You're The GM: Find Your Next D Lineman

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Here are the cuts for D Lineman so far. I am sure I have made some mistakes and omissions, feel free to correct. Bonus points if you can count how many ex-Badgers are in the list.

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DT Antonio Johnson (Titans)
DE Ervin Baldwin and Joe Clermond (Bears)
DE Ryan McBean, DT Scott Paxson and DE Jordan Reffett (Steelers)
DE Larry Birdine (Denver)
DT Mike Marquardt and DT Montae Reagor (Eagles)
NT Remi Ayodele, NT Junior Siavii, DE Marcus Smith and DE Marcus Dixon (Cowboys)
DE Brandon Miller, DT Rashad Moore and DT Montavious Stanley (Falcons)
DE Andre Coleman, DT Lamar Divens, DE Keith Grennan and DT Keith Jackson (Chargers)
DE Victor DeGrate and DE Rudy Hardie (Lions)
DL Thomas Johnson, DL Bryan Mattison and DL Ropati Pitoitua (Jets)
DT Joe Bradley, DE Jeff Charleston, DT Dan Davis, DT Colin Ferrell and DE Ben Ishola (Colts)
DT Larry Triplett (Seahawks)
DT Kevin Brown, DE Nu'u Tafisi, DL Santonio Thomas and DL Titus Adams (Patriots)
DE Derrick Gray, DE Greyson Gunheim, DT Josh Shaw (Raiders)
DT Nick Hayden, DE Stanley McClover, DL Steve Williams (Panthers)
DT Dre Moore (fourth-round pick in 2008), DE Patrick Chukwurah, DE Charles Bennett (Bucs)
DT Anthony Toribio (Dolphins)
DT Jason Jefferson, DE Derrick Jones, DT Corey Mace, DT Teraz McCray (Bills)

[HarveyWallbangers]

DT Antonio Johnson (Titans)
DEs Ervin Baldwin and Joe Clermond (Bears)
DE Ryan McBean, DT Scott Paxson and DE Jordan Reffett (Steelers)
DE Larry Birdine (Denver)
DT Mike Marquardt and DT Montae Reagor (Eagles)
NT Remi Ayodele, NT Junior Siavii, DE Marcus Smith and DE Marcus Dixon (Cowboys)
DE Brandon Miller, DT Rashad Moore and DT Montavious Stanley (Falcons)
DE Andre Coleman, DT Lamar Divens, DE Keith Grennan and DT Keith Jackson (Chargers)
DeGrate, Victor DE and Hardie, Rudy DE (Lions)
DL Thomas Johnson, DL Bryan Mattison and DL Ropati Pitoitua (Jets)
DT Joe Bradley, DE Jeff Charleston, DT Dan Davis, DT Colin Ferrell and DE Ben Ishola (Colts)
DT Larry Triplett (Seahawks)
DT Kevin Brown, DE Nu'u Tafisi, DL Santonio Thomas and DL Titus Adams (Patriots)
DE Derrick Gray, DE Greyson Gunheim, DT Josh Shaw (Raiders)
DT Nick Hayden, DE Stanley McClover, DL Steve Williams (Panthers)
DT Dre Moore (fourth-round pick in 2008), DE Patrick Chukwurah, DE Charles Bennett (Bucs)
DT Anthony Toribio (Dolphins)
DT Jason Jefferson, DE Derrick Jones, DT Corey Mace, DT Teraz McCray (Bills)

The one problem is that the Packers waiver priority will be low, so they may like somebody but not get him in a claim.

Junior Siavii (Dallas) and Santonio Thomas (New England) are two guys I'd look at. Dallas and New England are loaded on the DL, and these guys were the odd men out.

I think Larry Triplett is kind of undersized, and wouldn't fit our scheme that well.

Dre Moore was a 4th round pick this year.

Antonio Johnson was a 5th round pick last year.

Remi Ayodele got some run with the Cowboys last year. Rashad Moore is a run stuffing type DT.

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DE C.J. Ah You (Rams)
DE Rosevelt Colvin, DT Gabe Long, DT Anthony Maddox, DE Jesse Nading (Texans)
DL Jason Banks and Keilen Dykes. (Cardinals)
DL Darrell Campbell, DT Amon Gordon, DL Lorenzo Williams, (Ravens)
DT Matthias Askew, DT Ryan Boschetti, (Indigenous Persons)
DT Atiyyah Ellison, DT LaJuan Ramsey, DE Louis Holmes, DT Walter Curry (49ers)
DE Leger Douzable, DE Chris Norwell (Vikings)
DT Jesse Mahelona, DE Kenny Pettway and DE Bo SchobelDE Mkristo Bruce (Jaguars)
DT Orien Harris, DE Josh Savage (Saints)
DE Wallace Gilberry, DE Alex Morrow, DT Jeremy Clark, DT Ogemdi Nwagbuo (Giants)
DE Jason Parker, DE Johnny Dingle,. DT Derek Lokey (Chefs)
DL Melila Purcel, DL Chase Pittman (injured) (Browns)
NT Thomas Johnson (Jets)
DE Antwon Burton, DE Eric Henderson,DE Angelo Craig (Bengals)

[Bretsky]

Re: You're The GM: Find Your Next D Lineman

Here are the cuts for D Lineman so far. I am sure I have made some mistakes and omissions, feel free to correct. Bonus points if you can count how many ex-Badgers are in the list.

