00:00There is a lengthy list of commanders that will not take part in the preseason finale against the Baltimore Ravens.
00:09Hang on, where is this list? It's opposite my thumb.
00:13Yes, there is.
00:14No, it's not right there. It's opposite.
00:15Okay.
00:15Do you see it?
00:16Yeah.
00:17Yeah, got it here.
00:18But you noticed it, right?
00:19I do.
00:19Okay.
00:20I needed some help.
00:23Definitely.
00:24Yeah.
00:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:25Mike Sandler still out.
00:27Rashad White out.
00:30Amik Robertson, not playing.
00:32Stephon Diggs, no go.
00:34Frankie Louvoo, he gone.
00:36Jaden Daniels, spectator.
00:39Deami Brown, watching.
00:41Marcus Mariota, won't play.
00:43Traylon Burks, not playing.
00:45By the way, put him on the team.
00:48Now, I've thought he's in for a while.
00:50But now I really think he is.
00:52The Deami Brown one's interesting.
00:53He's on the team.
00:54I said Brown, Luke, Van Jefferson are the three guys to watch.
00:58I don't see Luke on this list.
00:59I don't see Van Jefferson on this list, but we'll keep going.
01:01Antonio Williams, Sharpie.
01:03Terry McLaurin, out.
01:04So basically, of the wide receivers, let me make sure there's none out listed here.
01:08Jalen Lane is out as well.
01:10So Luke and Van Jefferson are the only veteran wide receivers with the practice squad brigade
01:15that are playing in this game.
01:17There you go.
01:17I've been beating that drum.
01:18Tell us the story.
01:19Let's keep going here.
01:21Bill, out.
01:22Quan Martin, out.
01:23Terry McLaurin, out.
01:25Trey Amos.
01:26Nick Cross.
01:27Jeremy McNichols.
01:27Fabian Moreau.
01:28Russell Douglas.
01:29Jeremy Reeves.
01:30Caleb on chase on.
01:31Sonny Stiles.
01:32Good Lord.
01:33This is going to be a tough watch.
01:35This is work tonight, boys.
01:36Leo Chenal.
01:37Jordan McGee.
01:38Nick Allegretti.
01:39Andrew Wiley.
01:40Josh Connerly.
01:40Brandon Coleman.
01:41Chris Paul.
01:42Again, these are all the commanders not playing.
01:44Sam Cosme.
01:44Laramie Tunsil.
01:45Ben Sinnott.
01:46Jalen Lane.
01:47Chigakonkwo.
01:48John Bates.
01:48Charles Amenahou.
01:49So basically, your 53-man roster is not playing in this game.
01:53Dorrance Armstrong.
01:53Deron Payne.
01:54Johnny Newton.
01:55We knew that one.
01:56Adafi Owe.
01:56Javon Kinlaw.
01:57So some of these guys, you know, probably 15, 16 of them are banged up, hurt, whatever.
02:02But tally it up.
02:03How many names did I just read?
02:04That is 41 names.
02:05That is 41 names.
02:07So there's probably a handful of spot up for grabs.
02:09Maybe.
02:10I don't even know that it's that true to say that, like, spots 48 and 53 are up for grabs.
02:15But 41 players are out.
02:18Wow.
02:19Okay.
02:19So are there is – is Moreau a surprise at all to you that he would be solidified, locked as
02:25a guy that's now just – we just assume – okay, yeah, he's one of the first four corners.
02:29So here's the only caveat I've got to this.
02:31We don't know which of these guys are banged up.
02:33And in the joint practice, someone came up with something.
02:36It is very possible that we're now going to look at this and go, wow, I'm just going to make
02:39up a name.
02:40But, like – oh, Moreau's perfect.
02:42Fabian Moreau's on the team.
02:44Well, maybe he's just got a hamstring barking and – or he's sick at the hotel.
02:48That's a good point.
02:48And Cosme style.
02:49That's a good point.
02:50But, yes, he would be – if he's definitely in, that would be surprising.
02:54But let's try to form a 53-man roster real quick and see what we come up with.
02:59Because here's why I think the exercise is helpful.
03:02If they go heavy, like I think they're going to a tight end, and if they go heavy with three
03:07quarterbacks maybe, and that wide receiver, like, you're going to have to give somewhere.
03:11Somewhere has to give, yep.
03:11Everyone wants to make this roster, and then you form it, and there's, like, 59 guys or something like that.
03:16You only get 53 spots.
03:19So, wide receiver.
03:21Let's just start there.
03:22Terry's in.
03:23Diggs is in.
03:25Williams is in.
03:26Three.
