10 NFL Veterans Who Could Be on the Roster Bubble

Cecil Shorts, WR, Houston Texans

Cecil Shorts has had a fairly rough go of it in the NFL. In his five years in the pros, Shorts has never played a full 16 games due to injuries that have nagged him from day one. In fact, out of a possible 80 games, he’s played just 61 of them. Over the past three years, he’s collected an abhorrent 0.42 Reception NEP per target and has never had a season with a Catch Rate above 60 percent. Shorts is a replacement-level talent at best and has never put together even that much in production.

His Houston Texans really stocked their wide receiver shelves this offseason, drafting rookies Will Fuller and Braxton Miller in the NFL Draft, and second-year wideouts Jaelen Strong and Keith Mumphery should also bump Shorts down the line. He has a cap hit of $3.42 million and would leave just $500,000 in dead money. Though not cash-strapped, the Texans may consider cutting him.

Cut Savings: $2.92 million