The Washington Commanders final preseason game is on Sunday night against the New England Patriots. Cut-down day is two days later.
This has been a fun training camp to monitor as there has been plenty of competition and new faces for this staff to evaluate. The areas I have been watching most this preseason have been wide receiver, offensive line, cornerback and safety.
As the offseason comes to an end, and the start of the regular season approaches, there still remains a few spots that are up for grabs. I have to imagine that Adam Peters and Dan Quinn have a pretty good idea of what the beef of this 53-man roster is going to look like, but questions still remain – who will claim WR6 (if they do indeed opt to keep six), whether they keep nine or ten offensive linemen, if three tight ends will be adequate, who will get the final two cornerback spots and will they opt for five or six safeties.
Below is my 53-man roster prediction. I do believe we’ll see more movement after teams cut down their rosters, so I expect this to remain pretty fluid until the end of next week.
Offense: 24
Quarterback:
Jayden Daniels
Marcus Mariota
Running Back:
Brian Robinson
Austin Ekeler
Michael Wiley
Wide Receiver:
Terry Mclaurin
Dyami Brown
Olamide Zaccheaus
Luke McCaffrey
Jamison Crowder
Brycen Tremayne
Tight End:
Zach Ertz
John Bates
Ben Sinnott
Offensive Line:
Brandon Coleman (LT)
Nick Allegretti (LG)
Tyler Biadasz (C)
Sam Cosmi (RG)
Andrew Wylie (RT)
Cornelius Lucas (T)
Chris Paul (T/G)
Braeden Daniels (T/G)
Ricky Stromberg (G/C)
Michael Deiter (G/G)
Defense: 26
Defensive Tackle:
Jonathan Allen
Daron Payne
Jer’Zhan Newton
John Ridgeway
Phidarian Mathis
EDGE:
Dorance Armstrong
Clelin Ferrell
Dante Fowler Jr
K.J. Henry
Jamin Davis
Linebacker:
Bobby Wagner
Frankie Luvu
Jordan Magee
Anthony Pittman
Dominique Hampton
Cornerback:
Emmanuel Forbes
Benjamine St-Juste
Michael Davis
Mike Sainristil
Noah Igbinoghene
Tariq Castro-Fields
Safety:
Quan Martin
Jeremy Chinn
Darrick Forrest
Percy Butler
Tyler Owens
Special Teams:
Cade York (K)
Tress Way (P)
Tyler Ott (LS)
Possible Practice Squad Candidates:
Sam Hartman
Cole Turner
Chris Rodriguez
Austin Jones
Kaz Allen
Mitchell Tinsley
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint
Armani Taylor-Prioleau
David Nwaogwugwu
Norell Pollard
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
Andre Jones Jr.
Chigozie Anusiem
Kyu Blu-Kelly