03:26Lane is on.
03:27Four.
03:27Burks is on.
03:28Five.
03:29And it sounds like Deami is on.
03:30Six.
03:31Okay.
03:31I mean, that's six before anything else happens.
03:33Yes.
03:33I think they keep a seventh.
03:35The question is, is it Luke or Van Jefferson?
03:38I'm going to guess that it's Luke.
03:40Do you think they only keep six?
03:42I think they're going to consider almost Lane a specialist and keep a seventh.
03:48I think they keep Van Jefferson.
03:50You think Luke is traded or cut?
03:52I do.
03:52Okay.
03:53I think, though, you could try to shop Luke.
03:55I don't know why him and a draft pick couldn't be a swap for a late round, you know, get
03:59a fifth move up or, like, get a six or seven for him or something.
04:03Yep.
04:03But he's playing tonight.
04:04Major storyline.
04:05We'll come back to that.
04:06Former third-round pick.
04:07All right.
04:08Let's go to running back.
04:10Bill, Rashad White, Catron Allen, McNichols has been hurt.
04:16Do they keep Robert Henry or Craig Reynolds as a fourth running back?
04:20I say no.
04:21I think the injury to, well, Rashad White's been hurt.
04:25He seems to be coming back.
04:27But assuming he's healthy enough at the start of the year, Bill, White, and Allen, I'm keeping three running backs.
04:32I think this is where they, quote, unquote, skimp.
04:34Right.
04:34I think we're going to need to make up one somewhere else if I'm predicting them.
04:38I'm keeping a fourth.
04:39I don't think they will.
04:39I think it's three.
04:40Who would you keep?
04:42I would keep Henry.
04:43Really?
04:44Yeah.
04:44Even after the fumble last week.
04:45Yes.
04:46Plus the fumble and the joint practice.
04:47Yes.
04:48Plus averaging less than a yard per carry against the Lions.
04:50Yes.
04:51Okay.
04:51I would not.
04:53I guess I would keep Reynolds, maybe.
04:55But I'm not going to.
04:56I mean, I'm keeping three.
04:57I think the knuckles is hurt.
04:58The only way I could see him keeping a fourth is if White or Bill is still in question from
05:02a health standpoint.
05:03So right now we have a seven wide receiver.
05:05Which, by the way, isn't something to gloss over because so many guys have been out for so long.
05:10Both of those guys have.
05:10Yeah, both of them.
05:11Quarterbacks.
05:13Daniels, Mariota.
05:13I'm going to say three because I think Kali Ekmanis against.
05:17This is not what I would do.
05:18This is what I think they're going to do.
05:19I think they're going to keep Kali Ekmanis on the active.
05:21Yeah.
05:22And I'm just going to predict, based on nothing, because they always keep Sam Hartman, that they're going to keep
05:26Hartman on the practice squad.
05:27They'll have four quarterbacks in the building.
05:28I, too, am predicting this, and I'm pretty irritated about it.
05:32They should be keeping two and not caring what happens, and they should have gone back in time and not
05:36used that pick on Kali Ekmanis, whatever.
05:38The Bocke of a bomber.
05:39Did you just call him Cal Ripken?
05:40Yeah.
05:40On Cal Ripken.
05:41Don't use a pick on Cal Ripken at this stage.
05:43I think that's what you just said.
05:44Because I'm trying to get to the point that I'm so irritated.
05:46I can say Kali Ekmanis when I stop and focus on it, but I don't want to.
05:49I'm pre-annoyed about this whole thing.
05:51Will you only call him Cal Ripken from now on?
05:52I'd like that better.
05:53The soufflaki slinger.
05:54The tight end room.
05:56So, I've said all along it's four, because I got Colson Yankoff in big time.
06:01So, that's Akonkwo, Bates, Sinnott, Yankoff.
06:04So, I'm keeping four tight ends.
06:06I think they do, too.
06:07There's probably – you know who's interesting is this guy they just signed, Trey McKitty, the addition from the last
06:13few days.
06:14Like, he and Lawrence Cager are both NFL-caliber players to me.
06:18I wonder which one ends up on their practice squad.
06:20Is there anything, too, what we talked about with McCaffrey, where it's like he's fighting for something, somebody plays tonight,
06:27or maybe that position where they're actually kind of deep and have some bodies, guys that they like, is part
06:32of a deal?
06:32Or you don't think so?
06:33There's no way.
06:34I think they use the tight ends a lot in this offense.
06:36I do, too.
06:36They're going to be in 12 and 13 a lot.
06:38So, I think – I don't think four tight ends – like, if they're getting rid of something somewhere, I
06:42would not go to tight end.
