Here's a list of guys on the bubble who have enough seasons to be cut and brought back without going thru waivers AND don't have guaranteed money that we'd have to worry about:
DE BRYANT
DL MCGILL
DL HYDER
OL PRYOR
QB ALLEN
WR SNEAD
Options for season ending IR:
TE LATU
DE BEAL
CB PARKER
K MOODY (though I'm doubtful)
Likely injury settlements IMO:
WR CONLEY
K GONZALEZ
Other NOTES:
DE Bosa would not count toward the 53 while he's on the reserve/did not report list, so one extra spot, temporarily.
With this all said, my initial 53 would have to look like this:
QB: Purdy, Darnold
RB/FB: CMC, Mitchell, Mason, TDP | Juice
WR: Deebo, Aiyuk, Jennings, Bell, Gray, McCloud
TE: Kittle, Woerner, Latu, Dwelley
OL: Brendel, Feliciano, Banks, Burford, Manning | Trent, McKivitz, Moore
DL: Jackson, Ferrell, Hyder | Armstead, Hargrave, Kinlaw, Givens, Davis
LB: Warner, Greenlaw, DFF, Burks, Graham, Winters
CB: Ward, Lenoir, Ambry Thomas, Oliver, Womack, Jamison
S: Gipson, Hufanga, Brown, & Odum
ST: Moody, [kicker acquired via trade], Wishnowsky, Pepper
And then my final week one 53 would be:
IR w/ Possibility of Return: K Moody, TE Latu, LB Burks, WR Gray
IR season ending: DE Beal, CB Parker
PUP: CB Luter
(24) OFFENSE
QB: Purdy, Darnold
RB/FB: CMC, Mitchell, Mason, TDP | Juice
WR: Deebo, Aiyuk, Jennings, Bell, McCloud
TE: Kittle, Woerner, Dwelley
OL: Brendel, Feliciano, Banks, Burford, Manning | Trent, McKivitz, Moore, Pryor
(26) DEFENSE
DL: Bosa, Jackson, Ferrell, Hyder, Bryant | Armstead, Hargrave, Kinlaw, Givens, Davis, McGill
LB: Warner, Greenlaw, DFF, Graham, Winters
CB: Ward, Lenoir, Ambry Thomas, Oliver, Womack, Jamison
S: Gipson, Hufanga, Brown, & Odum
(3) ST: [kicker acquired via trade], Wishnowsky, Pepper
[ Edited by OnTheClock on Aug 27, 2023 at 2:14 PM ]