is a strating RT and is on the trade block in Jax i think that he would make a good addition he is an above average run blocker and we a re a running team does anyone agree

The Giants cut David Tyree.

David White guesses at the 53-man roster.

Final roster cuts are due Saturday afternoon, which means the Raiders will drop 22 players to get to the 53-man roster for the regular season.

Raiders coach Tom Cable said he’s already figured out 42 to 44 of the players he will keep. Here’s my educated guess at who the Raiders will keep and who they won’t, based on practice observations, game performances, salaries, coach’s comments, team history and flat-out hunches.

Cleveland Browns running back Jamal Lewis isn’t a lock to last through this weekend’s cuts.

A number of media outlets — including ESPN, the National Football Post and the Cleveland Plain Dealer — have speculated that Lewis could be cut.

“Nobody has told us anything about Jamal,” agent Mitch Frankel told the Plain Dealer. “We’ve had no conversations with the Browns about him and no one has told Jamal anything.”

This isn’t a roster cut, but it frees up roster space for one team.

The Detroit Lions have acquired safety Ko Simpson from the Buffalo Bills.

Detroit reportedly sent an undisclosed 2010 draft pick to Buffalo in exchange for Simpson.

“He’s multidimensional. He’s got the size we want. He’s got good range, can also tackle. He’s also been a pretty good contributor on special teams,” Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said of Simpson.

The Detroit Lions waived offensive tackle Lydon Mutha, released defensive lineman Chuck Darby and released kicker Billy Cundiff.

The Detroit Lions released wide receiver John Standeford.

The former Purdue star caught 15 passes last season for the Lions, but never pushed his way up the depth chart this preseason. It didn’t help that the Lions drafted Derrick Williams and traded for Dennis Northcutt.

The Atlanta Falcons released quarterback D.J. Shockley.

Shockley was outplayed by rookie John Parker Wilson this preseason. He is still eligible to be on the Falcons’ practice squad, but he will likely try to land a gig on another 53-man roster.

The Green Bay Packers released running back Kregg Lumpkin.

Rookie Tyrell Sutton’s big preseason was the death blow for Lumpkin. This also is good news for DeShawn Wynn. Brandon Jackson (ankle) is questionable for the first game, so it remains to be seen how Ryan Grant’s backup situation will shake out.

The New England Patriots informed linebacker Paris Lenon that he will be released on Saturday.

Lenon was one of the candidates to replace Tedy Bruschi. This is good news for Eric Alexander, who was also on the roster bubble. Alexander offers more on special teams.

The New York Giants have made moves recently concerning mostly quarterbacks.

The Giants waived quarterbacks Andre Woodson and Brett Rhomar, released tight end Michael Matthews and released defensive end Maurice Evans.

Rankin and Nick Miller I don’t care who they dump. Miller and Rankin will be something special down the line.

Veteran defensive tackle Terdell Sands has been informed that he will be among the Raiders 22 cuts later today, according to one of Sands’ representatives.

Both Sands and Boschetti are gone

KFFL, via the Green Bay Press-Gazette, is reporting that the Packers released 5th round pick OL Jamon Meredith. Meredith was a versatile ZBS lineman for the South Carolina Gamecocks, and was someone many on this site had targeted for the Raiders in this year’s draft. Perhaps the Raiders will take a look at him as upgrade for a backup OL position, or even perhaps push Cornell Green at RT.

According to PFT.com who cites a league source, the Raiders have cut Jeff Garcia

Speculation that it’s because the Raiders are currently putting in waiver claims on people they want on the 53 man roster

released by Chiefs.

We all know how much Al Davis loves to collect first round talent. Ikegwuonu was slated to be a first round pick out of Wisconsin in 2008, but slipped to the 4th round because of an ACL injury. Sounds a bit like Michael Bush. I have to imagine that Ikegwuonu would be an upgrade over our current 4th or 5th CBs, even though I though Bowie played alright against Seattle on Thursday.

Another possibility

Whoa. Had thought he was a lock

Per Jerry McDonald:

S Jerome Boyd
WR Johnnie Holland
LB David Nixon
LB Slade Norris
LB Chris O’Neal
FB Marcel Reece
RB Gary Russell
LB Morlon Greenwood
CB Justin Miller
QB Jeff Garcia
S Rashad Baker (waived injured)
DB Michael Hawkins (waived injured)
C John Wade (waived injured)
DT Ryan Boschetti
DT Terdell Sands
CB Darrick Brown
OT Seth Wand
G Mark Wilson
T James Marten
TE Darrell Strong
DE Greyson Gunheim

Todd Watkins will be 6th WR (until Chaz returns)

The entire 53-man roster is posted here.

