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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I wouldn’t be so sure.
If Simmons is ready to go, Moore is an option at LG despite what Reid said about Suamataia before the draft.
He talked about the bet 5 playing, too…
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I figure that's what's most likely to happen if Simmons starts.
In the unlikely event that Simmons proves to be an immediate week 1 starter and the knee so sound that there's no an increase risk of re-injury or compensation injury, I figure Moore probably ends up getting run at LG.
It doesn't really 'block' anybody. It doesn't displace anybody. It also leaves the team free to continue to develop Kingsley as an OT should they see meaningful progress there.
Does seem like we've gotten awfully full, awfully fast. Reid typically keeps 10 OL at most, right? And I wonder if he won't feel a little pressure to bring that down to 9 given that we're maybe going to want to keep a 10th DL (though that seems unlikely) or a 10th pass catcher (6 WRs, 4 TEs as their UDFA outlay on Briningstool suggests they like him a fair bit).
I mean they kept 10 last year while only carrying 3 RBs. This year they seem likely to keep at least 4; possibly 5.
Simmons
Creed
Trey
Moore
Taylor
Kingsley
Nourzad
Morris
Caliendo
Hanson
Driskell
That's 11 -- 9 of whom spent last season on the 53 plus Morris and Simmons. Some folks like Esa Pole as a roster candidate to boot and I just don't see that as being terribly likely.
Somebody's gettin' cut. Maybe 2 of 'em. I couldn't quite figure out what they kept Hasnson around for all season last season. Or even Driskell when they obviously had no intention of using him.
As you go through the entire roster -- they just don't seem to have a ton of open spots.