truebluefan

It is National Paranoia Week in pro football. Around the far corners of the NFL -- from New England to Miami to San Diego to Seattle to Detroit -- you can almost feel the jaw muscles tightening by the hour for players who aren't certain about their future.

It is cut-down week in the NFL, and the blade swings both ways. For every career that ends, a roster spot opens to give another player a job. A mix of established veterans who have come to love the pro life and the paydays and rookies from small schools who dream to make a roster are sweating to survive cut-down week.

By 6 p.m. Saturday, all 32 teams must slice their rosters to a maximum of 53 players. The first mandatory cut was today, to a maximum of 75.

It can make for a long, grim five days.

Charles Rogers is one of those players whose future is not secure. He insists that he isn't keeping an eye on the calendar, or where he stands on the Lions' depth chart at wide receiver to make the team for a fourth season.

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MickeyG

i don't think the Lions would flat out cut Rogers. If they are going to get rid of him i think they will find a way to trade him. That way they can atleast get something in return.

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J-Unit

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

Charles Rogers is convinced he's still the same player who made a spectacular catch in the back of the end zone against Notre Dame in 2002 and scored on his first two NFL catches the next year.

The Detroit Lions receiver, taken No. 2 overall in 2003, chooses to overlook the 33 games he has missed as well as his lack of production or dependability.


Some wonder if Rogers will be cut Saturday, two days after the preseason finale at home against the Buffalo Bills. The former Michigan State star matter-of-factly said he will be with the Lions next week.

"It's just confidence," Rogers said after practice Wednesday. "You have to believe and stay positive. I think I will be here."

First-year coach Rod Marinelli might not want Rogers or receiver Mike Williams on his final roster, but team president Matt Millen could overrule the release of either player because he drafted both in the first round and it would hurt the team's salary-cap situation.

"There's draft status and then there's production," Marinelli said. "As a coach there are certain things you're tied to and then some you're not.

"The best players are going to win a job. 'Put it on tape.' I've been saying that forever. Sometimes you can't always do that, but 95 percent you're hoping to do that."

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