Bedard's Roster

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Where is Patler to point out that I had this wrong!?

Andrew Brandt at National Football Post[/b]]This is also the time when players are placed on reserve/injured with injuries that are, uh, season-ending. Officially, the team doctor has to certify that the injury is “major,” which qualifies it for a minimum six-week time frame and can leave the upper time limit indefinite. As to confirming the veracity of such injuries, the league has spot-checkers who appear at team headquarters to check on them. However, this seldom happens; in my nine years with the Packers, I encountered one spot-checker.

[KYPack]

Could you put 3 guys on it?

I doubt GB will do that, but it could be done, no?

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Could you put 3 guys on it?

I doubt GB will do that, but it could be done, no?

I think so. I have not heard of a limit before.

[SnakeLH2006]

Bedard is worse than 90% of the Rat Posters. He sucks much fucking ass....and then some. Fuck JSO.

[packrulz]

Mike at GBPG had a similar roster to mine, but he predicts that Lee and Underwood (along with Harrell and perhaps Peprah) will get put on IR.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/insider/index.shtml

If so, that will open up the roster a little bit. Perhaps Sutton or Lumpkin (because of Jackson's injury) and Havner (because of his special teams play) find a way onto the roster then. If Lee and Underwood are put on IR, then I'd have to take Rouse over Lansanah because it would leave the Packers short in the secondary.

Quarterbacks (3)
Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn, Brian Brohm

Running backs (6)
Ryan Grant, Korey Hall, Brandon Jackson, DeShawn Wynn, Tyrell Sutton, Quinn Johnson

Receivers (5)
Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Ruvell Martin

Tight ends (3)
Donald Lee, Jermichael Finley, Spencer Havner

Offensive line (9)
Chad Clifton, Daryn Colledge, Jason Spitz, Josh Sitton, Allen Barbre, Scott Wells, Breno Giacomini, T.J. Lang, Jamon Meredith

Defensive line (6)
Johnny Jolly, Ryan Pickett, Cullen Jenkins, B.J. Raji, Jarius Wynn, Michael Montgomery

Linebacker (9)
Aaron Kampman, Nick Barnett, A.J. Hawk, Clay Matthews, Brady Poppinga, Brandon Chillar, Jeremy Thompson, Desmond Bishop, Brad Jones

Defensive back (9)
Charles Woodson, Al Harris, Nick Collins, Atari Bigby, Tramon Williams, Will Blackmon, Anthony Smith, Jarrett Bush, Aaron Rouse

Specialists (3)
Mason Crosby, Jeremy Kapinos, Brett Goode

IR (4)
Justin Harrell, Patrick Lee, Charlie Peprah, Brandon Underwood

It looks like battles between Sutton and Lumpkin (RB), Hall and Kuhn (FB), Meredith and Moll (OL), Havner and Lansanah (ST). I see RB and TE being two positions that the Packers will be looking closely elsewhere at cuts.

This looks about right but I'd rather let Havner and Lansanah go, let Kuhn backup at TE, keep Lumpy, and put Sutton on the PS, keep Lee active, he needs the reps. There's a lot of good rookie RB's this year, I really doubt any team would claim Sutton since he's short and slow. I think Underwood would stick on the PS too.
Practice Squad: Sutton, Underwood, Swain, Toribio, Obiozor, Evan Dietrich-Smith.

[Fritz]

That's a fantasy practice squad, I think. From most accounts, such as Bedard's, Obiozor wouldn't last five minutes after being cut.

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Bedard has updated his roster.

He has Lumpkin making it with Sutton over Wynn, who had a lackluster 2.9 YPC in preseason. Says he knows this will cost them pass blocking on 3rd down.

Joe Porter is your fifth CB as he now has Lee going on IR and Underwood cut or given an injury settlement.

Rouse gets the call of Peprah. Bedard's says his latest info on Peprah's injury (from last week) is that the cause is still unknown.

Also warns that the scout who brought Brad Jones to the Packers attention (Lenny McGill) is now the assistant to the assistant traveling secretary in defense deficient Denver (actually he is the Asst. Director of College Scouting).

[Fritz]

Joe Porter, though. Why him?

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Tom Pelissero's 53 from the Green Bay Pres Gazette

QB
Now (3): Rodgers*, Flynn, Brohm.

RUNNING BACKS
Now (5): Grant*, Jackson, Wynn, Hall*, Johnson.

RECEIVERS
Now (5): Jennings*, Driver*, Nelson, Jones, Martin.

TIGHT ENDS
Now (3): Lee*, Finley, Havner/waivers.

OFFENSIVE LINE
Now (9): LT Clifton*, LG Colledge*, C Spitz*, RG Sitton*, RT Barbre*, Wells, Lang, Giacomini, Meredith.

DEFENSIVE LINE
Now (6): LE Jolly*, NT Pickett*, RE Jenkins*, Raji, Montgomery, Wynn.

