Sorry again to be pessimistic, but look at what we're relegated to hoping for: Matt Jones just to be signed somewhere, Mike Hass to make the Seahawks as a FIFTH WR, John Standeford to make the Lions as a FIFTH WR, Danny Woodhead to make the Jets as a FOURTH RB, Brian Leonard to make the Bengals as a THIRD RB, etc.
Of course, there were some pleasant surprises; Brian Hartline, for instance, looked to be the unexpected starter at WR for the Dolphins, but then inexplicably was sent out with the second unit in tonight's final preseason game and dropped a pass. No margin for error there, as we all know. I have no doubts that he will now incomprehensibly fall to 3 or 4 on the depth chart. Gee, I wonder who the #2 WR will be? Will Austin Collie, highly productive in college and impressive in camp and preason, hold off little known hands of stone Pierre Garcon for the Colts' #3 WR position? The fact that this is even in doubt at all tells us everything we need to know about the Caste System.
Then there is Peyton Hillis, whose talent is so obvious even a green young Caste whore like McDaniels has to at least partially acknowledge it. Still, the best we can hope for is that he gets goal line carries and maybe 10 combined touches per game. Considering that he's still laboring behind the future Hall of Famer Correll Buckhalter on the depth chart, that's hardly any victory.
