Predict the Final 53

[Doggin94it]

It's that time of year again. Drop your predictions here.

QB - 2

Aaron Rodgers

Zach Wilson

Tim Boyle (PS) (Boyle has been good in the room and awful everywhere else. They keep him in the room and as an emergency QB in case of injury, but there are too many tough cuts everywhere else to waste an active roster spot on him)

RB - 4

Breece Hall

Dalvin Cook

Michael Carter

Izzy Abanikanda

Bam Knight (Unfortunately signing Dalvin Cook means there's no room on the roster for Bam. I think he likely gets traded for a late round draft pick on cutdown day, but if not, there's no way he sneaks back through to the practice squad)

Travis Dye (PS) (With Bam gone, Dye gets the practice squad RB slot)

FB - 1

Nick Bawden (the Jets keep a FB instead of a 4th TE, hoping to slip Yeboah and Kuntz to the PS. Yes, both of them)

TE - 3

CJ Uzomah

Tyler Conklin

Jeremy Ruckert

Zack Kuntz (PS) (developmental guy gets an extra year of development)

Kenny Yeboah (PS) (They've put two years into developing Yeboah and it's starting to show. He competes with Uzomah and Kuntz for an active roster spot next year)

E.J. Jenkins (I think the Jets like Jenkins and would add him to the PS if either Kuntz or Yeboah get claimed, which is part of what gives them the confidence to cut both)

WR - 6

Garrett Wilson

Allen Lazard

Corey Davis

Mecole Hardman

Randall Cobb

Jason Brownlee (the sixth WR spot is the toughest on the team. I think Brownlee ends up with the spot on the theory that he's the guy most likely to get claimed if they cut him - the mix of upside, youth, and some national hype - but wouldn't be shocked if it's Gipson as the PR or Taylor as the vet with a Rodgers connection)

Malik Taylor (PS) 

Xavier Gipson (PS) 

Irvin Charles (Charles not only gets cut, but doesn't get brought back to the PS for the first time in years unless one of the three guys ahead of him gets claimed - which is a distinct possibility)

Alex Ericson

Jerome Kapp

T.J. Luther

OL - 10

Duane Brown

Laken Tomlinson

Connor McGovern

Alijah Vera-Tucker

Mekhi Becton

Joe Tippmann

Max Mitchell

Carter Warren

Billy Turner (Hot take - I think there's a decent possibility Turner gets cut given how bad he's looked. Were I running the room, I keep both Schweitzer and Colon, on the theory that AVT is my primary backup OT, Mitchell is OT 4, and Warren gets a redshirt year, so I need more interior backups - or just keep 9 OL and use the roster spot elsewhere)

Trystan Colon (But I'm not running the room, so I think Schweitzer and Colon are vying for one interior backup slot. Schweitzer is a better C than G and Colon is a better G than C, but both guys can play either spot. With Tippmann showing enough to push for the starting C job - i.e. more than enough to be comfortable with him as the backup C to start - Colon's edge at G gets him the job, IMO. But this is a coinflip and I would not be surprised if it went the other way) 

Wes Schweitzer (PS) (In an ideal world, he comes back on the PS. More likely, he signs elsewhere and Chris Glaser takes that spot)

Grant Hermanns (PS) (they're going to keep one of the backup OTs on the PS, at least, and I think they really like Hermanns. If not him, then Senat)

Chris Glaser

Brett Laing

Adam Pankey

Greg Senat 

Total Offense: 26.

DL - 10

Carl Lawson

Quinnen Williams

John Franklin-Myers

Jermaine Johnson

Will McDonald IV

Michael Clemons

Bryce Huff

Quinton Jefferson

Al Woods

Solomon Thomas

Tanzel Smart (PS) (This was the easiest set of roster decisions on the team, with Smart the only truly tough cut - and tough only in the sense that he's a legit NFL caliber player with no room on the roster, not in a "did he beat out any of the guys we're keeping" sense. I think there's a high likelihood he gets snapped up by another team)

Pita Taumoepenu (PS)

Deslin Alexandre 

Marquis Spencer

Jalyn Holmes

Bruce Hector 

LB - 4

CJ Mosley

Quincy Williams

Jamien Sherwood

Zaire Barnes

Chazz Surratt (PS) (To make room at other spots the Jets go very light at LB, keeping only 4 on the active roster and sticking three onto the PS. That gives them 9 games worth of free practice squad gameday elevations - three per player - for any week where the team wants an extra active LB on gameday. I would not be surprised to see the team look to sign someone from another team's cuts and move Barnes to the PS as well)

