Use this thread to talk about the cuts the Denver Broncos and other teams make to get their rosters down to 53.
Every NFL team must trim its roster down to 53 players by Saturday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. Mountain (4 p.m. Eastern). Therefore, not all of the roster moves will be announced Friday.
I will try to keep this updated regarding the players the Broncos cut, along with the more notable cuts from elsewhere around the league.
There’s one more preseason game left before final cuts are made. However, there are some indications as to who might not be sticking around on the final roster.
Last week, I made a few observations about the roster decisions and when I expected them to be made. I was wrong about the punter and it’s becoming clearer that the Broncos aren’t that concerned about keeping two receivers who can return punts and kicks. The Broncos also made a quicker decision about the tight end position, though they still need to figure out who will be the third tight end.
Although the fourth preseason game has yet to be played, I’m seeing enough information to figure out a likely 53-man roster and practice squad. So here are my predictions and what I believe will be the Broncos’ reasoning, even if I don’t agree with it.
Continue reading A 53-Man Final Roster Projection
Trevor Siemian
Trevor Siemian is Tom Brady and Peyton Manning’s baby that never reached maturity. Continue reading Biomechanical Reviews: Preseason 2016
I received updates from a few players, so here is the updated roster breakdown. Let me know if you see any errors. I updated these manually rather than use excel, so I could have missed something. Nothing changed too drastically, but it was interesting to see what changed after Saturday. Hopefully this is a decent guide for what to watch for on Thursday.
Continue reading Thin Air’s 2016 Broncos Roster Predictions – Updated
This one was hard for me to find things I didn’t like outside of a few players who will likely be cut. The Rams look much improved from last year with a good defense. It will be interesting to see if they claim the division.
Continue reading Rams at Broncos: The 10 Things I Liked and the 10 Things I Didn’t
Use this thread to post any information about players the Denver Broncos have either waived or released to get their roster down to 75 players. I will update the main post as much as possible throughout the day, so feel free to share additional news you see in the comments.
I’m curious to see how people’s projected rosters have differed after last night, especially at QB, RB, LB and Punter, so I’m gonna do a round 2.
You can copy and paste your old roster from the comments last time. If at the top of your comment you can put what changed from your last roster to this one, it would be a big help when I compile these (ie Cut Sanchez and Colquitt, replaced with Watson and Dixon). If you didn’t submit a roster last time, but want to this time, feel free (copy and paste roster below into a comment and delete out players you don’t want). Since roster cuts down to 75 are due Tuesday, I’m going to cut this off at 6 PM mountain time Monday, and try and post an update that night. Here’s a link to the last round.
One other thing, try and make it clearer what you want to do with the suspended Keo. If you think he’s going to earn a roster spot after his suspension, clarify what player you think he’ll replace. If you think he’ll stay on the team but be cut after 2 weeks, note that as well.
I thought I’d take a quick look at the stats for each punter through the first two preseason games. The sample sizes are small, but trends are beginning to emerge.
| Player | Punts | Yards | Avg | Net | In20 | TB | FC | Ret | Ret yards |
| Colquitt | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 39.7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dixon | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 41.7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 |
Dixon has the slight edge in distance, but Colquitt has nailed 5/6 inside the 20. As we’ll see later, Colquitt has had his average dragged down by several punts on the plus side of the field. Encourginly, both guys have only given up a combined negative 1 yards in returns, and there have been no touchbacks. The Broncos coverage team is doing a great job.
To go a step further, I thought I’d list every punt for both players.