for pre-season so really interested to see what happens in real games.

Just made me think of Grainger there too. Cut him. Hope he enjoyed his 5 nights in Winnipeg.

Offense is big concern to me. If Oliviera isn't ready to go could get really messy.

Yeah there would be a shuffle depending on where you need coverage. Holm can play corner, Kramdi can play SAM, safety, even HB in a pinch, Kelly can play anywhere, Hallett can play anywhere....talking about if you have in game injuries that force that scramble. Nichols also took a ton of safety reps in camp so could be he is there and Bonds at corner, Bridges at half.

I think Wilson will mostly be in the middle. But Gauthier will play lots too. Basically only need 1-2 Canadians on the field on D any given down. So should see lots of the American guys out there in different roles too....Bridges and Ayers, DL can rotate pretty freely if Ford is an every down player.

Bridges seems like the kind of guy who can play anywhere from HB to WIL as he gets more reps. Solid tackler.

With a giant baseball glove.

Bennetts

They could dress 8.

Think he's actually Austrian on second glance.

I'm surprised they kept the British one. He looked like a random high school player thrown out there.

He has to be out until at least Week 2 since they put him on 6 game.

Rosery makes no sense to me. We are short Canadians. We start a Canadian at tailback. We want to start 2 Canadian receivers. Augustine is 30. Rosery showed really well too.

Terrell Bonds returned punts for the San Antonio Brahmas.

Ayers was all over the field on Friday in the 2nd half. Special Teams too.