The Ticats have made their first round of cuts:

IMP K/P Delbert Alvarado

IMP RB Donte Harden

IMP DB Rico Murray

IMP DB Terrance Parks

IMP DB Maurice Rolle

The kicker Alvrarado was in tough against Congi and Bartel – import kickers need to do all three jobs and bring something exceptional to the table in order to justify using a designated import spot on them. Alvarado did fine but wasn't clearly superior in any phase of the kicking game and Bartel was clearly the better punter. By all accounts, Alvarado was a good guy.

Harden quickly became the odd man out after fellow running backs C.J. Gable had a strong camp and Lindsey Lamar lit it up against Montreal with his 88 yard punt return. Ticats will still have to work to keep Walker, Gable and Lamar on the roster somehow.

Of the DB cuts, Parks is a surprise only because he played so much wiith the first unit. Part of me wonders if that's not injury-related. We'll see.

Still, no big names here. Yet.