Hail to the Redskins!

As some of you may know, the last preseason game for all NFL teams was on Thursday, and the deadline to cut 20-some number of players was yesterday, at 6 PM EST. Teams after this final preseason game had 80+ players, and they had to trim their rosters down to 53 before Saturday in order to get ready for the regular season.

If you have been following my blog in early August (during training camp and before preseason games began), I made my own predictions on the final 53 men that will be playing with the Washington Redskins during the 2010-2011 season. Let's see my predictions:

(Bold indicates he made the team. strikethrough means the player got cut/traded/placed on IR. Italics are new players that made the team)

Quarterbacks

QB1: Donovan McNabb
QB2: Rex Grossman
QB3: Colt Brennan Received John Beck from Ravens in trade

Running Backs

RB1: Clinton Portis
RB2: Larry Johnson
RB3: Ryan Torain Placed on the Practice Squad; Keiland Williams made the team instead

Fullbacks

FB1: Mike Sellers
*FB2: Darrel Young*

I guess they wanted a good backup and blocking fullback in case Sellers goes down.

Tight Ends

TE1: Chris Cooley
TE2: Fred Davis
TE3: Dennis Morris cut; Logan Paulson made the team

Wide Receivers

WR1: Santana Moss
WR2: Devin Thomas
WR3: Joey Galloway
WR4: Malcolm Kelly Placed on IR w/ recurring hamstring injury; Anthony Armstrong made the team
*WR5: Roydell Williams*
*WR6: Brandon Banks* Made the team as a Punt Returner


Offensive Line

LT1: Trent Williams
LT2: Will Robinson Placed on Practice Squad; Kory Lichtensteiger made the team

LG1: Edwin Williams Cut
LG2: Derrick Dockery

C1: Casey Rabach

RG1: Artis Hicks
RG2: Chad Rinehart Cut; Will Montgomery made the team

RT1: Jammal Brown
RT2: Stephon Heyer

Left Defensive End

L DE1: Adam Carriker
L DE2: Philip Daniels
L DE3: Vonnie Holliday


Nose Tackle

NT1: Maake Kemoeatu
NT2: Albert Haynesworth
NT3: Anthony Bryant


Right Defensive End

R DE1: Kedric Golston
R DE2: Jeremy Jarmon
R DE3: Darrion Scott Cut

Left Outside Linebacker

L OLB1: Brian Orakpo
L OLB2: Chris Wilson
L OLB3: Curtis Gatewood


Left Inside Linebacker

L ILB1: London Fletcher
L ILB2: H.B. Blades
L ILB3: Perry Riley

Right Inside Linebacker

R ILB1: Rocky McIntosh
R ILB2: Chris Draft Cut
R ILB3: Robert Henson Cut; Could've been placed on IR

Right Outside Linebacker

R OLB1: Andre Carter
R OLB2: Lorenzo Alexander
R OLB3: Rob Jackson Cut; But WILL be on the practice squad

Left Cornerback

L CB1: Carlos Rodgers
L CB2: Kevin Barnes
L CB3: Philip Buchanon


Right Cornerback

R CB1: DeAngelo Hall
R CB2: Justin Tryon Traded to the Colts for a future draft pick
R CB3: Byron Westbrook

Strong Safely

SS 1: LaRon Landry
SS 2: Kareem Moore On the team, but is out for 6 weeks due to injury;

Free Safety

FS 1: Chris Horton
FS 2: Reed Doughty

Kicker

Graham Cano

Punter

Josh Bidwell

Long Snapper

Nick Sundberg

Kick Returner/Punt Returner

Santana Moss/DeAngelo Hall  TBA/Brandon Banks

So, I was 37/53 (barely a 'C'). Okay, but not great. Here's the breakdown by position:

Quarterback: 2 for 3
Running Back: 2 for 3
Full back: 1 for 2
Tight Ends: 2 for 3
Wide Receivers: 3 for 6
Offensive Line: 6 for 9
Defensive Line: 8 for 9
Linebackers: 8 for 12
Safeties: 4 for 4
Special Teams: 3 for 5

Average, at best, I must say. But who is ready for Sunday Night Football? Only 7 more days!