This is how some young men’s dreams of a football career die … cut-down day in the NFL. Teams are allowed to have up to 90 players in training camp, but must cut down to 53 players after the final preseason game. The first stage of cuts is from 90 to 75 players. Here’s my guess at the depth chart after the first round of releases:
|
Position |
Starter(s) |
Backups |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|
|
QB |
Christian Ponder |
Matt Cassel, McLeod Bethel-Thompson, |
|
|
WR |
FL – Greg Jennings SE – Jerome Simpson |
FL – Jarius Wright, Stephen Burton, SE – Cordarrelle Patterson (R), Joe Webb, |
Greg Childs (PUP) |
|
RB |
Adrian Peterson |
Toby Gerhart, Matt Asiata, Joe Banyard, |
|
|
FB |
Jerome Felton (suspended for 3 games) |
Zach Line (UFA) |
|
|
TE |
Kyle Rudolph |
John Carlson, Rhett Ellison, Chase Ford, Colin Anderson |
|
|
OL |
LT – Matt Kalil LG – Charlie Johnson C – John Sullivan RG – Brandon Fusco RT – Phil Loadholt |
LT – Kevin Murphy, DeMarcus Love (suspended for first 4 games of season) LG – Jeff Baca (R), C – Joe Berger, RG – Seth Olsen, Travis Bond (R) RT – Brandon Keith, Troy Kropog |
|
|
DL |
LE – Brian Robison UT – Kevin Williams NT – Letroy Guion RE – Jared Allen |
LE – Everson Griffen, D’Aundre Reed, UT – Christian Ballard (absent for personal reasons), Sharrif Floyd (R), Everett Dawkins (R) NT – Fred Evans, Chase Baker, Anthony McCloud RE – Everson Griffen*, George Johnson, Collins Ukwu, Spencer Nealy (UFA, signed Aug. 20) |
|
|
LB |
S – Chad Greenway M – Erin Henderson W – Marvin Mitchell |
S – Larry Dean, Tyrone McKenzie M – Audie Cole, Michael Mauti (R), W – Desmond Bishop, Gerald Hodges (R) |
Nathan Williams (UFA) released Aug. 6. |
|
CB |
Chris Cook Josh Robinson |
A.J. Jefferson, Brandon Burton, Bobby Felder, Xavier Rhodes (R), Marcus Sherels, |
Jacob Lacey released Aug. 19. |
|
S |
Harrison Smith Jamarca Sanford |
Robert Blanton, Brandan Bishop Mistral Raymond, Andrew Sendejo, Darius Eubanks |
|
|
K |
Blair Walsh |
||
|
P |
Jeff Locke (R) |
||
|
LS |
Cullen Loeffler |
Jared Allen* |
|
|
H |
Jeff Locke* |
Matt Cassel*, McLeod Bethel-Thompson* |
|
|
KR |
Cordarrelle Patterson* |
Marcus Sherels*, Josh Robinson*, A.J. Jefferson*, Stephen Burton*, Joe Webb*, Jarius Wright* |
|
|
PR |
Marcus Sherels* |
Jarius Wright*, Stephen Burton*, Josh Robinson* |
An asterisk indicates a player already listed on the roster in another capacity.
