When the NFL announced the change this year that there would only be one cutdown deadline from 90 to 53 players, my instant reaction was, “well, technically, that shouldn’t stop teams from trimming the roster as usual before then.”
On Tuesday, two days before the Cleveland Browns’ final preseason game, the team announced six cuts:
I will be posting my final 53-man roster projection right after the fourth preseason game, but none of these players would have made my list. The player with the best shot was Martin, who was competing with K Zane Gonzalez.