Analysis Your starting 53 man roster (visual) (1 Viewer)

[Whodat GT]

Ladies and gents, here is your starting 53 man roster for the 2023 season:

 

[onthurdays]

How did Merrit make the team when he didnt play in preseason?

 

[lilflcajun]

How did Merrit make the team when he didnt play in preseason?

He played one game had catch out of backfield I think for 10 yards. But he must have done enough in camp prior to injury. I actually think he may have a role in the first 3 games due to Kamara being out.

 

[Kegger]

How did Merrit make the team when he didnt play in preseason?

I'll bet he goes on IR today

 

[Bill]

How did Merrit make the team when he didnt play in preseason?

Merritt had the advantage of being a serviceable player at a position that will have a great need for the first three weeks of the regular season. If he showed the coaches that he can be effective toting the rock while we wait for Kamara to return to action, then it would have been hard to send him packing without having another reliable RB waiting in the wings. Obviously they liked his abilities better than the RBs who didn't make the cut yesterday. This proves that there is just as much (if not more) evaluation from how a player performs in training camp as how well he may do in the preseason games.

Understanding the playbook is as big to a coach as having him break off a few big runs in some preseason games. If a guy is constantly out of position when running team drills, it's a good bet that his name won't be etched on the Final 53. Merritt must have shown that he is not only physically capable to handle the job, but that he also has a pretty good grasp of the playbook. Coaches love smart players as much as a physical specimen.

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

You can bet your bottom dollar that Jaylon Smith will be on this team by end of week.

 

[Epic Brownie]

Amadi at starting nickel? Not too sure about that.

 

[Whodat GT]

Shoutout to Max Garcia, I bet no one had anything to say about him all off season, and there he is!

 

[TonyV]

Breese definitely starting!

 

[Remy]

Amadi at starting nickel? Not too sure about that.

In his post practice interview Allen said something like he has confidence in Taylor and they have a whole week before Game 1 to work at the position.

 

[Whodat GT]

Breese definitely starting!

Yea it'll probably be a 4 man rotation. Roach is a bad man as well

 

[Whodat GT]

In his post practice interview Allen said something like he has confidence in Taylor and they have a whole week before Game 1 to work at the position.

Don't see anyone else, plus what we saw of taylor in preseason was as an outside corner

 

[Whodat GT]

My bad, I see everyone is talking about Taylor to the slot. Fixed it.