The not-so early preseason depth chart

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The not-so early preseason depth chart

By Brian Cole  @Finhead83 on Aug 30 2010, 7:53a 60

Now that the third preseason game has been played and the 53 man roster cuts will be completed at the end of the week, the roster is beginning to take shape. Coach Sparano has stated he believes about 90% of his roster is set and has also decided on a starting center. Here are my estimations on Miami's final roster.

	1st Team	2nd Team	3rd Team/4th Team
QB	Chad Henne	Chad Pennington	Tyler Thigpen
RB	Ronnie Brown	Ricky Williams	Patrick Cobbs/Lex Hilliard
FB	Lousaka Polite
WR	Brandon Marshall	Davone Bess	Marlon Moore
WR	Brian Hartline	Patrick Turner
TE	Anthony Fasano	David Martin	John Nalbone
LT	Jake Long	Lydon Murtha
LG	Richie Incognito
C	Jake Grove	Joe Berger
RG	John Jerry	Donald Thomas
RT	Vernon Carey	Nate Garner
	1st Team	2nd Team	3rd Team
DE	Kendall Langford	Charles Grant	Tony McDaniel
NT	Randy Starks	Paul Soliai
DE	Jared Odrick	Marques Douglas
SOLB	Koa Misi	Ike Alama-Francis
ILB	Channing Crowder	Tim Dobbins
ILB	Karlos Dansby	Micah Johnson
WOLB	Cameron Wake	Charlie Anderson
CB	Sean Smith	Nolan Carroll	Benny Sapp
CB	Vontae Davis	Will Allen	Jason Allen
S	Yeremiah Bell	Tyrone Culver
S	Chris Clemons	Reshad Jones
	1st Team	2nd Team	3rd Team
K	Dan Carpenter
P	Brandon Fields
LS	John Denney

Probably the hardest one to guess is the offensive line with Lydon Murtha and Cory Procter. I think Procter is the better of the two, but I think Miami may keep Murtha until Garner recovers. When Garner returns, I think Miami may look to release Murtha and resign Procter if he's still available. If Miami places Garner on the IR, I think they'll keep both Murtha and Procter.

The TE position is also hard to figure out, depending on the severity of the injury to Joey Haynos. I am guessing Haynos has suffered a torn achilles, which will need to be confirmed through an MRI. I am not a firm believer Miami will use Nalbone as their 3rd TE. They may choose to go with a free agent or only keep two TEs. If Miami chooses to go with 2 TEs, I think they will keep either Quentin Moses or Erik Walden at OLB.

The next noticeable change is at the ILB position, where I think Micah Johnson has the inside track. He's shown a lot in his limited time and was even on the field with the first team at times against the Atlanta Falcons.

I expect Miami to keep six CBs on the roster until Will Allen returns. Coach Sparano said this week he is doing well with his rehab and lets face it, with how poorly the secondary has looked at times Miami really needs Will Allen to get healthy.

Who does that leave for the practice squad?

I think Jonathon Amaya, Austin Spitler, Erik Walden, Roberto Wallace, Kory Sheets, Ryan Baker, Nate Ness, and Chris McCoy are all good candidates to fill out the eight man unit.

My apologies to Matty for using his format in the depth chart, but it does make it look cleaner.

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