i don't see Needham as a loser at all. he'll get playing time. Deiter is the primary back-up for all three interior OL positions and will probably also compete for starting RG
Ballage sure, he's at high risk to be cut after we got Howard and Breida
Agreed. Especially on Needham. It's too important of a position. Guys get hurt. The only thing better than having 3 corners, is having 4 corners. Needham's goal in life is to earn an NFL paycheck for another year, I think he will do it. If he gets released he'd get snagged up rather quickly.
Ballage wasn't going to make the team anyway so trading for Breida doesn't change much for KB. If anything Ballage is lucky we didn't draft 2 RB's and instead traded for someone with injury concerns. If I were Ballage, I'd want to get released now instead of August. He's got a long way to go towards finding a new home.
Deiter, if he can play, he'll play. We are far from loaded. We might've found a couple answers on the OL this year but still a lot of work to do there before things get ironed out.
Julian Davenport, Bobby McCain, Jakeem Grant, Charles Harris should be more worried than Needham or Deiter. Too some extent Rosen as well although he will play on an NFL field again before the final chapter of his NFL story is written.