[MIJB#19]

General Manager Notes: Sherman is back!
Nicky Sherman is back in Maassluis. One of the most talented centers, still at the top of the game at the age of 35, with two seasons in Maassluis on his resume, rejoins us after a season away at the Houston Mustangs. It'll be an interesting battle in pre-season for the starting five on the offensive line. Especially given that we also signed free agent guard Leon Wooden, a 34-year old pass protection expert.

The arrival of Jimmie Feffer for training camp was also cheered by the fans. He's already more popular than the guy that left us this off-season.

Far behind those key moves, we've also signed a threesome of rookie skill position players. Nicholas Douglas and Chad Togiai will battle for a depth spot in our backfield. Douglas has the better hole recognition, Togiai could hang on as a special teamer. The third signing is kickoff returning wide receiver Ross Willbrandt, also bringing the big-play ability to be a WR4 or WR5. He's no guarantee to make the team though, he became our seventh wide receiver.

We're going into training camp with 64 players on roster, which means we'll have to cut 4 guys after camp and before pre-season action, then 7 more before the regular season:
* we've got 4 quarterbacks, it's likely we'll trim it down to 3
* we've got 6 running backs and 2 fullbacks, that's 1 or 2 too many
* we've got 4 tight ends and 7 wide receivers, that's also 1 or 2 too many
* we've got 3 centers, 4 guard and 3 offensive tackles, that's 2 too many
* we've got 1 punter and kicker
* we've got 10 defensive linemen, that's 1, likely 2 over what I prefer
* we've got 6 linebackers, we may drop to 5 for the regular season
* we've got 7 cornerbacks and 5 safeties, we might cut 2 guys before pre-season