In essence, the Packers traded a handsome Irish (O’Donnell) for an ugly Irish (Whelen).Originally Posted by Fritz
Oops. Wrong picture above. HERE'S our new punter. Compare that mug to JC Scott's above:
Good thing looks are irrelevant in the NFL. Ex-Pack, Ryan Grant, is one handsome fellow. Mad’s boi, Davante Adams, not so much. Guess who had the better career in the Green and Mustard Yellow?
I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel.
Bill Huber is reporting that they are going to sign him back. Probably means they want to keep a guy like Tarvarius Moore or Dontayvion Wicks thru the cutdown and then IR them so they can bring them back in-season. If you get put on IR before cutdowns you're done for the year. They could easily cut both LS and resign whichever they liked better (Orzech). It's basically an end-around way to keep 53 and manage injuries.I am unsure of what you meant above about Orzech being signed at a later date (?) So he was cut, but there's a hitch?
Brenton Cox has been told he's made the team. Malik Heath apparently has been told the same.
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QB:
RB: Lew Nichols, Nate McCrary
WR: Cody Chrest, Dre Miller, Deuce Watts
TE: Austin Allen
OL: Cole Schneider, Jean Delance, Kadeem Talfort
DL: Jason Lewan
OLB:
LB: Jimmy Phillips, Marvin Pierre
CB: Kiondre Thomas, Shemar Jean-Charles, Innis Gaines, Tyrell Ford, William Hooper
S: Benny Sapp
K:
P: Pat O’Donnell
LS: Matt Orzech, Broughton Hatcher
Last edited by Joemailman; 08-29-2023 at 01:03 PM.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
No big shocks yet. Gaines was 1 thing I got wrong so far. The punter I hedged so probably half wrong.
I don't hold Grudges. It's counterproductive.
QB:
RB: Lew Nichols, Nate McCrary
WR: Cody Chrest, Dre Miller, Deuce Watts
TE: Austin Allen
OL: Cole Schneider, Jean Delance, Kadeem Talfort, James Empey
DL: Jason Lewan, Chris Slayton
OLB:
LB: Jimmy Phillips, Marvin Pierre
CB: Kiondre Thomas, Shemar Jean-Charles, Innis Gaines, Tyrell Ford, William Hooper, Corey Ballentine
S: Benny Sapp, Tarvarius Moore
K:
P: Pat O’Donnell
LS: Matt Orzech, Broughton Hatcher
Tarvarius Moore will be getting injury settlement. Emanuel Wilson has been told he has made the team.
Last edited by Joemailman; 08-29-2023 at 03:10 PM.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Here's the initial roster. Matt Orzech will be signed tomorrow, with someone cut or placed on IR.
QB (2): 8 Sean Clifford, 10 Jordan Love
Released: 17 Alex McGough
RB (3): 28 AJ Dillon, 31 Emanuel Wilson, 33 Aaron Jones
Waived/injured: 32 Lew Nichols, 39 Tyler Goodson
Released: 27 Patrick Taylor, 46 Nate McCrary
WR (6): 9 Christian Watson, 11 Jayden Reed, 13 Dontayvion Wicks, 18 Malik Heath, 83 Samori Toure, 87 Romeo Doubs
Released: 6 Jadakis Bonds, 16 Dre Miller, 22 Duece Watts, 80 Bo Melton, 82 Cody Chrest, 86 Grant DuBose
TE/FB (3): 81 Josiah Deguara, 85 Tyler Kraft, 88 Luke Musgrave
Released: 44 Henry Pearson, 49 Austin Allen
OL (11): 50 Zach Tom, 63 Rasheed Walker, 69 David Bakhtiari, 70 Royce Newman, 71 Josh Myers, 72 Caleb Jones, 73 Yosh Nijman, 74 Elgton Jenkins, 75 Sean Rhyan, 76 Jon Runyan, 78 Luke Tenuta
Released: 62 James Empey, 63 Cole Schneider, 77 Kadeem Telfort, 79 Jean Delance
DL (6): 93 T.J. Slaton, 95 Devonte Wyatt, 96 Colby Wooden, 94 Karl Brooks, 97 Kenny Clark, 99 Jonathan Ford
Released: 60 Jason Lewan, 64 Antonio Moultrie, 98 Chris Slayton
OLB (6): 47 Justin Hollins, 52 Rashan Gary, 55 Kingsley Enagbare, 57 Brenton Cox Jr., 90 Lukas Van Ness, 91 Preston Smith
Released: 51 Keshawn Banks, 53 Arron Mosby, 56 Kenneth Odumegwu
ILB (5): 7 Quay Walker, 24 Tariq Carpenter, 45 Eric Wilson, 58 Isaiah McDuffie, 59 De'Vondre Campbell
Released: 46 Jimmy Phillips Jr., 54 Marvin Pierre
CB (4): 23 Jaire Alexander, 25 Keisean Nixon, 29 Rasul Douglas, 37 Carrington Valentine
Physically unable to perform: 21 Eric Stokes
Released: 19 Elijah Hamilton, 22 Shemar Jean-Charles, 27 William Hooper, 35 Corey Ballentine, 40 Tyrell Ford, 43 Kiondre Thomas
S (5): 6 Dallin Leavitt, 20 Rudy Ford, 26 Darnell Savage, 34 Jonathan Owens, 36 Anthony Johnson Jr.
