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3 minutes ago, Sami84 said:

its about holding on to the football. btw hester has fumbled before..so if he fumbles he gets cut? the problem with this organization is that they put so much pressure on ST units that any kind of a mess up is 1 strike and you're out..

Every return man has fumbled, the entire reason we got Jacoby was because of a fumble in the playoffs - and we all know how bad he turned out for us....oh wait

8 minutes ago, stan said:

I can't believe Harbaugh cut Justin Forsett! He is a complete back. Good vision and speed. Excellent pass blocker. Who on this team is better? NO BODY!!! John Harbaugh. No BODY!!!

um, Forsett is far from a complete back, he's got below average speed for the position, he's not a particularly natural receiver, watching him in on short yardage situations is so cringe worthy, outside of that he doesn't bring anything that we don't have with the 3 we kept aside from experience, but to be fair he doesn't have too much more starting experience than what we've got. Should he have made it over Buck? I think so, but the FO likes his receiving ability and youth.

2 minutes ago, Crabcakes&Football said:

So we keep Powers and Wurst over Butler/Brooks/Forsett.

Different positions, different value. Deep at receiver, plenty of options at S, deep at RB......no other backup LT, lots of question marks at CB.

2 minutes ago, JustinB said:

Sitton yes Hester please no

I'm happy bringing in Hester, he's as good as any returner we've got and him just being on the field as a returner brings undeniable excitement

1 minute ago, pep_meister said:

Doesnt matter. Thats a darn shame when you have that man protecting your 130M QB

Does matter. As bad as Hurst is he is better than moving someone out of position to take over for Stanley if he gets hurt, and he's as bad/better than anyone you'll find on the market at this point.

Nobody here is a Hurst fan, but him making the roster shouldn't have surprised anyone

Just now, pep_meister said:

James hurst is the worst OT to ever keep making 53 man rosters. He is a scrub.... how does he make it but forsett falls off? Why didnt we try forsett as a return man?

He's the only backup LT we've got

ok, nevermind on Houston

RB Stephen Houston made the cut, surprising there. Also our streak of UDFAs making the roster is still alive with Michael Pierce

3 minutes ago, RavensFan34950 said:

Wait a minute!!! Is Taliaferro still on the team???

PUP

Been saying Forsett may be the odd man out over on reddit all offseason and no one wanted to hear it. He's just a victim of his age and the youth on the roster at the position offering everything he can do and then some

1 minute ago, terpmaniac said:

What happens when Dixon, Waller and Boyle returns?

We have to make room for them somehow, but by then we'll have had a good look at all of our players in the regular season and who's expendable

Just now, rmw10 said:

Hard part for Peanut is that he's not a traditional ILB either.  Think he's a good practice squad guy.  I watched him pretty heavily Thursday night and he continually got washed out of the run game due to his size.

And he's a prototypical special teamer, fast and likes to hit...and hits hard, don't think he'll make the 53 but wouldn't be surprised if he's got a PS spot

Looks like Michael Pierce is our only UDFA that can keep our streak alive, he has a darn good case for the final 53 too

4 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

Would be very surprised

Special teams contributor and that height of his would be useful. Don't think he should be kept over a certain other receiver that was let go but it's possible. I doubt he's making the cut though.

Sorry but I hate this move, if we keep Camp on the roster then it'll be even worse. Butler earned a spot, don't understand why our coaches refuse to give the kid what he's earned. He'll be picked up by someone, pretty much guaranteed

2 hours ago, Cillmatic said:

So you want LARDARIUS WEBB TO RETURN PUNTS ALONG WITH A 37 YEAR OLD STEVE SMITH?

Considering we've got our deepest receiving corps in a heck of a long time, if not ever, then why not let Smith return? he was great doing it early in his career in Carolina and he's the type of player that is happy to contribute in as many ways as possible. We want to spread the wealth at WR which allows us plenty of flexibility to have him as a returner. And with Webb we know we've got some return talent there, now he's at safety - another position where we've got options and will have some sort of rotation going on - so he's another guy that now should be more than capable of handling the return duties if we want him to. And considering how much each roster spot is currently worth we really can't afford to take on a pure return specialist, so we're going to have to have someone pulling double duty and these two make sense.