Quote Originally Posted by Teamcheez1 View Post
With Barclay, it came down to a numbers game. The Packers usually only like to keep 3 or 4 injured lineman. With Spriggs and Murphy already on IR, Lane Taylor now hurt, and Bakhtari and Bulaga rotating to the bench every other game, he just didn't make the cut. Perhaps MM/TT will make a decision to keep up to 6 or 7 injured OL in the future.
I don't see it as a numbers game at all with Barclay. He was on IR. They didn't have to do anything with him. They could have just waited until next training camp, have him compete with the others and let it shake out however. At final cutdown, they kept him on the original 53 man roster for one day, then moved him to IR, making him eligible to return this year, but they could have left him on IR all season. He was the only one with any experience at center behind Linsley, until McCray and Patrick (?) started working there after Barclay was hurt.

Spriggs and Murphy are both on IR, so they don't create any numbers problem either. You can have as many on IR as you want.

Cutting Barclay now to me indicates either that he isn't responding to treatments and/or that he has, is ready tp start practicing, but the Packers like the others they have on the roster now more than they like Barclay. Either way, no point in keeping him around. They could have simply kept him on IR as insurance for later this year or next year. They didn't, which seems to indicate they are satisfied with McCray, Patrick, Pankey and Ulrick now, and Spriggs and Murphy eligible to return a few weeks down the road,