Claudin Cherelus (PS)

Nick Vigil (PS)

Sam Eguavoen

Caleb Johnson

CB - 5

Sauce Gardner

DJ Reed

Michael Carter II

Bryce Hall

Justin Hardee

Brandin Echols (Suspended)

Jarrick Bernard-Converse (PUP)

Jimmy Moreland (PS) (The Jets are pretty well set at CB right now, but when Echols comes back week 1, I wouldn't be surprised to see Hall cut. This is a position where I wouldn't be surprised to see a practice squad player added from other teams' roster cuts rather than our own)

Derrick Langford

Nehemiah Shelton

Craig James

Dane Cruikshank

Safety - 5

Jordan Whitehead

Tony Adams

Adrian Amos

Ashtyn Davis

Trey Dean (the Jets gave Dean a big signing bonus for a UDFA and he's shown well in the pre-season - I don't think they expose him to waivers. Davis has made plays and is a core STer.)

Marquis Waters (PS)

Total Defense - 24

ST - 3

Thomas Morestead

Thomas Hennessy

Greg Zuerlein (OK, I lied, this was the easiest set of roster decisions, since there's no competition at any of these spots)

 

Practice Squad

1. QB Tim Boyle 
2. RB Travis Dye
3. TE Zack Kuntz
4. TE Kenny Yeboah
5. WR Malik Taylor
6. WR Xavier Gipson
7. C/G Wes Schweitzer
8. OT Grant Hermanns
9. DL Tanzel Smart
10. Edge Pita Taumoepenu
11. LB Chazz Surratt
12. LB Claudin Cherelus
13. LB Nick Vigil
14. CB Jimmy Moreland
15. S Marquis Waters
16. OPEN (this spot goes to someone not currently on the roster or waits for Bernard-Converse)

[Sonny Werblin]

I don't think the Jets will feel keeping a 5th Safety on the roster over holding on to Bam Knight is the correct decision. 

[SomebodytoAnybody47]

Aint no way they getting rid of Rodgers bff Billy Turner. Besides, Max Mitchell has been worse. 

[Hex]

10 minutes ago, Sonny Werblin said:

I don't think the Jets will feel keeping a 5th Safety on the roster over holding on to Bam Knight is the correct decision. 

Do the Jets need 5 RBs? Safety is arguably the place that needs more depth.

[Doggin94it]

13 minutes ago, Sonny Werblin said:

I don't think the Jets will feel keeping a 5th Safety on the roster over holding on to Bam Knight is the correct decision. 

They gave Dean a big bonus and the only safeties under contract for next year are Adams and Whitehead. Need to keep the pipeline moving. Bam's a nice player, but he's also a dime-a-dozen in this league: a try-hard UDFA grinder at RB without elite traits. No way you keep that guy as RB 5 at the expense of another player, especially when the rest of the RB room is also young guys (Breece, Carter, and Izzy have a combined 3 years of experience entering this year) so you don't need to worry about the RB pipeline

[Sonny Werblin]

4 minutes ago, Hex said:

Do the Jets need 5 RBs? Safety is arguably the place that needs more depth.

Cook is on a 1 year deal it is still possible he could be suspended for domestic abuse. Hall is coming off an injury. So, I think the Jets would place a higher value on Knight than a 5th Safety.

[bonkertons]

I'll go out on a limb here and say Bryce Huff gets dealt before the season starts as well

 

QB:  Rodgers; Wilson  (2)

RB: Hall; Cook; Carter; Abanikanda  (4)

WR: G Wilson; Lazard; Davis; Hardman; Cobb; Gipson  (6)

TE: Uzomah; Conklin; Ruckert; Kuntz  (4)

OT: Brown; Becton; Mitchell  (cheeky IR: Warren)  (3)

OG: Tomlinson; AVT; Schweitzer; Colon  (4)

C : McGovern; Tippmann  (2)

DE: Lawson; JJ; JFM; McDonald; Clemons  (5)

DT: Quinnen; Woods; Thomas; Jefferson  (4)

LB: Mosley; Quincy; Sherwood; Barnes; Surratt  (5)

CB: Sauce; Reed; Carter III; Hall; JBC; Hardee [sus: Echols]  (6)

S: Adams; Whitehead; Amos; Davis; Dean  (5)

K: Zuerlein  (1)

P: Morstead  (1)

LS: Hennessy  (1) 

 

I cut the FB.  I was going to cut Davis instead, but he's earned a spot, and IMO he'll play a much more important role on ST than Bowden will on offense.  I just don't think we can afford to really get cute with the young guys like Kuntz and Dean.  I think both of them will get scooped up easily.  Also as far as Kuntz goes, what happens if Conklin disappoints again this year?  And Ruckert doesn't take that next step as a pass catching TE?  I think having a guy like Kuntz who's game is built around his ability to be a weapon could be a real asset to us, and especially to Rodgers.  

