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Jets 53 Man Roster Finalized

by Bassett on September 5th, 2010 at 6:00 am

New York Jets Hard Knocks Depth Chart

Another quick rundown of the roster … this time with all the remaining players rather than the cuts list.

SECONDARY
(10 Total Roster Spots)

Pos # Name Height Weight Age Years
CB 0 24 Revis, D (inactive?) 5-11 200 25 4
CB 1 31 Cromartie, A 6-2 210 26 5
CB 2 20 Wilson, K 5-10 190 23 R
CB 3 26 Lowery, D 5-11 198 24 3
CB 4 30 Coleman, D 5-9 180 27 5
CB 5 34 Cole, M 5-10 192 26 2
CB 6 40 Jackson, B 6-0 205 23 R
S 1 36 Leonhard, J 5-8 188 27 6
S 2 22 Pool, B 6-2 214 26 6
S 3 33 Smith, E 6-1 207 27 5
S 4 44 Ihedigbo, J 6-1 214 26 4


Notes: That Brian Jackson made the team was a bit of a surprise to me and might only be around as long as Revis isn’t and maybe not even that long. 

LINEBACKERS
(8 Total Roster Spots)

Pos # Name Height Weight Age Years
ILB 1 52 Harris, D 6-2 250 26 4
ILB 2 57 Scott, B 6-2 242 29 9
ILB 3 54 Cummings, K 6-3 250 24 2
ILB 4 56 Laury, L 6-2 242 28 5
OLB 1 97 Pace, C 6-4 265 29 8
OLB 2 58 Thomas, B 6-4 260 31 9
OLB 3 99 Taylor, J 6-6 250 35 14
OLB 4 55 Westerman, J 6-3 255 25 2

Notes: No surprises here, Lance Laury makes the squad as a core special teamer while Cummings will play specials and fill in as the team’s emerging backup ILB.

DEFENSIVE LINE
(6 Total Roster Spots)

Pos # Name Height Weight Age Years
RDE 1 92 Ellis, S 6-5 290 33 11
DT 1 77 Jenkins, K 6-4 360 31 10
LDE 1 70 DeVito, M 6-3 305 26 4
DL 2 91 Pouha, S 6-3 325 31 6
DL 3 50 Gholston, V 6-3 260 24 3
DL 4 93 Kroul, M 6-3 300 24 1
               

Notes: Matt Kroul was predicted to be a big help to this team by Mike Pettine back in the spring, and he’s made the final roster.  Losing Ropati Pitoitua means that the team might yet address their depth at the 280+ 3-4 End / 4-3 Tackle spot.  Ropati’s absence might have allowed the Jets to slip a player like RB Chauncey Washington onto the squad (for now). 

There’s some degree of back and forth between the OLB/DE which is part of why the grouping looks small … it really only represents a portion of the entire group if you were to count Taylor, Pace and Thomas.  With the line moving to more four man fronts in 2010, the linebacking corps was going to be a little lighter than it had been in the past. 

OFFENSIVE LINE
(8 Total Roster Spots)

Pos # Name Height Weight Age Years
LT 1 60 Ferguson, D 6-6 310 26 5
LG 1 68 Slauson, M 6-5 315 24 2
C 1 74 Mangold, N 6-4 307 26 5
RG 1 65 Moore, B 6-3 305 30 8
RT 1 67 Woody, D 6-3 327 32 12
OL 2 75 Turner, R 6-4 308 25 3
OL 2 78 Hunter, W 6-5 318 29 7
OL 3 62 Ducasse, V 6-5 325 22 R


Notes: The team is going to carry eight, into the season.  Ducasse will likely be the last man activated since Turner and Hunter can help on jumbo packages as extra TEs.

TIGHT ENDS
(4 Total Roster Spots)

Pos # Name Height Weight Age Years
TE 1 81 Keller, D 6-2 250 25 3
TE 2 84 Hartsock, B 6-4 268 30 7
TE 3 82 Mulligan, M 6-4 268 25 2
TE 4 86 Cumberland, J 6-5 260 23 R


Notes: Cumberland has done enough to make the unit, and he’s a player who I think the Jets would love to see learn more sound blocking techniques so that he could move up the roster next year.  Cumberland might be a player we don’t see activated early on, but he’s a player that the Jets are concerned about exposing to the waiver wire process and they’ll do what they can to keep him as long as they can.

WIDE RECEIVERS
(4 Total Roster Spots)

Pos   # Name Height Weight Age Years
WR 1 89 Cotchery, J 6-0 203 28 7
WR 2 17 Edwards, B 6-3 214 27 6
WR 3 10 Holmes, S (susp.) 5-11 192 26 5
WR 4 16 Smith, B 6-2 212 26 5
WR 5 87 Clowney, D 6-0 187 25 3
               

Notes: I predicted this the other day … and it looks absurd to see four receivers on the roster.  But with Santonio Holmes coming back Week 5 and Dustin Keller, LaDainian Tomlinson and Danny Woodhead also on the roster, there’s enough viable options (even if some of them are checkdowns) for the team to get them through the opening month.  .

