Are you counting lavia, bazunu and mcatee? No meaningful minutes between them?
steffen out too but i think hes been upgraded so still same squad wise
No, excluding kids.
There hasn't been a season when we haven't filled the 21 player quota. We generally struggle to fill the other 4 CT which makes 25, but with 21 always filled, we usually go with a 22-23 man squad. Plus kids. In the past, it had actually been a struggle finding room for the 21, if you remember the 'we can just leave carson out' etc discussions.
Currently, we have 18 out if 21, and 1 out of 4. 19 out of 25 in total, but for fairness 19 out of our typical 22, because we haven't gone 25 in years.
That is a squad of 3 down, not just to last year but to any year.
Even with a LB, it will still be a squad of 19 registered. 20 in total including CT.