KYPack
06-23-2010, 10:47 AM
I’ve always liked the Sporting News. Even when they had Florio from PFT writing for them. I like SN a lot better now that I pretty much hate ESPN and SI. Tom Silverstein from JSO wrote this piece on the early, early OTA depth chart. It’s worth a discussion, even if it doesn’t mean much. The chart only goes two deep, but there are some additions and deletions worth kicking around on here
Offense
QB Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn
FB John Kuhn, Quinn Johnson
RB Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson
WR Donald Driver, James Jones
WR Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson
TE Jermichael Finley, Spencer Havner
LT Chad Clifton, Bryan Bulaga
LG Jason Spitz, Daryn Colledge
C Scott Wells, Jason Spitz
RG Josh Sitton, Evan Dietrich-Smith
RT Mark Tauscher, T.J.Lang
Defense
DE Ryan Pickett, Mike Neal
NT B.J. Raji, Ryan Pickett
DE Cullen Jenkins, C.J.Wilson
OLB Brad Jones, Cyril Obiozor
ILB A.J. Hawk, Desmond Bishop
ILB Nick Barnett, Brandon Chillar
OLB Clay Matthews, Brady Poppinga
CB Charles Woodson, Pat Lee
CB Al Harris, Tramon Williams
SS Atari Bigby, Morgan Burnett
FS Nick Collins, Will Blackmon
Specialists
K Mason Crosby
P Tim Masthay, Chris Bryan
KR Will Blackmon
PR Will Blackmon
LS Brett Goode
On the DL, the kids are listed ahead of Johnny Jolly, who isn’t listed at all. Jolly will miss the initial days of official camp and the Pack seems to be roster planning for his absence(s)
At TE Spencer Havner listed as the No. 2 tight end, Finley the starter. Finley is seen as the baby superstar and they drafted Quarless in the 5th. Havner is still recovering from his scooter wreck and who knows if he catches a suspension for a DUI in that case. I guess they like Havner’s red zone production. He had 4 TD’s, while the erstwhile starter, Lee, had all of one last year. Back-up TE seems a bit of a high ranking, given Havner’s off-season.
On the DL, Johnny Jolly isn’t even in sight. The two draft picks, Neal and Wilson are listed as the back-ups. Jolly won’t even be there for the start of camp and his absence may get extended into “gone from the roster”.
On the OL, Jason Spitz is ranked ahead of Colledge at LG. Spitz was an OK RG, but has struggled at LG when placed there. Also, Lang is slotted to be Tausch’s back-up. That’s good, I was hoping they’d give that kid one spot to work at. I’ve seen Lang talked about at 4 OL positions in various forums. Switching young OL’s around hasn’t exactly been a great strategy in GB, let’s give the kid a job and let him learn it.
At DB, this depth chart is already off. Al Harris is now admitting he won’t be ready for camp. That makes Tramon Williams the defacto starter. Brandon Underwood is probably happy to see his name omitted from any story after his little “duck ride” down in the Dells, but it will be interesting to see who gets the back-up job at CB. Bell, Bush, or Underwood have to be considered.
In this very early going, Jolly, Donald Lee, and Korey Hall have got to be wondering if they will have a job this season
Offense
QB Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn
FB John Kuhn, Quinn Johnson
RB Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson
WR Donald Driver, James Jones
WR Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson
TE Jermichael Finley, Spencer Havner
LT Chad Clifton, Bryan Bulaga
LG Jason Spitz, Daryn Colledge
C Scott Wells, Jason Spitz
RG Josh Sitton, Evan Dietrich-Smith
RT Mark Tauscher, T.J.Lang
Defense
DE Ryan Pickett, Mike Neal
NT B.J. Raji, Ryan Pickett
DE Cullen Jenkins, C.J.Wilson
OLB Brad Jones, Cyril Obiozor
ILB A.J. Hawk, Desmond Bishop
ILB Nick Barnett, Brandon Chillar
OLB Clay Matthews, Brady Poppinga
CB Charles Woodson, Pat Lee
CB Al Harris, Tramon Williams
SS Atari Bigby, Morgan Burnett
FS Nick Collins, Will Blackmon
Specialists
K Mason Crosby
P Tim Masthay, Chris Bryan
KR Will Blackmon
PR Will Blackmon
LS Brett Goode
On the DL, the kids are listed ahead of Johnny Jolly, who isn’t listed at all. Jolly will miss the initial days of official camp and the Pack seems to be roster planning for his absence(s)
At TE Spencer Havner listed as the No. 2 tight end, Finley the starter. Finley is seen as the baby superstar and they drafted Quarless in the 5th. Havner is still recovering from his scooter wreck and who knows if he catches a suspension for a DUI in that case. I guess they like Havner’s red zone production. He had 4 TD’s, while the erstwhile starter, Lee, had all of one last year. Back-up TE seems a bit of a high ranking, given Havner’s off-season.
On the DL, Johnny Jolly isn’t even in sight. The two draft picks, Neal and Wilson are listed as the back-ups. Jolly won’t even be there for the start of camp and his absence may get extended into “gone from the roster”.
On the OL, Jason Spitz is ranked ahead of Colledge at LG. Spitz was an OK RG, but has struggled at LG when placed there. Also, Lang is slotted to be Tausch’s back-up. That’s good, I was hoping they’d give that kid one spot to work at. I’ve seen Lang talked about at 4 OL positions in various forums. Switching young OL’s around hasn’t exactly been a great strategy in GB, let’s give the kid a job and let him learn it.
At DB, this depth chart is already off. Al Harris is now admitting he won’t be ready for camp. That makes Tramon Williams the defacto starter. Brandon Underwood is probably happy to see his name omitted from any story after his little “duck ride” down in the Dells, but it will be interesting to see who gets the back-up job at CB. Bell, Bush, or Underwood have to be considered.
In this very early going, Jolly, Donald Lee, and Korey Hall have got to be wondering if they will have a job this season