NFL Roster Evaluation- Red Green Yellow Lists 2012

[Rich Gapinski]

If anyone wants to submit a list for their team to help with the compilation of the Red/Yellow/Green/Developing lists for any NFL team, post it here.

For questions on what darvon and I are doing, please see the "There's Always 2013" article for the Detroit Lions.

I will be making a simple Excel file for sharing of all NFL teams.

Time is important. The list must be complete before free agency begins to be accurate.

Basic rules:

Green= player is solid starter, keeper
Yellow= serviceable, can start but ability or age may be an issue soon
Red= A guy there to stay under the cap, something that needs replaced
Developing= Self-explanatory

[edave]

You want a .csv file, plain text... ??

[Rich Gapinski]

Just post them here, I'd like to copy and paste.

[Rich Gapinski]

Detroit Lions

Red
Kris Durham
Will Heller
Kassim Osgood
Brian Robiskie
Titus Young
Jason Fox
Dylan Gandy
Stephen Peterman
Sammie Hill
Lawrence Jackson
Ashlee Palmer
Tahir Whitehead
Ron Bartell
Don Carey
Drayton Florence
Tyrell Johnson
Ricardo Silva
John Wendling
Jahvid Best
Gosder Cherilus
Pat Lee

Yellow
Shaun Hill
Kevin Smith
Nate Burleson
Tony Scheffler
Mike Thomas
Jeff Backus
Corey Hilliard
Dominic Raiola
Rob Sims
Andre Fluellen
Justin Durant
Deandre Levy
Chris Houston
Jacob Lacey
Nick Harris
Corey Williams
Joique Bell
Shaun Chapas

Green
Stephen Tulloch
Matt Stafford
Stefan Logan
Calvin Johnson
Brandon Pettigrew
Ndamukong Suh
Willie Young
Louis Delmas
Amari Spievey
Nick Fairley
Cliff Avril
Don Muhlbach- once you have a long snapper, he stays
Stephen Tulloch
Jason Hanson
Kyle Vanden Bosch

Developing
Kellen Moore
Mikel Leshoure
Riley Reiff
Ryan Broyles
Ronnell Lewis
Travis Lewis
Bill Bentley
Jonte Green

[KabaModernFan]

Baltimore Ravens:

Red
Anthony Allen
Billy Bajema
Chykie Brown
Terrence Cody
Sean Considine
Ramon Harewood
James Ihedigbo
Chris Johnson
Ma'ake Kemoeatu
David Reed
Bobbie Williams
Cary Williams
LaQuan Williams

Yellow
Brendon Ayanbadejo (Special Teams + Defense)
Morgan Cox
Ed Dickson
Tandon Doss
Dannell Ellerbe
Joe Flacco
Arthur Jones
Ray Lewis
Jameel McClain
Albert McClellan
Bryant McKinnie
Michael Oher
Dennis Pitta
Ed Reed

Green
Matt Birk
Anquan Boldin
Corey Graham (Special Teams + Defense)
Jacoby Jones (Special Teams + Offense)
Sam Koch
Paul Kruger
Vonta Leach
Pernell McPhee
Haloti Ngata
Bernard Pollard
Ray Rice
Torrey Smith
Terrell Suggs
Justin Tucker
Lardarius Webb
Marshall Yanda

Developing
Omar Brown
Josh Bynes
Gino Gradkowski
Bryan Hall
Asa Jackson
Kelechi Osemele
Bernard Pierce
Jah Reid
Jimmy Smith
Tyrod Taylor
Christian Thompson
Deonte Thompson
DeAngelo Tyson
Courtney Upshaw

[darvon]

I am going to tell Ray Ray you said he was Yellow.

[KabaModernFan]

I am going to tell Ray Ray you said he was Yellow.

If this had been a year ago I likely would have put him in green. He had a stellar 2011. But he performed poorly at the start of this season, and now compounding that with his injury and age, yellow is far more appropriate.

[darvon]

Oher Reed and Flacco yellow?

Do you think 1/2 of the teams would trade you yours for theirs in those positions?

If so, then I don't think the are Yellow.

Flacco would be accepted by more than 16 teams, wouldn't he?

Buff
NYJ
Miami
Clev
KC

Oak
AZ
MN
TN
JAX

PHIL
TB


12 is close. A few more may be tossups.

[darvon]

Rich, I think your definition for Yellow is too broad.

I would think if your starter/regular player isn't in the bottom 25% of the league at that position, at the equivalent level of starting, he is a green. Or at least the bottom 40%.

Yellow shouldn't require replacement, but are vulnerable to be replaced opportunistically.

[KabaModernFan]

The way I looked at it is more like in thirds. Top third is green, bottom third is red, and the middle is therefore yellow.

I think Flacco is a guy who fluctuates somewhere between 12-18 as far as quarterbacks are concerned. He is certainly not a top guy, but he is firmly above average. I thought he fit more in the yellow department.

I also personally think that Ed Reed wants to retire, and may very well do it after this season. He has been playing through a torn labrum all season long and that obviously has a lot to do with his less than stellar play on the field this year. He's still been very valuable in coverage, but he shows no interest in defending the run anymore. The Knowshon Moreno hurdle from this past weekend is just one of many times this year where Reed has been embarrassed by the ball carrier.

Michael Oher could very well be green from a pure talent standpoint. The problem with Oher is that he has not once been able to play the same position on the offensive line for two years in a row. He played at right tackle in 2009 and 2011, and was the left tackle in 2010 and 2012. He needs continuity, which we all know is important for offensive lineman.