It all comes down to this. For every player not named JaMarcus Russell, each weight-lifting session, training camp practice, and exhibition game was a mini tryout for the opening-day roster.
Head coach Tom Cable and his staff are reflecting on every morsel of data they have on players in order to make the final decisions before trimming the roster from 75 to 53, as required by all 32 teams this afternoon.

This is Bullshit right….
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/248915-this-just-in-oakland-cuts-qb-jeff-garcia

I’m gonna guess they’ll try to sneak Norris onto the practice squad.

Nixon too maybe? Gunheim again?

I wonder if they’re trying to move Fargas. 4 RBs is just too many.

S Jerome Boyd, DB Darrick Brown, DE Greyson Gunheim, WR Jonathan Holland, OL James Marten, LB David Nixon, LB Slade Norris, LB Chris O’Neill, FB Marcel Reece, RB Gary Russell, P/K Ricky Schmitt, TE Darrell Strong, OL Mark Wilson, , DT Ryan Boschetti, QB Jeff Garcia, LB Morlon Greenwood, CB Justin Miller, DT Terdell Sands, T Seth Wand

I don’t agree with letting go David Nixon, Slade Norris,Darrell Strong, Jeff Garcia, and Justin Miller he sucks as CB but, great at KR.

Cable says he played himself into the job and Satele played himself out of it

If I had to guess, I’d say Gradkowski. But either will be fine with me.

…but Cable said he stepped up and played himself into the dime CB spot.

Frye and Gradkowski both played really well and the Raiders are committed to JaMarcus

In other words, “Piss off Garcia and take your sour attitude and delusions of starting with you”

Honestly, who in the media or in Raider Nation seriously thought that unless Garcia had an UNBELIEVABLE training camp and J-Russ had an AWFUL one that he’d be starting over the #1 overall draft pick that the organization has said is their franchise?

great returner, better then miller but miller is a good reciever

I had said before I wouldn’t be too upset if Matt Shaughnessey got cut and maybe put on the practice squad, but I was wrong. He really stepped up his game in the second half of camp and the last two pre-season games and earned his spot.

Nick Miller and Todd Watkins made the team? Perhaps Watkins is merely holding a roster spot for an outside player to take over. Tony Pashos did end up getting released by the Jags.

I’m still surprised Watkins was kept. I know schilens is out for a couple of weeks but we kept N.Miller. Also Holland was way better than Watkins.

also, look for Reece to be on the practice squad another year.

Look at the positional breakdown right now:
QB – 3
TE – 3
RB – 4
FB – 2
WR – 7
OL – 9
DL – 8
LB – 6
DB – 8

The Raiders need to dump a RB (Fargas?) and a WR (Watkins?) and pick up a CB and either a LB or DL. Raiders could also look to upgrade the OL, as neither McQuistan nor Pears seemed to impress Cable this preseason.

Garcia is gone, no more pressure for JAMAR, just like he likes it.

That’s pretty surprising; do they really have someone better, even as second string?

The Indianapolis Colts released 4th round pick DT Terrance Taylor. I liked him coming into the draft; maybe someone in the Raiders’ player personnel department likes him too.

7wrs ? not enough dt’s and ol ? i am surprized with watkins over holland! dt- looking who got cut! the guy from kc and maybe someone else on the wavier wire. ol- there is alot out there sd let go shelton, the guy from kc and maybe ryan ocalahan from the pats. lb- not sure who is out there and i had a hard time with russell being cut and carrying 2 fbs.

But what about the decision to keep Stanford Routt??? This dude did about as good as Terdell Sands, I mean this guy gets smoked every play. If he is on the field, the Monday night game against Dego will get ugly. The worst part about it is he will be on the field in nickle situations, i.e. “The two minute drill” in the 4th quarter when we will need a stop, and this guy can’t tackle, can’t cover, can’t catch!!! He should be nicknamed peso… because he’s WORTHLESS!!! We gotta figure something out on defense before the Monday night game… and you better believe I will be wearing all BLACK! That was a cool article, I like the idea of the Black towels as well, man this is gonna be a Looooonnnnngggg season (again)! At least my expectations aren’t all that high, so the let down shouldn’t hurt as bad as it did last year! JUST WIN BABY… or at least make it close!

addition in light of what we currently are working with. Also Walter’s can stay where he is, he did not want to be a Raider so let him be a fan..And no, Frye is a better QB. Now our players will need to rise to the occasion as individuals, to win you have to beat your man. If the Raiders don’t man up then they will lose, they have to play their best to win every game, they don’t have the luxury of having bad games and still winning. Garcia needed to get Cut, he was brought in to be a mentor and he only thought about himself. Again I would have signed Michael Vick, he would have worked with J-Russ mentally and by the way that is his week point, J-Russ has to get mentally better and he can be a beast.

Fargas’ last season with the Raiders unless he just has a killer season, he was a Davis fav so he may hang on longer. It is show time now fellas, hopefully we can win some games.