53-man Roster Predictions

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Does anyone know the percentage league wide number of practice squad players that actually go on to regular contracts?

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the same year or eventually before they end their career? I don't really have numbers for either, just curious what you're looking for.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by That Guy

the same year or eventually before they end their career? I don't really have numbers for either, just curious what you're looking for.

At any point. So lets say over the past 10 years each team has 8 slots so that's 8 players *32 teams * 10 years or 2560 practice squad spots. How many of those, or what percentage, have been called up to any teams active roster?

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[That Guy]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

At any point. So lets say over the past 10 years each team has 8 slots so that's 8 players *32 teams * 10 years or 2560 practice squad spots. How many of those, or what percentage, have been called up to any teams active roster?

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NFL Practice Squad 2015: Rules, Eligibility, Salary, Size, and more - Cincy Jungle

well, first, there can be 10 players on the PS in 2014/2015, you can take 2 players that have accrued seasons now and most other players can be on the PS for 3 years now vs 2 a few years ago - assuming the article is correct.

as for conversion, i'm looking, but it's not super easy to find. i guess I can check on the redskins, but the teams swap out PS players every week, so it's hard to track (those 10 spots may end up having 20 different people fill them over a season). also sometimes players get taken from a practice squad so another team can use them for their playbook for 1 week and ditch them afterwards... i don't know that that should actually count as making it (it doesn't happen often but i remember NE doing it to a bronco's DE or LB and maybe NYG doing it once a few years back).

[That Guy]

btw, it doesn't look like we claimed anyone off waivers. most teams took 1 player, tampa took 5. so our roster/squad is probably set for week 1 now. obviously breeland will be back week 2 and RG3 may or may not be a redskin by then. either way someone is losing there job here pretty soon.

[That Guy]

2012 - tom compton (OT) - going to be a big part of 2015

2013 (8) - will compton - 1 tackle in 2013, 60 tackles in 2014
- xavier nixon - indy took him from us - 4 games, 1 start in both 2013 and 2014 (for indy)
- chase minnefield (did some stuff in 2014)

2014 (we had 8) - philip thomas, signed active on nov 1, had 27 tackles
- chris thompson - obviously has value
- chase minnefield - 7 game appearances 4 tackles
- robert thomas (DL) - signed to the active roster for 1 day, then back to PS

others did nothing


so that's the last 3-4 years and only looking at what they did here, but the % is much higher than i would have thought to play in real games and contribute.

i'd call is 4/24 for those 3 years, so 16% from the world's smallest and possibly not at all representative sample size. (also these were from the aug 31/sep 1 PS roster list, i didn't bother trying to look up in season transactions, but if you check kffl etc during the year, there are a LOT)

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by That Guy

2012 - tom compton (OT) - going to be a big part of 2015

2013 (8) - will compton - 1 tackle in 2013, 60 tackles in 2014
- xavier nixon - indy took him from us - 4 games, 1 start in both 2013 and 2014 (for indy)
- chase minnefield (did some stuff in 2014)

2014 (we had 8) - philip thomas, signed active on nov 1, had 27 tackles
- chris thompson - obviously has value
- chase minnefield - 7 game appearances 4 tackles
- robert thomas (DL) - signed to the active roster for 1 day, then back to PS

others did nothing


so that's the last 3-4 years and only looking at what they did here, but the % is much higher than i would have thought to play in real games and contribute.

i'd call is 4/24 for those 3 years, so 16% from the world's smallest and possibly not at all representative sample size. (also these were from the aug 31/sep 1 PS roster list, i didn't bother trying to look up in season transactions, but if you check kffl etc during the year, there are a LOT)

Thanks. I appreciate you digging in like that. My initial thinking was less than 5percent so that is more than I expected. Still I think it holds that by most practice squad players aren't going to make or break a team's roster.

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[That Guy]

well, ryan clark was on NY's practice squad for 10+ weeks in 2002, lemar marshall was a PS player (ARI/PHI) that ended up starting 2-3 years here as a pretty good player.

obviously PS players are lower hit rates than high draft picks,, since they're (usually) UDFA's.

[Chico23231]

Redskins sign former Seahawks TE Anthony McCoy - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Redskins XTRA

New TE Anthony McCoy

[Buffalo Bob]

I don't see how anyone would not believe if RG3 stays a Redskin this year it isn't 100% Snyder's doing. Did everyone forget Gruden publicly throwing Robert under the bus last year? I figured Robert would be gone then. I would think the only thing he could do to change Jay's opinion of him is to light it up in 2015, and we know he hasn't done that. There is no upside to having RG3 on the team, anyone who has watched him on the sideline of the Jax game can
see he has mentally checked out. The circus around him isn't worth tolerating for a back up QB, especially for one who doesn't look like a team first guy anymore.

[rickmmrr]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

I don't see how anyone would not believe if RG3 stays a Redskin this year it isn't 100% Snyder's doing. Did everyone forget Gruden publicly throwing Robert under the bus last year? I figured Robert would be gone then. I would think the only thing he could do to change Jay's opinion of him is to light it up in 2015, and we know he hasn't done that. There is no upside to having RG3 on the team, anyone who has watched him on the sideline of the Jax game can
see he has mentally checked out. The circus around him isn't worth tolerating for a back up QB, especially for one who doesn't look like a team first guy anymore.

agree 100%
However he is so good at constantly reinforcing to everyone around him just how much of a "me first" kind of guy he is. I think most of the team can safely ignore him. If he has to stay, I just hope he "rides the pine" for the entire year."

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Redskins sign former Seahawks TE Anthony McCoy - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Redskins XTRA

New TE Anthony McCoy

2 achilles surgeries and like, 37 career receptions. mainly an in-line blocker, but still seems kinda... meh. I guess he's a guy and we needed a guy.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by That Guy

2 achilles surgeries and like, 37 career receptions. mainly an in-line blocker, but still seems kinda... meh. I guess he's a guy and we needed a guy.

Basically best available guy...and better than our current option at 3rd TE

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Basically best available guy...and better than our current option at 3rd TE

Wouldn't Detroit's guy have been better?

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[KI Skins Fan]

Gruden on Rashad Ross:

“Yeah, a no-brainer,” Gruden said on Sunday afternoon when asked about Ross. “You talk about going out there and making plays, you know, and I’d be lying to you if I cut him. You’d say, ‘What about this guy? This guy made all kinds of plays and you cut him, you’re lying.’ So we talk about taking advantage of your opportunities, making plays, and we’re going to do what’s right by you, and the right thing was to keep him.”

I was pleased to see that he said this. He's right. Many people would have thought he and Scot were hypocrites if they had cut Ross. More importantly, by practicing what they preached they kept faith with Ross and the rest of the team.

[That Guy]

honestly the chance that ross has any real bearing on this season are really slim, and I doubt guys like DJ care about what happens to the #6 WR, but i'm sure the borderline players appreciate it.


meanwhile, updated practice squad list (we're up to 9 now):
LB Houston Bates, OT Takoby Cofield, DE Corey Crawford, CB Quinton Dunbar, LB Terrance Plummer, TE Je'Ron Hamm, RB Trey Williams, FB Ray Agnew, LB Ryan Delaire