Projected Roster as of 8/20/07
Aug 20, 2007 Athletes who don't stab people, Batman, Chocodiles, DeMeco Ryans, Demarcus Faggins sucks, Dunta Robinson, Preseason 2007, Preview, Secondary issues are primary, Shawn Barber and Danny Clark, Super Mario, The Fred, The Schaub Experiment
Another game, another round of roster shuffling. There weren’t too many changes this time around, if only because our defense has the most question marks, but no one really stood out. Click here for last week’s entry. (* denotes lock to make the team; all projections are based on the number of players we took at each position last year.)
QB (2)- Matt Schaub*, Sage Rosenfels* (Jared Zabransky on the practice squad. Bradlee Van Pelt and Quinton Porter cut.) Changes since last week: NONE.
RB/FB (5)- Ahman Green*, Ron Dayne*, Vonta Leach*, Jon Abbate, Sam Gado (Wali Lundy and Patrick Pass just miss the cut. Darius Walker continues to not be good. Jameel Cook not invited back after last season’s debacles.) Changes since last week: Gado supplants Lundy in the last slot because Kubiak is strangely enamored with Samkon. Pass snuck up to “just misses the cut” status, based mainly on special teams work.
WR (5)- Andre Johnson*, Jacoby Jones*, Kevin Walter*, Jerome Mathis, Andre Davis. (Charlie Adams is the sixth WR if we really keep six like Kubiak is saying. Keenan McCardell is on the verge of having no shot. Bethel Johnson is already there. Harry Williams is like one of those uncles you never see–you know he’s alive, but you have no proof.) Changes since last week: Adams up to #6, McCardell less likely to make the team without a big showing over these next two games.
OL (9)- Eric Winston*, Chester Pitts*, Fred Weary*, Ephraim Salaam*, Mike Flanagan*, Steve McKinney*, Kasey Studdard, Drew Hodgdon, Jordan Black. (Just missing the cut: Scott Jackson, Kevin Barry, and Brandon Frye. There is still no indication that Kubiak is as unhappy with Turnstile Black as fans are, so I am guessing that he’ll be around come the end of the preseason. Chris White and Mike Brisiel get sent packing.) Changes since last week: Hodgdon moved up, due mainly to a biceps tear to Kevin Barry.
TE (4)- Owen Daniels*, Jeb Putzier*, and Mark Bruener*. (I think this is why we’ll be carrying 6 WRs, which is good news for Charlie Adams.) Changes since last week: NONE
K (1)- Kris Brown*. Changes since last week: Impossible.
P (1)- Matt Turk. (Chad Stanley is gone. Praise Jesus.) Changes since last week: NONE, though I would be putting a * by Turk’s name if we’d gotten a nice 18 yard wobbler out of the Turd Eating Pederast.
DL (9)- Mario Williams*, Amobi Okoye*, Anthony Weaver*, Anthony Maddox*, Jason Babin*, ND Kalu*, Travis Johnson, Jeff Zgonina, and Thomas Johnson. (Just missing the cut: Earl Cochran and Victor DeGrate. Also not making the roster, though by a wider margin, DelJuan Robinson, Cedric Killings, Alfred Malone, and Tim Bulman.) Changes since last week: Johnson onto the roster, DeGrate moved up, Malone moved down.
LB (6)- DeMeco Ryans*, Morlon Greenwood*, Charlie Anderson*, Shawn Barber*, Danny Clark*, Zac Diles. (Just missing the cut: Shantee Orr. Also getting cut: Trent Bray.) Changes since last week: NONE (though Anderson is now co-starter at SLB with Clark).
CB (6)- Dunta Robinson*, Demarcus Faggins*, Fred Bennett*, Jamar Fletcher*, Dexter Wynn and Tyrone Poole. (Not making the cut: Dexter McCleon and Roc Alexander. These last two positions are up in the air as much as any two can be.) Changes since last week: Wynn up, Poole added, McCleon downgraded.
S (4)- C.C. Brown*, Von Hutchins*, Jason Simmons*, Brandon Harrison. (Brandon Mitchell and John Walker are left out if we only keep 4 safeties. However, given the flux at that position right now, I would not be surprised if we kept 5 CBs and 5 Safeties, in which case Mitchell would get in. This would actually be preferable in my mind, if only because Hutchins really gives you a sixth CB if need be, anyway.) Changes since last week: NONE.
Long Snapper (1)- Bryan Pittman*. (I just want to mention AGAIN that Zgonina can long snap, which would allow us to carry 6 CBs and 5 Safeties?) Changes since last week: NONE.
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August 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Any word on the Greg Wesley rumors?:
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/18665
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August 20th, 2007 at 9:34 am
All I’ve heard is that we are “talking” to Wesley (because, apparently, we like REALLY REALLY OLD corners) and that we are talking to Robert Ferguson. I honestly think both of those moves would be retarded.
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August 20th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
I agree Ferguson is a dumb move, I think Wesley could help. I thought he was 29, he should still have wheels.
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August 20th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
My bias against Wesley comes from watching him while I lived in KC. He’s just not that good. Or, at least, he’s not good enough to be considered an upgrade over Fletcher.
And, for whatever damn reason, Petey seems entrenched at CB2.
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August 20th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
But Wesley is a FS/SS combo - something we need.
Mario better show up against Dallas, I’m running out of excuses for him.
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August 20th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Yeah, I meant Brown up there, not Fletcher. You caught my drift, though. Wesley might be decent. I have an irrational hatred of all Chiefs except DJ, though.
Ugh… Mario. I was considering doing a post on his lack of production this past week, but I think I’ll wait until the season. Right now, it would just be a combo of “give him time” and “wait til the games count.”
Seriously, though, he better not make me look like an asshole for defending him.