Roster is in!

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(09-04-2016, 03:33 AM)phil413 Wrote: My take on:

1. The thread- Hardison being hurt has drawn a lot of attention for a thread devoted to the "final" 53.  I think this means two things.  First, the board in general has a pretty good read on how the roster would shakedown.  In general predictions were very close as there weren't any big surprise cuts.  Second, it really points toward how the team has been handling injuries lately.  I don't know if it is by design but they're really keeping us in the dark more these days.  Like Saban said today after the Bama game, the object is to make the other team think not inform the media, but it seems even Belichick has been more transparent than the Bengals lately when it comes to injuries in general.  

To this point:

There is ZERO requirement for a team to discuss injuries in the preseason, thus the fact that they are not divulging more than necessary.  If it came out last week that Hardison had an injury that could lead to IR, that is one less player that someone in the Jets organization is trying to scan assemble some film on in the short preparation time to game 1.  Hopefully someone saw this move yesterday and started cursing about wasting a day cutting snippets out of preseason footage for nothing.

Secondly, expect the limited information to become the norm.  With the change to the injury reporting percentages this season, there will be MUCH more gamesmanship in what is revealed in an effort to leave the opponent guessing who will be available for the game.