Surprise Cuts? And all other roster cuts!

[Cyrus12]

No surprises..other than Thompson I'd be fine looking elsewhere for the ps stash.

 

[olyfan63]

Matt Landers impressed during preseason and has great measurables, will be interesting to see if he gets claimed. Dareke Young looked like he can't catch targets at an NFL level, but I guess he must be an ace on special teams.

 

[QWERTY]

Injuries. Do you remember the year when we lost so many WR's to injury that we played our backup QB, Seneca Wallace, at WR?

Yeah but remember when we lost so much corner's and played with Dallas on NFC Conference where Romo botched the snap?

 

[FrodosFinger]

No surprises tbh

 

[toffee]

Matt Landers impressed during preseason and has great measurables, will be interesting to see if he gets claimed. Dareke Young looked like he can't catch targets at an NFL level, but I guess he must be an ace on special teams.

I heard that Landers didn't have good hands? With his DK Metcalf like measurable, once he learn the game, watch out.

 

[CactusJack]

I haven't been impressed with Dareke Young. I'm a little puzzled as to why he's sticking around.

 

[morgulon1]

I haven't been impressed with Dareke Young. I'm a little puzzled as to why he's sticking around.

I think I heard John Schneider talking about how much he likes him. IDK

 

[CactusJack]

I think I heard John Schneider talking about how much he likes him. IDK

He was an interesting prospect coming out. But his resume so far isn't that great. Winston, Landers & Lindsey all outperformed him during the preseason. So why is he still here?

 

[FrodosFinger]

I haven't been impressed with Dareke Young. I'm a little puzzled as to why he's sticking around.

He splashed his rookie year and reminds me a little of Tee Higgins

 

[morgulon1]

One thing I can say is that I haven't seen him play much. I'm sure he has the tangibles
To play in the league, maybe he's a late bloomer. Wasn't he hurt all last season?
Kind of a red shirt year. What if he really takes it up a couple of levels? Like I said, I
Heard Schneider really complimenting D Young when asked about players he really
Thought would be good.

At least he didn't give up 3 firsts and a 3rd for an innacurate project QB from a small school. Tee-hee

 

[olyfan63]

Dareke Young just looked incapable on the few targets he got this preseason. Like not at all NFL-caliber. Looked lost trying to find the ball when targeted. Contrast with Bobo, Winston, and Landers, who all made plays where they adjusted to the throw and caught the ball. Winston's deep ball catch vs the Packers, I noticed he avoided putting his hands up too early and tipping off the DB. Made catch at last moment. Just a bunch of difficult little things that NFL-caliber receivers make look easy, and Young looks lost. I sure hope he was just having a couple bad games/nursing an undisclosed injury/dealing with a flu bug that affected his balance and depth perception.

 

[IndyHawk]

Dallas sticking around suprised me..JAG

 

[pittpnthrs]

Winston is the only cut i'm bummed about. I expected Bobo to make it, but man I thought Winston looked good.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

He could still come back at some point. It happens all the time.

 

[bileever]

For those of you keeping score, all 9 drafted rookies made the final roster, along with two UDFA, Jake Bobo and Chris Stoll (long snapper). That's a total of 11 rookies. The NFL average for rookies on a team is around 6.

 

[Scout]

The Rams and Bucs went bonkers with the amount of drafted and undrafted players making their respective squads (eg Super Bowl cap hell). But this goes to show you that PC felt the team needed to keep adding to the current young core to sustain a competitive team long term. It is very easy to go towards vets and with cap space it is tempting but the Hawks are wisely choosing to continue to add to their young core. The added value is the Hawks are integrating more players that buy in and have more time under their belt with the offensive and defensive schemes.

 

[FrodosFinger]

Dareke Young just looked incapable on the few targets he got this preseason. Like not at all NFL-caliber. Looked lost trying to find the ball when targeted. Contrast with Bobo, Winston, and Landers, who all made plays where they adjusted to the throw and caught the ball. Winston's deep ball catch vs the Packers, I noticed he avoided putting his hands up too early and tipping off the DB. Made catch at last moment. Just a bunch of difficult little things that NFL-caliber receivers make look easy, and Young looks lost. I sure hope he was just having a couple bad games/nursing an undisclosed injury/dealing with a flu bug that affected his balance and depth perception.

My take on Dareke takes nothing away from the possibilities that Bobo brings to this offense. I like our receiver group, probably the deepest in the league in terms of quality throughout

 

[CactusJack]

Winston is the only cut i'm bummed about. I expected Bobo to make it, but man I thought Winston looked good.

 

[Hawk4life]

For those of you keeping score, all 9 drafted rookies made the final roster, along with two UDFA, Jake Bobo and Chris Stoll (long snapper). That's a total of 11 rookies. The NFL average for rookies on a team is around 6.

Actually I'm seeing 12 rookies. We have 22 players with a year or less of NFL experience. That is 41.5% of the 53 man roster. The average of team experience is 3.11 years! It is scary that we are so young but PC has an awesome track record of coaching excellence and demands a high level of professionalism. This year is going to be telling, it could be his best year to validate punching his hall of fame ticket.

Player	#	Pos	HT	WT	Age	Exp	College
Jake Bobo	19​	WR	4-Jun​	207​	25​	R	UCLA
Anthony Bradford	70​	G	5-Jun​	332​	22​	R	LSU
Zach Charbonnet	26​	RB	1-Jun​	214​	22​	R	UCLA
Derick Hall	58​	OLB	3-Jun​	254​	22​	R	Auburn
Kenny McIntosh	25​	RB	Jun-00​	204​	23​	R	Georgia
Mike Morris	94​	DE	6-Jun​	295​	22​	R	Michigan
Olu Oluwatimi	51​	C	3-Jun​	309​	24​	R	Michigan
Jerrick Reed II	32​	S	9-May​	196​	23​	R	New Mexico
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	11​	WR	Jun-00​	197​	21​	R	Ohio State
Chris Stoll	41​	LS	2-Jun​	255​	25​	R	Penn State
Devon Witherspoon	21​	CB	Jun-00​	185​	22​	R	Illinois
Cameron Young	93​	DT	3-Jun​	304​	23​	R	Mississippi State

 

[12AngryHawks]

That's a relief. I heard Levi Bell is also being signed to the PS. Hopefully they can sign Gotel to the PS as well. Oh, and Sir Roderick too, of course.