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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 835206" data-attributes="member: 10247">I would be surprised if 10 players played well enough in the preseason games to earn their spots on the roster.  I'd say that at least half of them have already made the most of their situation in practices and would likely have made the team anyway.  I don't really think of them as true bubble guys.  I'm sure there a few players who have a great pre season game or two that may overshadow what the coaches may have decided about them during camp and practice thus earning them a spot on the team but if that number is more than a handful I would be very surprised.  If a rookie UDFA comes in in games 3 and 4 and has 4 or 5 sacks there is a chance he may make the team based on that alone, provided he didn't completely suck during camp, but my guess is pretty much all of the players have already made their impression by the time the pre season games roll around.  The downside to this is that given the reduced amount of practice time and limited numbers of game type situations allowed it may be more difficult to accurately assess these players.  The result is not that the preseason games will give more players a shot to make the team but that more players will make the team based on insufficient evaluation.  I agree with HRE.  Losing one preseason game would probably have little affect but I do not think I would like to see them do away with 2 of them.</blockquote>

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