I thought they were pleased with Coleman’s work so far, but I guess they were getting good work out of Clancy, and Hargrove has been effective from the tackle spot. Maybe they really will look for a true nose tackle type in waivers later on? I thought they had to drop four guys today. Did something change? Is there still one more to come? Am I predictably misinformed?

Off topic, but something I’ve been thinking about. The back-to-back illegal formation penalties from Saturday’s game were the result of not having seven players on the line of scrimmage. Specifically (as shown on replays), both tackles were lined up about a yard back. I’ve noticed in the past that the left tackle typically lines up off the line a bit and I assume that has something to do with outside containment, to assist in his footwork. When these penalties occurred, however, Mark Brunell was in the game. So, would it be safe to assume that the RT was properly set (to protect his southpaw QB’s blindside) and the LT was doing the same thing out of habit alone? I don’t think the referee specifies a player number on an illegal formation call, so it probably didn’t register in the LT’s head that he was indeed the guilty party. He may have just assumed it was a WR or the RT that caused the penalty and went right back to doing what he shouldn’t be doing. I never heard a full explanation after the fact, but that would make sense. If that’s true, then what I’ve been saying all along, about the transition to Harrington being easier because he’s right handed, would hold water.

At some point, they’re going to have to sign Stanley Arnoux to a contract and place him on IR, if I’m not mistaken. I guess they’re waiting until the final cuts, so they don’t have to pay him those extra couple of weeks salary.

In Coleman related news, I saw the Texans traded Travis Johnson to the Chargers today, so I guess we can unfold that page of the Sears wishbook.