06:43But here's my case for it.
06:45They can't stop talking about Cager, who I think is just a guy who had a drop last week.
06:49So, maybe they feel good enough about Cager where they can move on from fill in the blank because they
06:53like that guy.
06:53That's their fourth tight end.
06:54They're going to use tight ends.
06:55I'm with you.
06:56I guess the surprise would be, like, if they cut Ben Sinnott.
06:59But Okonkwo's a lock.
07:00Bates is a lock.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Maybe they could cut Yankoff.
07:03I think that'd be outrageous because he can help on teams.
07:05Yeah, I would not.
07:06He's got the best hands in the group, probably.
07:09But if they wanted to cut Sinnott, a second-round pick, they could do that.
07:12I just don't think they will.
07:13So, that gets us to 17 before we even get to the offensive line.
07:20Yeah, so there's a seventh receiver at 17.
07:22If there's six, it's 16.
07:24The O-line, then, generally you keep nine.
07:26I could see them keeping as many as 10, but just to run through it really quick,
07:29you have Paul, Allegretti, Cosme, Connerly, Scott, Wiley, Good-Jones,
07:39Goulbin, Coleman, Humphreys would be the 10th.
07:44Or is that nine?
07:45I lost count on that.
07:46I just counted 10 there.
07:47Yeah, but they're going to keep Tunsil for a moment so that they can put him on IR.
07:51Then there'll be another guy.
07:52I didn't name Tunsil as the 10.
07:54Right.
07:54Here's what they could do.
07:55You could cut Julian Good-Jones or Matt Goulbin and put him on practice squad
08:00and be down to nine on the offensive line.
08:02I don't think you – if Allegretti's healthy – you know what's going to happen, though?
08:06They're going to sign another center.
08:08So, I think, like, it's Allegretti, then the guy that they signed that's not in the building,
08:13and Good-Jones is gone or on the practice squad.
08:15I think so, too.
08:16So, we're going to be saying we think 10 O-linemen with –
08:20Then we're super heavy.
08:21Well, with some roster manipulation in there.
08:24Because, again, I think Tunsil will be on the roster so they can then put him on IR.
08:28It's a procedural thing.
08:29Tunsil, I'm not counting, is irrelevant because he's on injured reserve.
08:31But he has to make the club to put him on long-term IR so then he can come back.
08:34It's fine.
08:35I mean, you're still counting numbers without him, in other words.
08:38That's how I'm doing it.
08:39So, I'm not worried about Tunsil because he's just going to go to IR.
08:43It's not like – you see what I'm saying?
08:45Yes.
08:46That's a technicality.
08:48Like, that'll be done.
08:49Man, 10 O-linemen's a lot.
08:51I think with all the injuries, that's what they're going to do.
08:53I'm going to say nine.
08:56I'm going to say you keep one backup center, either the veteran that comes in or like Goldman or whatever.
09:01And then, because also, like a guy like Wiley can play tackle and guard.
09:04Scott can play tackle and guard.
09:06If they keep Humphries, he's more left tackle only.
09:08But Coleman can play tackle and guard.
09:10There's a lot of Ron Rivera position flex there.
09:12And if I only keep nine linemen, then I'm at 26.
09:17There's 22 at 20 – yeah.
09:19That's not terrible.
09:20So, that's our offensive side of the ball.
09:22Let's get to the defense next.
09:23What are you at right now?
09:24So, this will be either 26 or 27 if they keep Van Jefferson.
09:28If they keep a seventh wide receiver, then they're at 27 with this amount.
09:32Again, because the third quarterback ruins everything.
09:34That extra player is insane, ridiculous, and they're wasting a roster spot.
09:38Why do you have one more than me?
09:39I have seven wide receivers.
09:40That's if they keep Jefferson.
09:41Yeah, I've got seven receivers adding up to 26.
09:44I have three running backs.
09:45I have three quarterbacks.
09:47I have four tight ends and nine linemen.
09:51Nine, 12, 18, 21.
09:54There's 25 or 26 if Van Jefferson's there.
09:56There you go.
09:57Yep, we got the same.
09:58Okay.
09:58We got the same.
09:59You're confusing.
09:5927.
10:00You just keep saying a number.
10:0226 or 27.
10:03That's what we're going to charge Daris for this photo.
10:06That's how we get to 26.
10:07I'll charge him 26.
10:08You charge him 27.
10:09Well, my usual rate's 27.
10:11All right, let's get to the defense next.
10:13We now only have 24 roster spots for the defense.
10:17Grant and Danny on the front.
