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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 613680">I don't think you can capture the thinking in a brief phrase, whether it includes "best" or "most valuable".  There's the "now" vs. the future; there are the cap and age implications where a younger/cheaper player substitutes for a "better" or "more valuable" player, which rears it's head most noticeably in free agency, but it goes to the point that the 53 (or more accurately the 63 when including the practice squad) is a 365 day per year proposition.  Sometimes, the dead cap a player is carrying makes replacing him prohibitive.I believe there will be a lot more than 3 competitive roster spots going into preseason:  two FB/TE spots, #3 running back, maybe a #8 OL, the #5 WR, maybe a #6 WR, one or two DB spots.  I see only 5 LBs as locks, or 6 if you want to include Ryan.  I see only 4 locks on the D-Line, or 3 in consideration of a likely Guion suspension at least for opening day.Preseason action is second only to money game experience is separating the practice warriors from the guys who can play.</blockquote>

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