Redskins Cuts

[Meks]

i think his arm is still hurt from that hit he took vs pitt... it looked pretty brutal.

[The Goat]

Paul should be PR/KR. He's tough as nails and runs hard. Protects the ball well. And isn't important to the offense, the way Tana is.

[Chico23231]

Id go with Santana but transition Thompson into the role. Thompson is a bigger threat and a special teams score can affect the game in our favor just as well as a fumble. I'd say focus on the RB role first and address the fumbling issue, then mid season move Thompson into the PR role.

[WestCoastSkinsFan]

Anyone holding out hope for Skye Dawson? I've liked his potential at returner, but I just don't think it's enough to make the team.

[MTK]

I'm guessing they will plug in Thompson to begin the year, and if he fumbles the job away they will go with plan B, which could be Moss. But to start Moss off there, I don't think the risk is worth it.

[SFREDSKIN]

Crawford won the job as a rookie so why not Thompson despite the 2 fumbles as a running back. If not him then Niles Paul has done a good job in the past.

[hutch17]

We should keep Pat White as the PR that would make everyone happy

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by hutch17

We should keep Pat White as the PR that would make everyone happy

He flopped as a WR with the Dolphins.

[Meks]

I like Paul starting off at pr/kr .. let thompson ease his way in or just roatate them ...

[CultBrennan59]

We're about an hour and a half away from hearing the last few roster moves to get to 75. I think they will officially announce that carriker has been placed on IR, since 1067 reported it yesterday yet know one can confirm. Probably a premature report.

[scowan]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

We're about an hour and a half away from hearing the last few roster moves to get to 75. I think they will officially announce that carriker has been placed on IR, since 1067 reported it yesterday yet know one can confirm. Probably a premature report.

Does moving a guy to the IR count as a cut? How many guys can you have on the IR? Why not just make up an injury and put all the guys we like but need to cut, on the Injuried Reserve?

[Monkeydad]

Doesn't really count as a cut but he won't count against the eventual 53 players on the ACTIVE roster.

When he's activated from IR, an accompanying roster move will need to made to free up a spot on the active roster.

Is he going on the 8- or 16-game IR? Big loss if 16 because we need depth on this D-line that keeps getting thinner.

There's not really an 8-game list, but teams can now activate one player a year from the IR list after 8 games. Carriker would be a good candidate if healthy, he makes an impact when healthy.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by scowan

Does moving a guy to the IR count as a cut? How many guys can you have on the IR? Why not just make up an injury and put all the guys we like but need to cut, on the Injuried Reserve?

Yes. A guy on IR doesn't count against the 53. Pretty sure league cracks down on abuse of IR. Back in the day, Gibbs would do just that. Two days before cut down, borderline guys would mysteriously come down with all sorts of hamstring, quad and other muscle pulls/sprains and strains.

[CRedskinsRule]

The difference between a cut and IR is salary cap. If you cut a guy, contract is ended, so if he had any prorated pay, that would be accelerated, but his base salary is gone. An IR guy's salary cap hit is the same as if he were on the active roster.

We don't have a lot of salary cap room so stashing guys isn't really an option for us I wouldn't think.

Carriker went on the PUP list

Washington Redskins ‏@Redskins 16m
#Redskins moved DE Adam Carriker from the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list to the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list.

So his status will be determined after week 6, but he won't count against the 53 until then.

[SmootSmack]

I think we're done with the required roster moves after activating Hurt and releasing Mouton