The NFL season begins Thursday night with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers playing the Dallas Cowboys, officially kicking off another year with plenty of Syracuse Orange football alumni in the league. While some old faces were cut last week, a few more recent names made NFL rosters, so I thought it would be helpful to run down the depth chart standings of the Oranges on professional rosters as of Tuesday morning.
Starters at their respective positions
Chandler Jones & Justin Pugh - Arizona Cardinals, Riley Dixon - New York Giants, Zaire Franklin - Indianapolis Colts
After a rocky offseason, Jones returned to the Cardinals ready to resume his high end performance that saw him as a finalist for defensive player of the year two years ago.