With the end of the preseason, final roster cuts and the start of the regular season just around the corner, general manager Dave Gettleman fielded questions from the media Tuesday.
On this weekend’s setting of the regular season roster and the process of reducing it from 75 to 53: “I told the coaches when we started the whole process in our first personnel meeting in Spartanburg, I said, ‘It’s critical that we make educated decisions at the cut to 53.’ The fourth exhibition game (Thursday versus Pittsburgh) is important. There are still spots up for grabs.