Inside the Birds is back.

What's going on, everybody?

It is Jeff Mosher and Adam Kaplan, another Inside the Birds.

And we've got a great two-part series.

We're going to start with this podcast.

It is our annual 53-man roster projection.

We call it our too early one.

We're doing it in May.

It's not too early.

It's fun.

And the big thing is the draft is behind, most of free agency behind.

Yes, there can be some still moves made and that would

change uh the projection the next time we do one but you get a pretty good idea once the draft is

over and the udfa signings are in which we went through in last podcast of what the roster is

going to look like and adam when you take it a step further and you start to do the projections.

So I have a certain formula where I just immediately start off with the guys who are starters

who I know we're on the team and high draft picks who have, you know, even day three guys

have a pretty good shot to make the team.

Maybe when you get into the sixth and seventh, you can do a little wiggle room there.

But once you get those guys in and locked in and you see how the numbers are, especially on

offensive line and at other positions, you all of a sudden realize some of those one year prove-it-deal

veteran guys may not fit in. That's how I came across greedy Williams, not making a team a couple

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