The Tennessee Titans have already started their roster cuts with nine players sent home today. There weren't any surprising or necessarily difficult moves made today, but that won't be the case come Saturday when they have to trim the roster to 53.
My latest shot at projecting the final 53 is after the jump.
OFFENSE
QB
Matt Hasselbeck
Jake Locker
RB
Chris Johnson
Javon Ringer
Jamie Harper
Ahmard Hall
WR
Kenny Britt
Nate Washington
Damian Williams
Marc Mariani
Justin Gage
TE
Jared Cook
Craig Stevens
Daniel Graham
OL
David Stewart
Jake Scott
Eugene Amano
Leroy Harris
Michael Roos
Mike Otto
Ryan Durand
Fernando Velasco
Byron Stingily
DEFENSE
DE
William Hayes
Jacob Ford
Dave Ball
Jason Jones
Derrick Morgan
DT
Shaun Smith
Sen'Derrick Marks
Jurrell Casey
Karl Klug
Zach Clayton
LB
Akeem Ayers
Tim Shaw
Patrick Bailey
Barrett Ruud
Colin McCarthy
Will Witherspoon
Gerald McRath
CB
Cortland Finnegan
Alterraun Verner
Jason McCourty
Tommie Campbell
S
Chris Hope
Michael Griffin
Jordan Babineaux
SPECIALISTS
K
Rob Bironas
P
Brett Kern
LS
Ken Amato
So that is 50 guys. I think all of those guys listed above are locks (with the exception of offensive line back-ups). The last three spots are probably pretty fluid at this point, but I have Rennie Curran, Vincent Fuller, and Pannel Egboh as the last three to make it.
Egboh gets the nod because of the injuries at defensive end. There is a realistic chance that Hayes and Ball could be the only two healthy defensive ends of the group listed above on opening day. That would mean that they would be forced to keep sixth defensive end for depth purposes.