In Thursday's 17-16 win against the Washington football team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, they decided to play the entire game without any starters and other important key players, 33 in total, for the game whatsoever. The game was to test the the rest of the roster, whom most are on the roster bubble, to try to make a last stand to try to continue their playing careers in the National Football League. Many of these players have to look for new jobs or end up on a team's practice squad. Who was cut and who has survived the roster? Here are the list of every representative player that has been cut and stayed on the Jacksonville Jaguars 53-man roster:
Cuts:
OT Will Corbin
QB Stephen Morris
TE Ben Koyack
DT Richard Ash
DE Cameron Beard
DE Cap Capi
WR Kasey Closs
CB Jeremy Harris
DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun
RB Storm Johnson
WR Erik Lora
LB Todd Thomas
OG Chris Reed
CB Rashaad Reynolds
CB Peyton Thompson
WR Neal Sterling
WR Tony Washington
LB Jeremiah George
OT Austin Pasztor
S Craig Loston
53-Man Roster:
Quarterbacks (2): Blake Bortles, Chad Henne
Running Backs (5): Denard Robinson, T.J. Yeldon, Toby Gerhart, Bernard Piece, Corey Grant
Wide Receivers (5): Allen Robinson, Allen Hurns, Rashad Greene, Marqise Lee, Bryan Walters
Tight Ends (4): Julius Thomas, Marcedes Lewis, Clay Harbor, Nic Jacobs
Offensive Linemen (9): Luke Joeckel, Zane Beadles, Stefen Wisniewski, Brandon Linder, Jermey Parnell, A.J. Cann, Luke Bowanko, Tyler Shatley, Sam Young
Defensive Linemen (6): Sen'Derrick Marks, Roy Miller III, Jared Odrick, Abry Jones, Michael Bennett, Tyson Alualu
LEOs (4): Chris Clemons, Andre Branch, Ryan Davis, Chris Smith
Linebackers (6): Dan Skuta, Paul Posluszny, Telvin Smith, Thurman Armbrister, LaRoy Reynolds, John Lotulelei
Cornerbacks (5): Davon House, Aaron Colvin, Demetrius McCray, Dwayne Gratz, Nick Marshall
Safeties (4): Sergio Brown, Johnathan Cyprien, Craig Loston, Josh Evans
Special Teams (3): Josh Myers, Bryan Anger, Carson Tinker
Analysis:
The Jaguars decided to part way from four draft picks from 2012-2015 in running back Storm Johnson, wide receiver Neal Sterling, tight end Ben Koyack, and cornerback Jeremy Harris. However, many of these players that were cut will have a likely chance to be on the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad if they pass through waivers. In their places, the Jags decided to keep four undrafted free agents from this season in running back/kick returner Corey Grant, linebacker Thurman Armbrister, cornerback Nick Marshall, and kicker Jason Myers. In order to make the roster 53 however, defensive tackle Ziggy Hood was put on injured reserved to make place for recovering defensive tackle Sen'Derrick Marks, off an ACL tear, on the active 53-man roster.
There were no surprises from the roster selection from the team, however, it should be important to note that the team actually cut players from the roster who were drafted to the team the same year, something Dave Caldwell has not done since he took over as the general manager for the team. He believes that the Jaguars have found some really good gems over the years from past to present to see if they can compete in the league today. Now has to be the time the Jaguars can finally get over the hump and see if they can finally fight for a chance to get to the postseason, as if they get off to a slow start for the third straight season, there may be trouble with Gus Bradley as head coach of the team. However, the team is now set and ready to compete next Sunday against the Carolina Panthers and the team should finally be primed and willing to repay Jaguars fans' patience with the team and see if they can finally get over three to four wins in a season as kickoff begins on September 13.
