Soul Back to Work

After taking a day off from training camp, the Soul have just five more days remaining before they have to cut their roster down to just 24 players. Being that the Soul and their Week 1 opponent, the New Orleans VooDoo, were the last two teams to begin camp they still have time to figure their roster out. Other teams have already finished camp and cut their roster down to the mandatory number. So I thought I'd give you the number of players at each position some of the other teams have kept to give you a better idea of the direction the Soul might go regarding their own personnel.

Tampa Bay Storm:
QB: 2
WR: 4
WR/KR: 1
OL: 4
OL/DL: 1
K: 1
FB/LB: 1
FB/DL: 1
DL: 5
DB: 4

Spokane Shock

QB: 2

WR: 5

OL: 4

K: 1

FB: 1

LB: 2

DL: 5

DB: 4

It's difficult to completely track every player by position because each website lists players as having one position or two in some cases. The Utah Blaze and San Jose SaberCats have wrapped up training camp as well, but their websites show 25 active players which is one more than they should have so I didn't think including them was wise. But here you see two teams that share the same basic characteristics disregarding double positions. So I comprised this as the basic layout for an arena football roster considering "true" positions only:

QB: 2

FB: 1

WR: 5

OL: 4

DL: 5

LB: 2

DB: 4

K: 1

Follow this layout if you're trying to figure out what players the Soul will keep around after training camp ends. It's a difficult task, but you'll gain a pretty good idea at least when keeping this layout in mind. This is where having two positions comes in handy because a team can add virtually more depth with fewer players.