LINEBACKERS
Now (9): LOLB Kampman*, MILB Hawk*, WILB Barnett*, ROLB Poppinga*, Matthews, Thompson, Chillar, Bishop, Jones.

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Now (10): CB Harris*, CB Woodson*, FS Collins*, SS Bigby*, Smith, Williams, Blackmon, Bush, Rouse, Lee/waivers.

SPECIALISTS
Now (3): K Crosby, LS Goode, P Kapinos.

PRACTICE SQUAD
Sutton, Lumpkin, Swain, Dietrich-Smith, Toribio, Talley, Lansanah and Underwood.

[pbmax]

Joe Porter, though. Why him?

For the fifth CB spot, he is assuming that neither Lee nor Underwood will be ready early enough. If they keep four, Blackmon is a depth chart #4 and he is injured. That would leave the backup job to Jarret Bush.

Basically he thinks they need a healthy body more than they need J BUsh at CB anytime soon

[mraynrand]

That's a fantasy practice squad, I think. From most accounts, such as Bedard's, Obiozor wouldn't last five minutes after being cut.

Too bad he didn't suffer a severe injury in the final preseason game - you could have stashed him on IR.

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This blog roster from Rob Demovsky probably breaks the questions down the best. First are his guarantees, then the battles for the last spots.

Demovsky's 53
When compiling a mock 53-man roster, one thing that can’t be known is which players will be available on the waiver wire or via trade. General Manager Ted Thompson has typically made a move or two on the day of the final cuts or the day after.

But taking the current 75-man roster and trimming it to 53 shouldn’t be that difficult. In fact, at first glance, there are probably 49 players almost assured of a spot, barring a trade.

Here are those 49:

Quarterbacks (3)
Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn, Brian Brohm

Running backs (4)
Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson, DeShawn Wynn, Quinn Johnson

Receivers (5)
Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Ruvell Martin

Tight ends (2)
Donald Lee, Jermichael Finley

Offensive line (8)
Chad Clifton, Daryn Colledge, Jason Spitz, Josh Sitton, Allen Barbre, Scott Wells, Breno Giacomini, T.J. Lang,

Defensive line (6)
Johnny Jolly, Ryan Pickett, Cullen Jenkins, B.J. Raji, Michael Montgomery, Jarius Wynn

Linebacker (9)
Aaron Kampman, Nick Barnett, A.J. Hawk, Brady Poppinga, Brandon Chillar, Clay Matthews, Jeremy Thompson, Desmond Bishop, Brad Jones

Defensive back (9)
Al Harris, Charles Woodson, Tramon Williams, Will Blackmon, Nick Collins, Atari Bigby, Anthony Smith, Aaron Rouse, Jarrett Bush

Specialists (3)
Mason Crosby, Jeremy Kapinos, Brett Goode.

The remaining four roster spots probably come from this pool of players: CB Pat Lee, CB Brandon Underwood, S Charlie Peprah, RB Tyrell Sutton, RB Kregg Lumpkin, FB John Kuhn, FB Korey Hall, LB/TE Spencer Havner, G/T Tony Moll, DE Justin Harrell.

Lee (knee), Underwood (stinger), Peprah (knee) and Harrell (back) are strong candidates for injured reserve, so take them out of the mix.

The injuries in the defensive backfield could complicate things, but the guess here is they'll have enough healthy bodies for the opener from that group of nine.

One of the two fullbacks will make it. It’s a close call, but give the nod to Hall.

That leaves three spots. Another halfback could stick, especially if Jackson’s ankle injury would keep him out of the regular-season opener against Chicago. Sutton gets the nod over Lumpkin.

That leaves two spots. Havner has been a regular on all the No. 1 special teams, and his value as a three-way player gets him a spot.

Now the last spot. It has to be an offensive lineman. The question here is whether they think Meredith would be claimed by another team. If so, they have to keep him instead of Moll. But Meredith isn’t NFL ready. Like many linemen, he needs a year to develop. If they think no one would put Meredith on a roster, then they could sneak him through to the practice squad and keep Moll. But Moll’s salary ($1.01 million) seems awfully high for a backup.

As with Bedard, this roster guess presumes no trades or waiver pickups.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Get rid of Giacomini and try luck with the NFL scrap heap.

[Fritz]

That's a fantasy practice squad, I think. From most accounts, such as Bedard's, Obiozor wouldn't last five minutes after being cut.

Too bad he didn't suffer a severe injury in the final preseason game - you could have stashed him on IR.

Uhhh....he did. It was, uh, a, uh, . . . . head injury. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Sigh. Ted could learn from us.

[Tarlam!]

Get rid of Giacomini and try luck with the NFL scrap heap.

Yeah right, and in-so-doing have Wisconsin declare war on Brazil. You have a lot to learn about world piece, Blue Dog.