 

I almost cut Gipson to keep the FB on the roster, but I think having that guy who can return punts is a huge plus.  Especially in the event Hardman gets hurt or just struggles in the return game.  Also only picked on backup OT since I think if one of our tackles goes down, AVT will slide over and open up a guard spot.  For that reason I'd rather have two backup guards over two backup tackles.  

 

I think if you told me though that Bowden HAS to be on this team, Davis would be the guy I cut.  As good as he looked this weekend, we're going on 4 years without much development displayed.  Cutting him clears a decent amount of cap, not that we really need it.  Other than that, JBC on the PUP list but that only helps us for a week until Echols returns.  

 

This is all moot since I highly doubt Huff will get dealt, but this would be my preference.  

[bonkertons]

14 minutes ago, Zachtomims47 said:

Aint no way they getting rid of Rodgers bff Billy Turner. Besides, Max Mitchell has been worse. 

Has he though?  That's not what I've read.  Granted I haven't been to any of the practices, but Mitchell has been the one playing out of position as well for the most part too, correct?

 

Not to mention Turner is 31 and even when signed, was considered a 1 year stopgap type pickup.  Mitchell is a 23 year old kid we just invested a 4th rounder into.  There is 0% chance he gets cut over Turner.  

[Sonny Werblin]

8 minutes ago, Doggin94it said:

They gave Dean a big bonus and the only safeties under contract for next year are Adams and Whitehead. Need to keep the pipeline moving. Bam's a nice player, but he's also a dime-a-dozen in this league: a try-hard UDFA grinder at RB without elite traits. No way you keep that guy as RB 5 at the expense of another player, especially when the rest of the RB room is also young guys (Breece, Carter, and Izzy have a combined 3 years of experience entering this year) so you don't need to worry about the RB pipeline

If Dean looks so good and can't be put on the PS,  release Adrian Amos. 

[SomebodytoAnybody47]

Just now, bonkertons said:

Has he though?  That's not what I've read.  Granted I haven't been to any of the practices, but Mitchell has been the one playing out of position as well for the most part too, correct?

Not to mention Turner is 31 and even when signed, was considered a 1 year stopgap type pickup.  Mitchell is a 23 year old kid we just invested a 4th rounder into.  There is 0% chance he gets cut over Turner.  

I'd say 0% chance Turner gets cut. Mitchell has messed up protections a lot in practice. They both probably stay. I can see Warren being put on PUP or IR, leaving room to carry both. 

[Green Truth]

Why is Hardee still on this team? This is year 3 and they still have not found someone to take over that role. A player that can also be a serviceable position player. Since Hardee is a terrible corner.

[Doggin94it]

6 minutes ago, Sonny Werblin said:

If Dean looks so good and can't be put on the PS,  release Adrian Amos. 

Dean looks the way Tony Adams did last camp - like he's forced his way onto the roster because with seasoning and development he could be really good. Amos is there because you need a third safety you'd be comfortable playing right the hell now if you had to. Those are two different guys with two different roles.

[Doggin94it]

Just now, Green Truth said:

Why is Hardee still on this team? This is year 3 and they still have not found someone to take over that role. A player that can also be a serviceable position player. Since Hardee is a terrible corner.

Because he's a pro-bowl caliber STer and those guys can win you games? It's the same reason Matthew Slater had a roster spot on NE's championship teams

[Jethead]

I think Soloman Thomas is a goner. Bawden too. Not sure where I spend my two chips yet. Concerned that Ruckert is hurt worse than we know and may start season on IR in which case Yeboah has to stay. 

[jbt]

1 minute ago, Green Truth said:

Why is Hardee still on this team? This is year 3 and they still have not found someone to take over that role. A player that can also be a serviceable position player. Since Hardee is a terrible corner.

tough to keep a guy who can only do 1 job (though he is one of the best).  will having a better punter negate the need for him?  rather keep a 4th TE, another safety or LB

[Jethead]

Hardee is a lock. Not sue the same can be said for Davis.

