Who is your surprise player who makes the team this year?

[Jon Snow]

3 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Agree but we're not cutting Young.  We are either keeping Young AND Armah as our H-back/fullback role or cutting Manhertz and using Armah as our 3rd TE.

I think Armah's main competition is Manhertz if you think about it.  Do they keep 3 TE's and 1 FB...or,

2 TE's, 1 FB and 1 TE/FB/HB/LB?

[jimfear]

Cole Luke

[MillionDollarCam]

Some good names listed.

Damiere Byrd is an obvious choice, but that may not be too much of surprise to some anymore. The individuals who have mentioned Southward and Crume are also on to something as both have performed well (Southward against the Texans & Crume against the Titans).

The guy who mentioned Bryan Cox may also may be on to something. While not as visible against the Titans, Cox did have a stellar performance against the Texans where he had two QB hits and four QB hurries on ONLY 21 rushes. Cox also graded out as the best pass-rusher and best run-defender in the game against the Texans. Cox may give Wes Horton a run for his money.

Personally, I'm going with LG David Yankey. Yankey was hurt last week but if he can get back on the field, I can see him beating out Gino Gradkowski. While Gradkowski is more versatile, Yankey is the better player. Week one against the Texans, Yankey graded out as the best left guard in the NFL. Yankey did not allow a QB pressure on 15 QB snaps and had a remarkable 86.3 grade run blocking grade on 15 run block snaps. I can see the offensive line being Kalil, Silatolu (unfortunately), Norwell, Yankey, Kalil, Larsen, Turner, Scott, Williams, Moton.

[top dawg]

15 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Some good names listed.

Damiere Byrd is an obvious choice, but that may not be too much of surprise to some anymore. The individuals who have mentioned Southward and Crume are also on to something as both have performed well (Southward against the Texans & Crume against the Titans).

The guy who mentioned Bryan Cox may also may be on to something. While not as visible against the Titans, Cox did have a stellar performance against the Texans where he had two QB hits and four QB hurries on ONLY 21 rushes. Cox also graded out as the best pass-rusher and best run-defender in the game against the Texans. Cox may give Wes Horton a run for his money.

Personally, I'm going with LG David Yankey. Yankey was hurt last week but if he can get back on the field, I can see him beating out Gino Gradkowski. While Gradkowski is more versatile, Yankey is the better player. Week one against the Texans, Yankey graded out as the best left guard in the NFL. Yankey did not allow a QB pressure on 15 QB snaps and had a remarkable 86.3 grade run blocking grade on 15 run block snaps. I can see the offensive line being Kalil, Silatolu (unfortunately), Norwell, Yankey, Kalil, Larsen, Turner, Scott, Williams, Moton.

Yankey wouldn't actually be that big of a surprise. He's solid! Lucas Ewing of USA Today has him in his roster projections also.

Good post, but you know what really stood out? Your correct spelling of Crume. 

I saw "Crum" so much that  I was beginning to think that this would just continue to be a crummy type of thread.

[MillionDollarCam]

Just now, top dawg said:

Yankey wouldn't actually be that big if a surprise. He's solid! Lucas Ewing of USA Today has him in the roster projections also.

Good post, but you know what really stood out? Your correct spelling of Crume. 

I saw "Crum" so much that  I was beginning to think this would just continue to be a crummy type of thread.

Hahaha, hey it was a good topic.

I don't post much, but the topics that actually are set up for responses (like this one) are a breath of fresh air from the overreactionary threads we see all the time.

[MBronson]

4 hours ago, Harbingers said:

I don't really call that a surprise. 

It surprises me every time he makes the roster 

[Hogmolliesmaht]

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

I think Armah's main competition is Manhertz if you think about it.  Do they keep 3 TE's and 1 FB...or,

2 TE's, 1 FB and 1 TE/FB/HB/LB?

If that's the case, then Manhertz better not drop anymore balls.

[CPcavedweller]

On 8/23/2017 at 5:35 AM, Jeremy Igo said:

Crum has gotten a ton of work in during the preseason. Pretty good chance.

Victor Crum?

[Jeremy Igo]

5 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

Victor Crum?

[CPcavedweller]

Just now, Jeremy Igo said:

"Hurney dressing up before calling Crum in his office."

[steven8989]

On 8/23/2017 at 6:44 AM, Jeremy Igo said:

McCaffrey has been the #1 guy in punt return practice. 

I wonder why they don't let him do it in the preseason?

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, steven8989 said:

I wonder why they don't let him do it in the preseason?

Probably don't want to show all their cards in the preseason.

[CarolinaSamurai]

On 8/23/2017 at 8:36 AM, Hogmolliesmaht said:

Alex Armah. I'm not backing off of him. When you're as raw as him and you're still making plays while barely even getting on the field, you're a keeper.

I echo this sentiment as well. I'm terrified how hard PS will be with the big cut coming all at once. Also surprise add to 53 would be another teams safety 

[Dex]