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[ND72]

Re: You're The GM: Find Your Next D Lineman

Here are the cuts for D Lineman so far. I am sure I have made some mistakes and omissions, feel free to correct. Bonus points if you can count how many ex-Badgers are in the list.

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I'd take a shot with Nick Hayden

[Bretsky]

Re: You're The GM: Find Your Next D Lineman

Here are the cuts for D Lineman so far. I am sure I have made some mistakes and omissions, feel free to correct. Bonus points if you can count how many ex-Badgers are in the list.

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I'd take a shot with Nick Hayden

I believe Hayden and Jason Jefferson are the two. I don't recognize any others

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Didn't Larry Birdine play good for us in the pre-season last year or the year before.

[Bretsky]

Didn't Larry Birdine play good for us in the pre-season last year or the year before.

I thought Birdine looked good for us last year and was a late cut back when our DL depth was healthy and deep

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Didn't Larry Birdine play good for us in the pre-season last year or the year before.

Yep. He was one of the better players cut if I remember correctly. He had a few forced fumbles in the pre-season I seem to remember.

I am surprised he has bounced around as much as he has. I thought he'd be a good player.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Remember that Birdine had a serious issue with stamina, so he could look good in short stints playing against backups.

[Brohm]

Hopefully there is a young big-bodied run stuffer in there somewhere (or on someone elses roster that we can trade for) that TT likes. A good NT to spell Pickett, unfortunately those are even harder to come by. But hey Pickett fell through the cracks to us in free agency, maybe another misjudged NT is out there :P

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Didn't Larry Birdine play good for us in the pre-season last year or the year before.

Yep. He was one of the better players cut if I remember correctly. He had a few forced fumbles in the pre-season I seem to remember.

I am surprised he has bounced around as much as he has. I thought he'd be a good player.

Birdine had serious motivation/conditioning issues with us during the first part of camp, and only came on towards the end, playing well in 2-3 preseason games. It's possible that these issues followed him elsewhere. IIRC he was offered a PS spot here, but declined it hoping to go somewhere he'd have more of an opportunity.

For example, an August 2 camp report last year had this to say about Birdine:

"Last year, one scout said of Oklahoma DE Larry Birdine: "Shuts it down when fatigued. Will hit the wall in tough workouts and struggle to finish. Questionable mental toughness. Likes to play on Saturdays." Give that man a raise. On Thursday morning, the rookie free agent barely made it through one of defensive line coach Robert Nunn's taxing individual periods. Then Birdine barely made it off the field before collapsing on all fours only 2 or 3 yards out of bounds during a team period. After several minutes, defensive end coach Carl Hairston inconspicuously came over to Birdine, leaned down and gave him a quick, sharp piece of his mind. Other players were snickering as one of the trainers stretched out Birdine, trying to get him up. A few fans in attendance snapped some pictures, prompting one defensive lineman to say later, "You can't let cameras get you like that." After 5 minutes, Birdine slowly walked the 100 yards or so to the cooling area and sat in the shade for the remainder of practice. Birdine was back practicing at night but he almost needn't have bothered. After that embarrassing episode, his career in Green Bay won't have long to last. "

So that sort of thing may be why he didn't make it elsewhere. I recall him coming on late in the preseason though, so who knows.

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DT Antonio Johnson (Titans)
NT Remi Ayodele, NT Junior Siavii, (Cowboys)
DT Rashad Moore (Falcons)
DT Keith Jackson (Chargers)
DT Dre Moore (fourth-round pick in 2008) (Bucs)

These are some of the guys who have run stuffing potential.

Isn't that our old TEs kid from Arkansas? I thought he was a pretty big prospect? I wouldn't mind bringing him in.

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McGinn on JSOnline "Packers Cut Backs"

McGinn says today that a scout says the Packers will not find DT relief in the cuts. If there is something there, the guy will not fall to them in the waiver order. We should know the waiver claims by early afternoon.

A scout also tells McGinn that Lasagna is a definite candidate for the practice squad because he can rush the passer and seems to indicate that Finley will eventually do the things Humphrey can do, and better, which would make Haynos a natural third TE or backup to provide blocking if they can get him on the PS.