Will make for an interesting camp battle
What a difference a year makes
Last year we were hoping UDFAs would be Victor Cruz 2.0 and save our passing game
This year we have actual talent that might not make the roster..
Let's not forget at least one WR has to be a gunner type (thought Brown is good at it he might even be better at specials inside a bit)
So my June 11 depth chart
Starting outside guys
Golliday
Slayton
Slot types that will contribute a lot
Shepard
Toney (who will be a returner but not on coverage teams unless he begs and pleads..don't rule this out as some guys just want to be on tbe field ..remember LT and Sehorn would beg to play on specials even when they were established)
The others (which includes Petis and Ross )
So how many do we keep?
6..
7 if we have a designated gunner special teams guy ...and bottom of roster guys have to play specials ?
IiR I think they might be keeping the PS situation the same as last year so guys like Mack,Sills (who is impressing again but is he the 2021 version of Antonio London),ect can be stored away
Last year one of tbe unfortunate situations with no preseason was the guys that would normally make the team because of special teams play in preseason games didn't get the chance to show this
I think with 3 games and 2 joint practices we will see someone step up
I say this because Last year Derrick Dillon was hyped to be a special teams ace..
He showed why he was undrafed as a WR with butterfingers ...but 4.29 speed and special teams ability nobody was able to see..
Seemed to me one thing teams found out was Board overran plays badly and teams saw this and designed their returns to exploit this
If a guy like D8kon is down there in a flash waiting for the ball to drop into the returnees hands that we Could have automatic fair catches on every punt and a guy down there to down punts inside tbe 5...(Core was really good at this,we really missed that aspect of his game when he got hurt)
So do we keep 6 guys and a marginal ST guy or keep 7 if an ace emerges Ala Dilon or someone