I don’t like the fact that Martin is at the bottom of the WR list. It will be sad to watch him go, and even tho’ he played against 2nd and 3rd string player, you can see that spark. Besides, in the games vs the seahawks, Nannee and Buster played against the 2nd strings and did a good job too. I think we are making a big mistake here, ala Wes Welker kind of mistake

If charly martin is let go. He has attitude. according to the article a few weeks ago everyone has told him he’s not big enough, fast enough, so he has a chip on his shoulder to prove them wrong. Are we going to gift wrap another player for the Patriots?

The key to the 3-4 is the LB corp. They will probably carry 10 on this years 53 man roster. They did last year. English has been hurt, but they aren’t going to park him on the bench, because that would make AJ look bad. He needs to be ready so AJ can say goodbye to Merriman this off season, against the fans wishes. WR will be out deepest position. Nothing wrong with that. Nanee looked good against 1st team AZ d Saturday. He is a keeper.

As maestro876 says, Whitehurst counts towards the 53-man roster….

There are 53 men on the regular roster and up to eight on the practice squad. A total of 45 of the regular roster is active for the game. The third string QB usually dresses for the game as the 46th player and can come in only if the other two QBs are hurt. Sometimes a team will carry all three QBs as part of the 45 man game squad but rarely. Too bad Whitehurst can’t just be part of the practice squad and still dress as the 46th guy, but the rules are what they are, and every NFL team has to deal with them and the very same situation.

This team is so deep, I think it’s even hard to whittle the roster down to 61, which includes the practice squad…. Hopefully there won’t be any injuries the next two weeks (or thereafter, although it’s inevitable there will be some — hopefully you minimize them), but if there are, obviously that opens up spots potentially on the 45-46-man roster, 53-man roster, and/or the 8-man practice squad….

Wish the o-line were better and deeper; otherwise I think we’re in very good shape. ANY teams in the NFL loaded on the o-line?… If so, as players get cut, you may see AJ pick up someone there, probably a G.

I like Gatrell Johnson, James Holt, and Charley Martin to make the practice squad; if people ahead of them were to get injured, they’d be ready to step up and step in…. Don’t know how the rest will shake out, but I hope they don’t cut those three, and I don’t see them making the 53-man roster at this point, barring injuries.

Siler stays on the team because he’s the back-up long-snapper to Binn. He’s pretty good and plays hard both on D and on special teams.

If Holt’s on the practice squad, he’s probably joined there by Beckwith or Bakhtiari. (Could be wrong — or could even be both….)

I THINK Simeon Castille is also headed to the practice squad, but at least one and probably (imo) two DB’s would be; Castille, CJ Spillman, Brandon Hughes, and Kevin Ellison could all be good candidates to be there, but obviously they won’t have all 4 or even 3 DB’s on the 8-man PS. With Cletis Gordon being cut, looks like Hughes has a decent chance to actually make the 53-man roster, but they could even keep only 3 official CB’s and go with 5 or 6 safeties. Sounds crazy, but possible…. What a puzzle!

I agree that the chargers might have to carry 10 linebackers to run a 3 4 defense, and it makes me nervous for my boy Kasime . Whatever happens the choices will be difficult this year. ISN’T IT GREAT!