Saturday was undersized too, as I recall - a throwback to when Centers could get away with being smaller than other O Linemen. Evans was called on to pass block for New Orleans a lot more than to run block. I'm hopeful being big and athletic, that he can run block better than he previously showed. And of course, the mobility of Rodgers compared to a lot less for Brees ought to help his pass blocking even if he slips a little bit with age.
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True, but for some reason guards don't hang around as long. I researched it and posted about it a while back here or elsewhere, perhaps even when Sitton was cut. Looking back several years there weren't even many guards over 30 who played a lot, and there were just a handful at 33. I don't think there was a single one 35 or older other than in a backup role. For centers, there was always a few 35/36 still hanging around and playing. There were more older tackles, too. I wondered if it might be because by and large tackles and centers had more athletic players.Originally Posted by Pugger
The Evans singing was hypothetically a very good move. You have a proven stopgap until the young guys sort themselves out. Amichia, Patrick, Murphy, or one of the UDFA's could all be the starting RG by end of season. For now, they have someone who shouldn't get Rodgers killed in week 1. The money made a lot of sense too. Lang was a very good player, but Detroit overpaid him on a contract he might not play to the end given his age, injury history.
Doesn't make a lot of sense to overpay aging veterans, and it's not a good idea to put a huge chunk of your salary cap into the OL. Bahktiari was a much better signing...younger, getting better, and a premium position. Lane Taylor isn't Josh Sitton, but he played well enough to save GB a lot of dough and nobody really noticed much dropoff. They're banking on that happening again, and Evans is the backup plan.
Plus, the draft allegedly wasn't great for O-linemen.
Early hype was on Dupre, and Yancey supposedly had a case of the dropsies. The competition at several positions (WR, RB, CB) looks to be very interesting this year. Some good players won't make it and wind up playing for the 49ers.
The 49ers will have to get in line behind the Vikings for Packer cuts.
Lombardi Live 53 man roster projection. http://lombardiave.com/2017/07/24/gr...53-man-roster/
Offense (24 players)
Quarterback (2)
Starter – Aaron Rodgers
Reserve – Brett Hundley
Cut – Joe Callahan
Practice Squad – Tysom Hill
Running Back (3)
Starter – Ty Montgomery
Reserves – Jamaal Williams, Aaron Jones
Cut – Devante Mays, William Stanback
Practice Squad – Khalif Phillips
Fullback (1)
Starter – Aaron Ripkowski
Cut – Joe Kerridge
Wide Receiver (6)
Starters – Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams, Randall Cobb
Reserves – Malachi Dupre, Trevor Davis, DeAngelo Yancey
Cut – Jeff Janis, Montay Crockett, Max McCaffrey, Colby Pearson
*Suspended – Geronimo Allison
Practice Squad – Michael Clark
Tight End (3)
Starter – Michael Bennett
Reserves – Lance Kendricks, Richard Rodgers
Cut – Aaron Peck
Practice Squad – Beau Sandland
Offensive Line (9)
Starters – David Bakhtiari, Lane Taylor, Corey Linsley, Jahri Evans, Bryan Bulaga
Reserves – Jason Spriggs, Don Barclay, Kyle Murphy, Kofi Amichia
Cut – Geoff Gray, Lucas Patrick, Justin McCray, Robert Leff, Thomas Evans
Practice Squad – Adam Pankey
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Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Defense (26 players)
Defensive Line (5)
Starters – Mike Daniels, Kenny Clark, Ricky Jean Francois
Reserves – Dean Lowry, Montravius Adams
Cut – Letroy Guion, Brian Price, Christian Ringo, Izaah Lunsford
Outside Linebacker (6)
Starters – Clay Matthews, Nick Perry
Reserves – Kyler Fackrell, Vince Biegel, Jayrone Elliott, Justin Gilbert
Practice Squad – Jonathan Calvin
Inside Linebacker (4)
Starters – Jake Ryan, Blake Martinez
Reserves – Joe Thomas, Jordan Tripp
Cut – Derrick Matthews, Cody Heiman, David Talley, Josh Letuligasenoa
Cornerback (6)
Starters – Davon House, Kevin King, Damarious Randall
Reserves – Quentin Rollins, LaDarius Gunter, Lenzy Pipkins
Cut – Dmitri Goodson, Josh Hawkins, Deangelo Brown, Daquan Holmes, Raysean Pringle
Practice Squad – Herb Waters
Safety (5)
Starters – Morgan Burnett, Haha Clinton-Dix
Reserves – Josh Jones, Kentrell Brice, Marwin Evans
Cut – Aaron Taylor, Jermaine Whitehead
Special Teams
Specialists (3)
Kicker – Mason Crosby
Punter – Justin Pogel
Long Snapper – Derek Hart
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Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
I doubt they keep a 4th ILB first day. I would replace Tripp with Waters. Not sure Waters would make it to the practice squad.
Unless he looks like Shields out there, Pipkins would be ideal for PS. But Tripp probably makes it as well.
Also not sure 3 young WRs make the roster ahead of Janis unless one of them proves to be a ST coverage demon.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Well we can all hope Janice doesn't make the roster again. Might be wishful thinking but dammit, that's all we have right now.
McCaffrey makes the team only. if he's been ingesting the proprietary family PED cocktail. Or praying to the god of skinny punks.
If Goodson's knee is sound, he might make it based on ST play. Don't see Tripp making it. Josh Jones is the 4th ILB.
I also think that's too many LBs - both Inside and Outside. I'd keep 3 and 5 instead of 4 and 6.
I don't know what the fascination is that people have with Lenzy Pipkins, but I see a total of 9 DBs, which means 1 spot for him, Hawkins, Waters, Goodson, and a 5th Safety. My guess would be Hawkins for that spot.
With that savings of 4 on the D, I'd keep 3 QBs, 5 RBs + 1 FB, and 7 WRs.
And I don't think I even need to say it, but for all the detractors of Jeff Janis, I see him as one of the seven with probably Davis getting cut when Allison is done with his suspension.
I guess that leaves one spot unfilled. There's plenty of quality to take care of that. Also, we can probably expect a few injuries to be a factor.
BTW, we can wish we had Justin Gilbert, but I assume the roster spot above was Reggie hahahaha.
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Same for Michael Bennett, though Martellus ain't bad.
No way they go with fewer than 6 OLBs unless there are injuries. There are always 2 of them on the field and 4 of them need to play special teams.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Is Justin Gilbert still in the league? He was widely regarded as a colossal bust.
With Jones and Barnett expected to play in the box as safety/lb hybrids I would expect them to keep just three real ILBs: Ryan, Martinez and Thomas.
Ya just awful. I think he went from Cleveland to pittsburgh if you can believe it. Great physical tools. Apparently horrible work ethic.
I don't know if this means much but J. Evans was in with the other starters on the O line at RG at practice yesterday.
It means it's his job to lose. He played pretty well last year, so I doubt the wheels are about to fall off. Barring injury, no real reason to believe he won't be the starter this year.
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