[Green Truth]

13 minutes ago, Doggin94it said:

Because he's a pro-bowl caliber STer and those guys can win you games? It's the same reason Matthew Slater had a roster spot on NE's championship teams

Well the new rule could make his talents useless on kick offs. So why do we still need him? To run down the field on punts and get in the returners face.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/new-kickoff-rule-slap-in-the-face-to-jets-justin-hardees-talent/

Long snapper to me is more important then Justin Hardee. That is a valuable roster spot being taken by a player that can not play on regular downs.

[mrcoops]

Here's my attempt.  Toughest position was TE, where I wanted to keep both Yeboah and Kuntz but couldn't find a way (unless I can cut Bawden and keep Kuntz, which I was temped to do).  Had to leave a few guys I like (Taylor, Kapp, Pankey, Pita T, Hector, Waters) off the PS, just because of numbers.

Active Roster

1.      Aaron Rodgers, QB

2.      Zach Wilson, QB

3.      Breece Hall, RB

4.      Dalvin Cook, RB

5.      Michael Carter, RB

6.      Israel Abanikanda, RB*

7.      Nick Bawden, FB

8.      CJ Uzomah, TE

9.      Tyler Conklin, TE

10.  Jeremy Ruckert, TE*

11.  Kenny Yeboah, TE

12.  Garrett Wilson, WR

13.  Allen Lazard, WR

14.  Corey Davis, WR

15.  Mecole Hardman, WR

16.  Randall Cobb, WR

17.  Duane Brown, T

18.  Dalvin Tomlinson, G

19.  Connor McGovern, C/G

20.  Alijah Vera-Tucker, G/T

21.  Mekhi Becton, T

22.  Joe Tippman, C/G

23.  Wes Schweitzer, C/G

24.  Billy Turner, T/G

25.  Max Mitchell, T

26.  Carter Warren, T*

27.  Carl Lawson, DE

28.  Quinnen Williams, DT

29.  Al Woods, DT

30.  John Franklin-Myers, DE/DT

31.  Jermaine Johnson, DE

32.  Will McDonald, DE

33.  Bryce Huff, DE

34.  Michael Clemons, DE/DT

35.  Quinton Jefferson, DT/DE

36.  Solomon Thomas, DE/DE

37.  CJ Mosley, LB

38.  Quincy Williams, LB

39.  Jamien Sherwood, LB

40.  Zaire Barnes, LB

41.  Ahmad Gardner, CB

42.  DJ Reed, CB

43.  Tony Adams, S

44.  Jordan Whitehead, S

45.  Michael Carter, CB

46.  Bryce Hall, CB

47.  Justin Hardee, CB/ST

48.  Adrian Amos, S

49.  Ashtyn Davis, S

50.  Trey Dean, S

51.  Greg Zuerlein, K

52.  Thomas Morstead, P

53.  Thomas Hennessy, LSN

 

Suspended (Week 1) – Brandin Echols, CB

PUP (4 weeks) – Jarrick Bernard-Converse, CB/S

*Player with an injury, short-term IR candidate after final cuts

 

Practice Squad

1.      Tim Boyle, QB

2.      Bam Knight, RB

3.      Zach Kuntz, TE

4.      E.J Jenkins, TE

5.      Jason Brownlee, WR

6.      Xavier Gipson, WR

7.      Alex Erickson, WR

8.      Grant Hermanns, T

9.      Greg Senat, T

10.  Trystan Colon, C/G

11.  Tanzel Smart, DT

12.  Deslin Alexandre, DE

13.  Chazz Surratt, LB

14.  Claudin Cherelus, LB

15.  Sam Eguavoen, LB

16.  Jimmy Moreland, CB

[#27TheDominator]

51 minutes ago, Sonny Werblin said:

Cook is on a 1 year deal it is still possible he could be suspended for domestic abuse. Hall is coming off an injury. So, I think the Jets would place a higher value on Knight than a 5th Safety.

I think you are right about the safety spot, but wrong about what they need to bolster.  He has them carrying only 5 corners for week 1 and one of those is Justin Hardee who has played exactly one defensive snap as a Jet.  I think they keep an extra corner, Kuntz or Surratt over Dean and Bam.  Five running backs is borderline ridiculous.  Six with the FB?  Way too much IMO.  I also don't see them carrying 10 offensive linemen.  I get being down on Turner, but he also plays guard though I guess most see him more as RT.  I still think I take Schweitzer over Colon.

[sackdance]

5 RBs & 1 FB on the active 53 is a lot to ... carry.

[#27TheDominator]

1 hour ago, Sonny Werblin said:

If Dean looks so good and can't be put on the PS,  release Adrian Amos. 

