Guys you will be surprised won't make the final roster

they have to cut him, to sign him to the PS…
which makes them succeptible to other teams signing players the Chiefs wanted to keep

I think they still have plans for Lawrence. I agree that Copper and Darling should be the next 2 receivers cut… AFTER Rodney Wright

thm keeping both croyle and thigpen…1 will be gone

You didn’t hear his name on his multiple special teams tackles each game?

But…I dont think that will happen anyway

Kolby has not practiced live yet this entire calendar year, while Battle has played great. Kolby is a PUP candidate, that is what will likely happen with him…Why would they not get rid of Morgan? He has played horrid so far with little special teams upside….I agree on McBride, he will not survive….Zach Thomas will not be dropped, there is not reason to, we lose too much LB depth if he is. It is a perfect situation for him and us right now, veteran leadership with a promising breakthrough backup.

But a HB coming off an achilles injury is VERY questionable. If he still has a burst, I say keep him. Unfortunately ZERO playing time in practice or preseason. Probably gone.

I’m not at all certain he makes the squad. He might be a different player with Thomas directing traffic. Thomas is one that would surprise me if he’s gone, but I’m having a hard time rationalizing his being sidelined in preseason. But maybe it was a package deal. He’d put in the hours in OTAs and Vrabel would work himself into things while Thomas took a break. Oops. Rationalizing again…

to question Hali’s football IQ. And I’m not basing it on a HUGE amount of data. Just my impressions, which I stated above. You needn’t shout, just because you disagree. From all that’s been said (much of it by ME in previous weeks), Hali seems like close to a sure thing on the 53-man cuts. But what I saw was a good/great athlete who definitely has a football body, but he seems slow to react or unable to anticipate, whatever. His body and Turk’s brain would be just what I’d want from the transition players DE-to-OLB.

Look at the Houston game. As the LB trailing the play, his responsibility is to prevent the cutback. But he got it in his head to not be beaten in the pursuit and ran himself right out of the play, like what he’s doing has nothing to do with what’s happening on the field. Look at the near-sack of Favre in the MIN game. His body put him in perfect position to make the sack, but his singlemindedness had him still pushing the left tackle, with Favre standing right next to him.

GREAT! He BEAT the LT decisively! But beating the LT is a means to an end – KILL THE QB – not an end unto itself. What I see is a great athlete with tunnel vision, and on the plays described, the only difference between his current role and his prior role as DE was he started the play without having a hand in the dirt. I’d’ve had the same ’plaint about a DE who did what he did.

I agree on Studebaker. Not tremendously flashy, but you get the sense that he knows where he’s supposed to be and isn’t going to run himself out of plays. But I don’t know if there’s enough talent behind Studebaker (and Hali) to be too hasty about releasing McBride. But quality LB is JUST the kind of player one expects to show up after roster cuts, especially with all the high draft picks at that position.

I’ll have to look at Brown again. Most of what I say about him is based on the style of secondary play under Cunningham (before AND after Tampa-2), and Brown’s reputation as a field general. Haven’t really focused in on him (or had many opportunities to, with all the shitty camera angles), to see if he’s still physically capable of holding down the position.

Gutsy-errez is a tough call. With a struggling o-line in short yardage on the short field, it’s hard for anybody to look good. Much as I like Thiggy in those situations, I remember the feeling of futility last season, when you KNEW the fade was about the only thing that even had a chance. With this O-Line as currently composed, you almost have to roll the QB out, and hope something opens up. No headway up the gut.