RUNNING BACKS
(7 Total Roster Spots)

Pos # Name Height Weight Age Years
RB 1 23 Greene, S 5-11 226 24 2
RB 2 21 Tomlinson, L 5-10 215 31 10
RB 3 25 McKnight, J 5-11 205 22 R
RB 4 27 Woodhead, D 5-9 200 25 3
RB 5 32 Washington, C 5-11 215 25 2
FB 1 49 Richardson, T 6-1 240 38 16
FB 2 38 Conner, J 5-11 245 23 R

Notes: More Speaking of ridiculous … SEVEN backs?  I’d love to know the statistic of when the last time an NFL roster carried this many backfield players.  Carrying two FBs is odd enough … but five running backs?  Bizzaro.  But for the Jets, this is the right call.  Based on who they had, based on the fact that they have two players they will be doing without at the start of the season in Revis and Holmes, and based on the fact that Woodhead is a quasi-slotback and Chauncey Played Like a Jet.  This is the right call.  I blasted the team yesterday for making a move that I thought would let McKnight skate, and while he’s still on thin ice, they’ve also rewarded the players that deserved it.

QUARTERBACKS
(3 Total Roster Spots)

Pos   # Name Height Weight Age Years
QB 1 6 Sanchez, M 6-2 225 23 2
QB 2 8 Brunell, M 6-1 215 39 18
QB 3 11 Clemens, K 6-2 220 27 5

Notes: While the Jets would have loved to have taken O’Connell forward, it didn’t make any sense to do it due to his shoulder injury and the fact that he was struggling when he did see the field.  Clemens took the pay cut to stay on the roster, we’ll have to see what it means for him once he becomes a UFA.

SPECIALISTS
(3 Total Roster Spots)

Pos   # Name Height Weight Age Years
K   2 Folk, N 6-1 222 25 4
LS   46 Purdum, T 6-3 270 26 1
P   9 Weatherford, S 6-3 215 27 5

Notes: Stay tuned to see if the Jets make any moves, it looks like Folk won’t move soon, the Texans have added Kris Brown back on the IR due to his plantar fasciitis.

15 Responses to Jets 53 Man Roster Finalized

  1. avatar bob says:
    September 5, 2010 at 6:20 am

    hurts when ya cut a brother man

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  2. avatar DHarvey says:
    September 5, 2010 at 6:35 am

    I called it that first day of practice at Cortland this year..that Cumberland would be this year’s Westerman (the undrafted rook who makes the squad).

    If Revis returns, Brian Jackson goes. And when Holmes returns, either Clowney or Chauncy go just to make room. And if we add depth at DL, the other Clowney/Chauncy option goes to make room there. Otherwise, I think we’re set.

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    • avatar ziggyd says:
      September 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm

      my pick would be keep Chauncey…I don’t know if anyone else agrees with me, and I know he has some attitude problems shown on Hard Knocks, but I like this kid Brian Jackson…I think he can be a player….but that’s me…I guess my rule is you can’t teach guys to hit…and he hits

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      • avatar Dylan says:
        September 5, 2010 at 12:01 pm

        I agree. I think he played really well in the last preseason game, albeit against inferior competition. He could also be a special teams standout, which would make it really hard to cut him.

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    • avatar Harvlis says:
      September 5, 2010 at 12:35 pm

      I think Jackson looks better than Lowery, Coleman, and Cole. He hits hard and is always close to his man. They should have never given Coleman any guaranteed money. He was one of the weak links, in the Colts game, and he has never impressed me. If we cut Jackson, he would get picked up in a NY minute. He is a keeper.

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  3. avatar NamVetJet says:
    September 5, 2010 at 6:58 am

    A team I can support whole heartedly—-J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets. 8 days for some real football. Can’t wait to get to the “Big Slinky” and open it up for real.

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  4. avatar Dont Be A Frontrunner says:
    September 5, 2010 at 8:17 am

    when i hear the name “revis” it really grinds my gears and thats a shame

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  5. avatar Tonk says:
    September 5, 2010 at 8:33 am

    Chauncey was on the practice squad last year, can he go back there this year?

    Also if u watched the last game of pre-season Brian Jackson looks like he got some serious potential, more so then Coleman and Cole, just has very good closing speed and good reaction on the ball

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  6. avatar KenEB says:
    September 5, 2010 at 10:32 am

    There is a one game try-out for several players on the roster, as Lavernues Coles or T Housh are going to be on the roster by week 2.

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