This is kind of the way I am leaning.  I like Dean, but he seems more bulk safety than cover guy.  Adams can really cover some ground and play corner in a pinch.  I don't get that vibe from Dean.  I would NOT cut Amos, but I think I would be cutting some vets with a handshake that I would sign them back after we move some guys to IR.  Guys like Turner, Schweitzer, Amos, McGovern, Cobb can be cut without the likelihood of anybody picking them up since they were on the street before we signed them.  Maybe some of the DL too.  If they aren't going to play week one, it might make sense.  Cut them, but don't let them clean out their lockers. 

[#27TheDominator]

47 minutes ago, Green Truth said:

Well the new rule could make his talents useless on kick offs. So why do we still need him? To run down the field on punts and get in the returners face.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/new-kickoff-rule-slap-in-the-face-to-jets-justin-hardees-talent/

Long snapper to me is more important then Justin Hardee. That is a valuable roster spot being taken by a player that can not play on regular downs.

The Jets literally lost two games on punt returns last season.

[Doggin94it]

1 hour ago, #27TheDominator said:

I think you are right about the safety spot, but wrong about what they need to bolster.  He has them carrying only 5 corners for week 1 and one of those is Justin Hardee who has played exactly one defensive snap as a Jet.  I think they keep an extra corner, Kuntz or Surratt over Dean and Bam.  Five running backs is borderline ridiculous.  Six with the FB?  Way too much IMO.  I also don't see them carrying 10 offensive linemen.  I get being down on Turner, but he also plays guard though I guess most see him more as RT.  I still think I take Schweitzer over Colon.

Remember that you can call a player up from the PS on gameday

[varjet]

Every team needs TEs, few teams need FBs. 
 

if we cut Bawden we can get him back.  If we cut Kuntz someone claims him for the RAS.   There will be players put on short term IR after the 53, and bawden can come back 

[varjet]

This is a tough call, but my personal view is that JD should be building a team for a 2 year run, understanding that next year could be the better year.

So if guys like Huff, Corey Davis, Ashtyn Davis and others can be moved for draft pick compensation and saved salary cap that can be rolled to the future, I would do that.  

[Jethead]

2 hours ago, varjet said:

This is a tough call, but my personal view is that JD should be building a team for a 2 year run, understanding that next year could be the better year.

So if guys like Huff, Corey Davis, Ashtyn Davis and others can be moved for draft pick compensation and saved salary cap that can be rolled to the future, I would do that.  

Tomorrow is promised to nobody. This team has all the ingredients it needs to compete this year. Pedal to the metal baby. All hands on deck!

[Larz]

8 hours ago, Doggin94it said:

It's that time of year again. Drop your predictions here.

QB - 2

Aaron Rodgers

Zach Wilson

Tim Boyle (PS) (Boyle has been good in the room and awful everywhere else. They keep him in the room and as an emergency QB in case of injury, but there are too many tough cuts everywhere else to waste an active roster spot on him)

RB - 4

Breece Hall

Dalvin Cook

Michael Carter

Izzy Abanikanda

Bam Knight (Unfortunately signing Dalvin Cook means there's no room on the roster for Bam. I think he likely gets traded for a late round draft pick on cutdown day, but if not, there's no way he sneaks back through to the practice squad)

Travis Dye (PS) (With Bam gone, Dye gets the practice squad RB slot)

FB - 1

Nick Bawden (the Jets keep a FB instead of a 4th TE, hoping to slip Yeboah and Kuntz to the PS. Yes, both of them)

TE - 3

CJ Uzomah

Tyler Conklin

Jeremy Ruckert

Zack Kuntz (PS) (developmental guy gets an extra year of development)

Kenny Yeboah (PS) (They've put two years into developing Yeboah and it's starting to show. He competes with Uzomah and Kuntz for an active roster spot next year)

E.J. Jenkins (I think the Jets like Jenkins and would add him to the PS if either Kuntz or Yeboah get claimed, which is part of what gives them the confidence to cut both)

WR - 6

Garrett Wilson

Allen Lazard

Corey Davis

Mecole Hardman

Randall Cobb

Jason Brownlee (the sixth WR spot is the toughest on the team. I think Brownlee ends up with the spot on the theory that he's the guy most likely to get claimed if they cut him - the mix of upside, youth, and some national hype - but wouldn't be shocked if it's Gipson as the PR or Taylor as the vet with a Rodgers connection)

Malik Taylor (PS) 

Xavier Gipson (PS) 

