do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

[NOT THE DUDE...]

the reason i ask is because levitre/urbik/rinehart will all be ufa next year.

they have some young talent in colin brown and mike jasper at guard.

could they keep 10 olineman, with brown and then put jasper on the ps for 1 more year before he plays a bigger role next season?

and this is a big hypothetical, because rinehart played really well last year, but if jasper is better in training camp, will they cut rinehart and replace him with jasper?

[Skooby]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

Jasper is probably still a work in progress, based on hearing different I'd take that to be the case.

[YardRat]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

I'm not thinking Jasper is going to be ready to replace anybody this season either.

If you keep 10 for the o-line, who loses their roster spot?

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

I'm not thinking Jasper is going to be ready to replace anybody this season either.

If you keep 10 for the o-line, who loses their roster spot?

maybe hagan as a 6th wr, because smith can play 6th wr too

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

do some teams keep 10 olineman? i dont want to cut brown.

big, strong, and versatile. and he played well...

thats hard to find...

[JCBills]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

do some teams keep 10 olineman? i dont want to cut brown.

big, strong, and versatile. and he played well...

thats hard to find...

Colin Brown played 16 snaps last season.

[JCBills]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

Rinehart played exceptionally well. I wouldn't be shocked if they're trying to keep both Urbik and him long term.

Nix usually carries 7 if I remember correctly. 5 starters, an OT/OG and an OG/OC.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

Colin Brown played 16 snaps last season.

i think he was active for 8 games and played half the denver game and the whole pats game...

he was good.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

Rinehart played exceptionally well. I wouldn't be shocked if they're trying to keep both Urbik and him long term.

Nix usually carries 7 if I remember correctly. 5 starters, an OT/OG and an OG/OC.

thats the active gameday roster.

im talking about the 53?

[JCBills]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

i think he was active for 8 games and played half the denver game and the whole pats game...

he was good.

16 snaps at G. He did play 118 at C and was OK.

[stuckincincy]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

16 snaps at G. He did play 118 at C and was OK.

Kick 'em in the shins, then PUP him. I think that buys you time until week #7.

[BillsOverDolphins]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

I could see us carrying 9:

Glenn
Pears
Sanders
Urbik
Levitre
Wood
Hairston
Rinehart
Asper

Maybe 8, with Asper and Jasper on the PS. Love the depth though.

[stuckincincy]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

I could see us carrying 9:

Glenn
Pears
Sanders
Urbik
Levitre
Wood
Hairston
Rinehart
Asper

Maybe 8, with Asper and Jasper on the PS. Love the depth though.

8, perhaps. They have some G/T flexibilty with Levitre and probably with Glenn. I guess that's 1 more than the "norm" - but as Draftboy pointed out a while back, Brad Smith gives them some flexibility at 3rd qb - and opens up a spot.

I thought Gailey should have given Smith more snaps - when it was clear that last season was falling into the toilet.

[BillsOverDolphins]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

8, perhaps. They have some G/T flexibilty with Levitre and probably with Glenn. I guess that's 1 more than the "norm" - but as Draftboy pointed out a while back, Brad Smith gives them some flexibility at 3rd qb - and opens up a spot.

I thought Gailey should have given Smith more snaps - when it was clear that last season was falling into the toilet.

Agreed...Smith was under-utilized across the board, imo. In addition to QB, he also takes a WR spot which will help us carry one more OL or DL. Since we largely have crap at WR, the odd man out at that position won't matter. I think we roll with the 8 I listed above (maybe Asper too, but he could be PS), and for the DL I see us carrying 9:

M. Williams
K. Williams
Dareus
Anderson
Merriman
Troup
Heard
Carrington
Kelsay

[stuckincincy]

Re: do teams ever keep 10 olineman on their 53?

Agreed...Smith was under-utilized across the board, imo. In addition to QB, he also takes a WR spot which will help us carry one more OL or DL. Since we largely have crap at WR, the odd man out at that position won't matter. I think we roll with the 8 I listed above (maybe Asper too, but he could be PS), and for the DL I see us carrying 9:

M. Williams
K. Williams
Dareus
Anderson
Merriman
Troup
Heard
Carrington
Kelsay

Well - that's a lot for the DL - the LB corps is kinda up in the air at the moment. Swinging Kelsay, Merriman into LB duty is out there, but with BUF (along with most clubs) getting stung re TE coverage recently, I dunno about that.

And you need bodies for ST duty.