Injured reserve: 30 Tarvarius Moore
Released: 38 Innis Gaines, 48 Benny Sapp III
Spec. (2): 17 Anders Carlson, 41 Daniel Whelan
Waived/injured:43 Broughton Hatcher Released: 42 Matt Orzech, 16 Pat O'Donnell (Aug. 28)
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That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Tenuta will go to IR and probably someone else. Need a LS and a 5th Corner.
But Rodgers leads the league in frumpy expressions and negative body language on the sideline, which makes him, like Josh Allen, a unique double threat.
-Tim Harmston
I don't know if they'll add a 5th corner. They might just activate guys off PS until Stokes is back.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
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That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
I was overwhelmed with sadness when I saw that Rolled Royce made the team.
I was surprised they kept Luke TheTuna, but it sounds as if he'll be put on IR.
A little surprised they kept five inside linebackers.
Bisaccia is going to earn his money this year, and I'll bet he went to bat hard for Leavitt, because he needs someone out on the field who can get the team lined up correctly.
I'm hoping Dubose will land on the PS.
Damn that's a young team. I hope the medical staff is loading up on acne cream.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Royce is on the team due to a lack of depth at guard. They only kept 4 ILB, as Levitt is the 4 ST specialist not a ILB. DuBose won't get claimed, but he might go for the PS on a team that isn't so deep and young at WR.
Fire Murphy, Gute, MLF, Barry, Senavich, etc!
Wasn't sure Newman was going to make it. It's crazy how a guy who was serviceable as a rookie for 1000+ snaps on a 13 win team could regress so much. Their IOL depth is iffy.
They like Tenuta; he got a handful of regular snaps last year and was ahead of Rasheed Walker and Caleb Jones. It's possible he got even better, although I think they really like Rasheed.
5 ILBs is heavy, but 3 of them are ST mainstays and Devondre is hurt.
Very young team. Lots of upside, lots of highs and lows this year. Some of these young players won't amount to anything, but the future could be very bright.
This is a very young team.
I gotta think they are going to put Tenuta on IR tomorrow. Carrying 11 OL is a LOT of linemen and they need to move someone for Orzech.
Carrying 4 CB and 3 TE is unexpected too. I wouldn't be surprised if there's another move happening this week at TE. I'm guessing they will sign Ballentine and they want Austin Allen back on the PS, they could call them up a couple times too and then let injuries etc. sort out the rest. Stokes on PUP buys some time.
Bisaccia is going to earn his paycheck this year.
QB: Got it right
RB: Gute went with Wilson over Taylor
WR: Got it right
TE: I had Gute getting waiver wire pickup. Could happen yet.
OL: I didn't have Newman or Tenuta making it. Tenuta may go to IR tomorrow.
DL: Got it right
LB: Gute kept Wilson and went with 5.
EDGE: Got it right.
CB: I had Ballentine making it.
S: I had Gaines instead of Owens
ST: I had O'Donnell over Whelan
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Daire Carragher
@DaireCarragher
With an average roster age of 24.9 years old, the 2023 Packers are the youngest NFL roster in the last six years!*
(the last team to be younger was the 2017 browns who went 0-16…).Jason Wilde
@jasonjwilde
The average age of the 53 players currently on the #Packers roster is 24.98 years old. Broken down by age:
31 — 1
30 — 2
29 — 2
28 — 4
27 — 4
26 — 6
25 — 8
24 — 9
23 — 10
22 — 6
21 — 1
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
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That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Did anybody else read the article about how they handled the Orzech situation?
The O Lineman that got hurt, Tenuta, should be medically able to come back in a few weeks. By keeping him on the 53 and IRing him tomorrow, they can take him off IR in 4 weeks - if they put him on IR today, he'd be lost for the season. So they keep him then IR him tomorrow and bring back Orzech to the 53. A pretty slick move.
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It's not an uncommon tactic. The key is to make sure the guy you cut is not going to be claimed. LS is a pretty good option for that, as all other teams are going to have one, and they most likely don't want to make a change now and disrupt their field goal unit.
Fire Murphy, Gute, MLF, Barry, Senavich, etc!
Mailman did mention something about Orzech amid the white noises about Cody Chrest and the Packers being the first team in the NFL since 1962 to field an all-white TE corps.
I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel.
Didn't see that coming.INDIANAPOLIS -- The Miami Dolphins weren't the only team interested in acquiring Jonathan Taylor from the Indianapolis Colts.
The Green Bay Packers also were in talks with the Colts and had legitimate interest in trading for the star running back, sources told ESPN.
Indianapolis moved forward after its self-imposed deadline of Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET came and went without receiving what the team deemed an acceptable offer for Taylor, who requested a trade last month and was authorized by the Colts last week to seek out a trade partner.
But the Packers emerging as a contender remains relevant because Taylor can still be traded, even though he is on the reserve-physically unable to perform list and therefore must miss at least the first four games of the regular season.
A source told ESPN that there is still trade interest in Taylor and the All-Pro would still welcome a trade. The NFL's trade deadline is Oct. 31.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
LB Keshawn Banks added to practice squad.
Ring the bells that still can ring
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