Irvin Charles (Charles not only gets cut, but doesn't get brought back to the PS for the first time in years unless one of the three guys ahead of him gets claimed - which is a distinct possibility)

Alex Ericson

Jerome Kapp

T.J. Luther

OL - 10

Duane Brown

Laken Tomlinson

Connor McGovern

Alijah Vera-Tucker

Mekhi Becton

Joe Tippmann

Max Mitchell

Carter Warren

Billy Turner (Hot take - I think there's a decent possibility Turner gets cut given how bad he's looked. Were I running the room, I keep both Schweitzer and Colon, on the theory that AVT is my primary backup OT, Mitchell is OT 4, and Warren gets a redshirt year, so I need more interior backups - or just keep 9 OL and use the roster spot elsewhere)

Trystan Colon (But I'm not running the room, so I think Schweitzer and Colon are vying for one interior backup slot. Schweitzer is a better C than G and Colon is a better G than C, but both guys can play either spot. With Tippmann showing enough to push for the starting C job - i.e. more than enough to be comfortable with him as the backup C to start - Colon's edge at G gets him the job, IMO. But this is a coinflip and I would not be surprised if it went the other way) 

Wes Schweitzer (PS) (In an ideal world, he comes back on the PS. More likely, he signs elsewhere and Chris Glaser takes that spot)

Grant Hermanns (PS) (they're going to keep one of the backup OTs on the PS, at least, and I think they really like Hermanns. If not him, then Senat)

Chris Glaser

Brett Laing

Adam Pankey

Greg Senat 

Total Offense: 26.

DL - 10

Carl Lawson

Quinnen Williams

John Franklin-Myers

Jermaine Johnson

Will McDonald IV

Michael Clemons

Bryce Huff

Quinton Jefferson

Al Woods

Solomon Thomas

Tanzel Smart (PS) (This was the easiest set of roster decisions on the team, with Smart the only truly tough cut - and tough only in the sense that he's a legit NFL caliber player with no room on the roster, not in a "did he beat out any of the guys we're keeping" sense. I think there's a high likelihood he gets snapped up by another team)

Pita Taumoepenu (PS)

Deslin Alexandre 

Marquis Spencer

Jalyn Holmes

Bruce Hector 

LB - 4

CJ Mosley

Quincy Williams

Jamien Sherwood

Zaire Barnes

Chazz Surratt (PS) (To make room at other spots the Jets go very light at LB, keeping only 4 on the active roster and sticking three onto the PS. That gives them 9 games worth of free practice squad gameday elevations - three per player - for any week where the team wants an extra active LB on gameday. I would not be surprised to see the team look to sign someone from another team's cuts and move Barnes to the PS as well)

Claudin Cherelus (PS)

Nick Vigil (PS)

Sam Eguavoen

Caleb Johnson

CB - 5

Sauce Gardner

DJ Reed

Michael Carter II

Bryce Hall

Justin Hardee

Brandin Echols (Suspended)

Jarrick Bernard-Converse (PUP)

Jimmy Moreland (PS) (The Jets are pretty well set at CB right now, but when Echols comes back week 1, I wouldn't be surprised to see Hall cut. This is a position where I wouldn't be surprised to see a practice squad player added from other teams' roster cuts rather than our own)

Derrick Langford

Nehemiah Shelton

Craig James

Dane Cruikshank

Safety - 5

Jordan Whitehead

Tony Adams

Adrian Amos

Ashtyn Davis

Trey Dean (the Jets gave Dean a big signing bonus for a UDFA and he's shown well in the pre-season - I don't think they expose him to waivers. Davis has made plays and is a core STer.)

Marquis Waters (PS)

Total Defense - 24

ST - 3

Thomas Morestead

Thomas Hennessy

Greg Zuerlein (OK, I lied, this was the easiest set of roster decisions, since there's no competition at any of these spots)

 

Practice Squad

1. QB Tim Boyle 
2. RB Travis Dye
3. TE Zack Kuntz
4. TE Kenny Yeboah
5. WR Malik Taylor
6. WR Xavier Gipson
7. C/G Wes Schweitzer
8. OT Grant Hermanns
9. DL Tanzel Smart
10. Edge Pita Taumoepenu
11. LB Chazz Surratt
12. LB Claudin Cherelus
13. LB Nick Vigil
14. CB Jimmy Moreland
15. S Marquis Waters
16. OPEN (this spot goes to someone not currently on the roster or waits for Bernard-Converse)

Great effort.  The only thing I would say is Schweitzer has been running with the 1’s all summer. I think he’s the backup interior guy on gameday. 

