NFL Cut Day
With each passing day, we get closer to the beginning of the 2023 NFL season, and on Tuesday the 32 teams in the league took a massive step in that direction. New this year, only one roster cut in the preseason to get down to the mandated 53-man rosters.
It was a bloodbath, with nearly 1,000 players hitting the unemployment line all at once. And there were a number of surprise cuts.
Arizona Cardinals Starting Quarterback
With Kyler Murray missing at least a few weeks of games as he continues to rehab from last year’s ACL tear, it was assumed that Colt McCoy would be their starter to open the season. It will not be McCoy, as he has been cut by the team.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon is the one head coach who has not named his actual starter, claiming that it gives the Cardinals “a competitive advantage” for their game at Washington. Seeing as the only two choices now are Joshua Dobbs (on the roster for less than a week) or Clayton Tune (a fifth-round rookie), it’s impossible to see where the advantage lies.
In a non-Cardinals QB note, Bailey Zappe has been cut by the Patriots.
Kicker Reunion
The New Orleans Saints have given their kicker job to Blake Grupe, opting to part ways with longtime kicker Will Lutz. But don’t feel bad for Lutz – his old coach, Sean Payton, traded for him before he could hit the open market. Lutz is now the kicker for the Denver Broncos.
In six seasons in New Orleans, Lutz made 84.6% of his field goal attempts.
In other kicker news, a year ago the Browns used a fourth-round pick on Cade York. At 22 he has been released, and Cleveland is giving the job to Dustin Hopkins.
Running Back Carousel
With too many other options at running back in Baltimore, the Ravens have cut Melvin Gordon. The five-year Charger and three-year Bronco has now had failed attempts to play for the Chiefs and Ravens. It may be retirement that is in his immediate future.
Former Super Bowl hero, Damien Williams, is out in Las Vegas. James Robinson rushed for 1,000 yards in 2020 for Jacksonville, but he’s gone from the Jets to the Patriots in the last year, and he was just cut by the New York Giants. And no one met the Colts trade demands for Jonathan Taylor before the roster deadline, so he was placed on the PUP list by Indianapolis, meaning the earliest he’ll play is Week 5.
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