before I start with this, I want to make it clear that I understand that the last 5 or so roster spots are fluid, and that there are players being cut or sitting at home who are likely just as talented as the guys we already have on our roster. that being said....
the incessant cutting and signing of bottom of the barrel guys is so demoralizing and indicative of desperation and/or the idea that they can outsmart other teams.
there is no planet on which keeping Forbath over Barth really made much sense seeing as how Forbath missed a preseason kick and Barth didn't. There isn't a universe in which then cutting Forbath for some rookie UDFA to kick Week 1 makes any sense. this is the same stuff that got us Hocker > Hopkins. Barth has more skins on the wall as an NFL kicker and had a better preseason. Yet here we are 5 days before Week 1 with Will Lutz.
Can you possibly imagine what will happen if this kid misses a kick and we lose by 3 or more? The knives will be out after the first game.
Cutting Finnegan is nonsensical as well. Is Sterling Moore a better player at this point in his career? Perhaps. Are they both better players than Ken Crawley? Almost definitely. Not to mention Finnegan brings veteran presence that Moore really doesn't. He's a vet but Finnegan was an All-Pro type player for a few years. Also, Finnegan has been in camp for a month and Moore hasn't and we're 5 days before the first game.
We're gonna sign Evans off the scrap heap after almost an entire offseason of non-activity and start him because we refused to address the guard position.
It just seems so desperate that we're looking for guys to play major roles on this team by scouring the waiver wire this late in the preseason. Maybe a lot of this is to make sure we don't guarantee guys an entire season's salary but that's so cheap and so risky. I'd rather guarantee Forbath's salary all season and have him kick a game winner in Week 1 than not guarantee him a full season and have Lutz shank one. I hate it.