[JohnnyLV]

Don't get why so many want to trade Huff. Let him ball out. Even if he leaves next year we are better off. Worse case scenario might be he gets 12 sacks and we have to franchise him. He has had a sack and multiple pressures each game. The JJ play that people were losing their mind over Huff actually got the sack. All that said, he does not seem to be loved by Saleh so not shocking if it happens.

Justin Hardee is my first cut. Too many young guys that can pick up the slack.

I like Bawden but if Yeboah can play the FB role I keep Kuntz over him. 

Im cutting Cobb and bringing him to the PS. Brownlee and Gibson stay,

Xavier stays anyway he is PR/KR keep Hardman a receiver. 

Lawson may be done and we have to IR him anyway. In some footage from his working on the sideline he was running like he was a 60 year old dentist with back issues.

Dean is too good to cut. Personally I'd cut a DT or 2 and play Q more. Model it after how many snaps Donald gets.

Only 2 QBs

 

[LAD_Brooklyn]

Cobb contract was design for him to not make the 53 man roster. Would be surprised if they weren't to cut him and bring him back which leads free up a spot for them to stash someone else. 

[Integrity28]

1 hour ago, LAD_Brooklyn said:

Cobb contract was design for him to not make the 53 man roster. Would be surprised if they weren't to cut him and bring him back which leads free up a spot for them to stash someone else. 

Can you explain? I haven’t really paid attention to contracts this off-season.

[Beerfish]

We need to move on from a few vets to keep more promising young guys, even in win now mode.   Uzomah, solomon thomas, perhaps lawson.

If we actually had good candidates at S and LB i'd come up with a few names there as well.

[docdhc]

I think Kuntz will definitely be on the practice squad. No team is claiming a developmental TE who can’t block and is so raw. Remember they have to keep him on active roster at least 3 weeks if claimed. 

[doitny]

11 hours ago, Doggin94it said:

It's that time of year again. Drop your predictions here.

QB - 2

Aaron Rodgers

Zach Wilson

Tim Boyle (PS) (Boyle has been good in the room and awful everywhere else. They keep him in the room and as an emergency QB in case of injury, but there are too many tough cuts everywhere else to waste an active roster spot on him)

RB - 4

Breece Hall

Dalvin Cook

Michael Carter

Izzy Abanikanda

Bam Knight (Unfortunately signing Dalvin Cook means there's no room on the roster for Bam. I think he likely gets traded for a late round draft pick on cutdown day, but if not, there's no way he sneaks back through to the practice squad)

Travis Dye (PS) (With Bam gone, Dye gets the practice squad RB slot)

FB - 1

Nick Bawden (the Jets keep a FB instead of a 4th TE, hoping to slip Yeboah and Kuntz to the PS. Yes, both of them)

TE - 3

CJ Uzomah

Tyler Conklin

Jeremy Ruckert

Zack Kuntz (PS) (developmental guy gets an extra year of development)

Kenny Yeboah (PS) (They've put two years into developing Yeboah and it's starting to show. He competes with Uzomah and Kuntz for an active roster spot next year)

E.J. Jenkins (I think the Jets like Jenkins and would add him to the PS if either Kuntz or Yeboah get claimed, which is part of what gives them the confidence to cut both)

WR - 6

Garrett Wilson

Allen Lazard

Corey Davis

Mecole Hardman

Randall Cobb

Jason Brownlee (the sixth WR spot is the toughest on the team. I think Brownlee ends up with the spot on the theory that he's the guy most likely to get claimed if they cut him - the mix of upside, youth, and some national hype - but wouldn't be shocked if it's Gipson as the PR or Taylor as the vet with a Rodgers connection)

Malik Taylor (PS) 

Xavier Gipson (PS) 

Irvin Charles (Charles not only gets cut, but doesn't get brought back to the PS for the first time in years unless one of the three guys ahead of him gets claimed - which is a distinct possibility)

Alex Ericson

Jerome Kapp

T.J. Luther

OL - 10

Duane Brown

Laken Tomlinson

Connor McGovern

Alijah Vera-Tucker

Mekhi Becton

Joe Tippmann

Max Mitchell

Carter Warren

Billy Turner (Hot take - I think there's a decent possibility Turner gets cut given how bad he's looked. Were I running the room, I keep both Schweitzer and Colon, on the theory that AVT is my primary backup OT, Mitchell is OT 4, and Warren gets a redshirt year, so I need more interior backups - or just keep 9 OL and use the roster spot elsewhere)

