Who will the Redskins cut?

August, 30, 2008
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By Matt Mosley
Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley

I've spent much of the morning looking over NFC East rosters. Teams are required to cut down to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET, although most of them have already made decisions.

But just because you read a list of 22 people who've been cut this afternoon, don't think anything's final. Teams will be studying the waiver wire to see if someone can help them. For instance, the Cowboys will probably release third-team quarterback Richard Bartel and might try to sneak him onto the practice squad. But they tried that with Matt Moore last year, and the Panthers alertly signed him to their active roster.

OK, let's take a look at what the Redskins might do. Avid NFC East Blog reader Jason La Canfora of the Washington Post has cut the following 20 players:

Askew, Matthias DT
Boschetti, Ryan DT
Brooks, Durant P
Broughton, Nehemiah FB
Clark, Devin OL
Crummey, Andrew OL
Devine, Derek QB
Gant, Horace WR
Gatewood, Curtis LB
Ghee, Patrick S
Holloway, David LB
Jackson, Rob DE
Mann, Maurice WR
Mason, Marcus RB
Matua, Fred OL
Mix, Anthony WR
Tryon, Justin CB
Danny, Verdun-Wheeler LB
Washington, Tavares OL
Westbrook, Byron CB

I thought Rob Jackson (seventh-rounder out of Kansas State) might have a good chance with the depth issues the Redskins have at defensive end. It's also interesting to see fourth-round pick Justin Tryon (spelled Tyron on Madden 09) get the heave-ho. I think both of those players could end up on the practice squad.

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