Words from McCarthy HIMSELF:

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yeah i was a little vague with the reasoning, sometimes i try to be brief, when it comes down to it , its all everyones opinion right or wrong !!

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whats the source on this rumor?

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I find this one hard to swallow, but then again Ted Thompson has done plenty of things I've found hard to swallow, so I won't be surprised if the OP info comes to fruition.

I can see cutting a player if he has a Brandon Marshall sort of attitude...but the fact that a DB puts his foot in his mouth from time to time....heck, that's almost a requirement of the job position since the days of Deion the Mouth.

It would be incredibly boneheaded move, Mr. Thompson, even if Bigby had been lighting up the preseason rather than being, well, whatever he's been.

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That's odd. All I've heard from Steelers fans is that he has the tools but he ended up in the doghouse. He covered some serious ground on that last interception when the receiver had beat the LB covering him up the middle, and then returned it to the 11 or so.

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fucking wah, dazer.

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Definitely would not enjoy seeing smith get cut, hes played well and can be a solid backup and knows system well. At the same time we have alot of DBs.

These are the guys I would want to keep.

CB - Woodson, Harris, Williams, Blackmon, Lee, Underwood

SS - Bigby, Rouse

FS - Collins, Smith

CUTS: Bush, Peparah.

That would mean we would need to keep 10 DBs, i'm afraid if we try to stash underwood he will get picked up. I see some potential in him.

At the same time I'm pretty sure bush will be kept so that means smith is gonzo if thats the case.

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Collins gets hurt and misses plays in almost every game because of how physical he plays. Releasing our best back up would not be a solid move.

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Bush > Smith

Why? Because Bush is a special teams stud. Smith is not.

That's all there is to it.

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It makes little sense to me to cut Smith after just his first training camp. If he becomes a head case during the season, then I could see the team moving on starting next year.

Cutting Smith would severely limit the depth we have the roster because none of the Safeties, save for Collins, has shown much of anything.

I'd like to keep Rouse another year, but with the severity of Jackson's ankle sprain, the team is probably going to have to keep 4 RBs on the roster.

Right now:

CBs - Woodson, Harris, Williams, Lee, Blackmon
FSs - Collins, Bush
SSs - Bigby, Smith

Bush's versatility as a FS, CB, and special teams gunner are why he will make the 53-man roster. Underwood and Porter strike me more like as practice squad candidates than a 5th or 6th CB on the active roster and I can't honestly see the team giving up on Pat Lee yet. Blackmon makes it because he the team's PR.

I think there's a pretty good chance the Packers will carry 10 LBs going into the regular season because they want to continue to develop some of these young guys like Lansanah and Obiozor so they may only go with 5 guys on the D-Line and cut someone like Montgomery loose.

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