The battle for the 53-man roster unofficially began on July 26 when the Washington Redskins reported to camp. With 90 men currently on the unit, 37 will have to be cut before Week 1 of the NFL season. Almost all of these will occur on cut day, but it’s never to early to start assessing who might be on the roster bubble.
Roster bubbles are notoriously difficult to figure out. Last season, nobody had Stefan McClure near the roster bubble, and he actually made the 53-man squad. But generally speaking, there are players whose roster spots are locked in, players who stand virtually no shot of making the team, and then, there are the 20 or so guys that are truly on the bubble.