I don't think Mellette is a factor until 2014.
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My guess is that it happens a week (or 2) before final cuts. We give a conditional 7th (ala Barnes) to some team who is going to cut someone and will take whatever they can get for him.
Caveat is right price, we aren't taking on a big contract in the process... if that is the case, we wait for them to be released. (But I'm not certain if a waiver period in in effect for 24 hours, and we are last in the waiver line)
You forgot Christian Thompson
Ozzie will probably sign some mid-level vet that half the board has never heard of like Paris Lennon. Then he'll play great during the season and we'll all be saying we knew it would happen.