Trystan Colon (But I'm not running the room, so I think Schweitzer and Colon are vying for one interior backup slot. Schweitzer is a better C than G and Colon is a better G than C, but both guys can play either spot. With Tippmann showing enough to push for the starting C job - i.e. more than enough to be comfortable with him as the backup C to start - Colon's edge at G gets him the job, IMO. But this is a coinflip and I would not be surprised if it went the other way) 

Wes Schweitzer (PS) (In an ideal world, he comes back on the PS. More likely, he signs elsewhere and Chris Glaser takes that spot)

Grant Hermanns (PS) (they're going to keep one of the backup OTs on the PS, at least, and I think they really like Hermanns. If not him, then Senat)

Chris Glaser

Brett Laing

Adam Pankey

Greg Senat 

Total Offense: 26.

DL - 10

Carl Lawson

Quinnen Williams

John Franklin-Myers

Jermaine Johnson

Will McDonald IV

Michael Clemons

Bryce Huff

Quinton Jefferson

Al Woods

Solomon Thomas

Tanzel Smart (PS) (This was the easiest set of roster decisions on the team, with Smart the only truly tough cut - and tough only in the sense that he's a legit NFL caliber player with no room on the roster, not in a "did he beat out any of the guys we're keeping" sense. I think there's a high likelihood he gets snapped up by another team)

Pita Taumoepenu (PS)

Deslin Alexandre 

Marquis Spencer

Jalyn Holmes

Bruce Hector 

LB - 4

CJ Mosley

Quincy Williams

Jamien Sherwood

Zaire Barnes

Chazz Surratt (PS) (To make room at other spots the Jets go very light at LB, keeping only 4 on the active roster and sticking three onto the PS. That gives them 9 games worth of free practice squad gameday elevations - three per player - for any week where the team wants an extra active LB on gameday. I would not be surprised to see the team look to sign someone from another team's cuts and move Barnes to the PS as well)

Claudin Cherelus (PS)

Nick Vigil (PS)

Sam Eguavoen

Caleb Johnson

CB - 5

Sauce Gardner

DJ Reed

Michael Carter II

Bryce Hall

Justin Hardee

Brandin Echols (Suspended)

Jarrick Bernard-Converse (PUP)

Jimmy Moreland (PS) (The Jets are pretty well set at CB right now, but when Echols comes back week 1, I wouldn't be surprised to see Hall cut. This is a position where I wouldn't be surprised to see a practice squad player added from other teams' roster cuts rather than our own)

Derrick Langford

Nehemiah Shelton

Craig James

Dane Cruikshank

Safety - 5

Jordan Whitehead

Tony Adams

Adrian Amos

Ashtyn Davis

Trey Dean (the Jets gave Dean a big signing bonus for a UDFA and he's shown well in the pre-season - I don't think they expose him to waivers. Davis has made plays and is a core STer.)

Marquis Waters (PS)

Total Defense - 24

ST - 3

Thomas Morestead

Thomas Hennessy

Greg Zuerlein (OK, I lied, this was the easiest set of roster decisions, since there's no competition at any of these spots)

 

Practice Squad

1. QB Tim Boyle 
2. RB Travis Dye
3. TE Zack Kuntz
4. TE Kenny Yeboah
5. WR Malik Taylor
6. WR Xavier Gipson
7. C/G Wes Schweitzer
8. OT Grant Hermanns
9. DL Tanzel Smart
10. Edge Pita Taumoepenu
11. LB Chazz Surratt
12. LB Claudin Cherelus
13. LB Nick Vigil
14. CB Jimmy Moreland
15. S Marquis Waters
16. OPEN (this spot goes to someone not currently on the roster or waits for Bernard-Converse)

well assuming everyone is healthy...

i agree except

Yeboah over Ruckurt. i dont know, i just dont see anything special about Ruckurt except he was a draft pick.

unless i miss something you forgot KR/PR. thats where i give Gipson over Brownlee. maybe you keep both and take 9 OL instead of 10. 10 seems a lot.

[varjet]

3 hours ago, Jethead said:

Tomorrow is promised to nobody. This team has all the ingredients it needs to compete this year. Pedal to the metal baby. All hands on deck!

Paying Dalvin Cook up to $8mm this year is verification that the Jets are all in this year.  

But I think keeping younger players playing for their next payday, as opposed to guys playing a hard game who have already been paid, could pay dividends. 

[Hex]

Still waiting on @jetsrule128 to predict the final 53 and Practice Squads of all 32 teams in the NFL