53 Man Roster Prediction After 2 Preseason Games Edition

[Joemailman]

QB (2) Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn
RB (3) Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson, Quinn Porter
FB (2) John Kuhn, Korey Hall
WR (4) Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson
TE (4) Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee, Spencer Havner, Andrew Quarless
OL (9) Chad Clifton, Daryn College, Scott Wells, Josh Sitton, Mark Tauscher, Bryan Bulaga, Jason Spitz, T.J. Lang, Evan Dietrich Smith
DL (7) Ryan Pickett, B.J. Raji, Cullen Jenkins, Justin Harrell, Mike Neal, C.J. Wilson, Jarius Wynn
LB (8) Clay Matthews, A.J. Hawk, Nick Barnett, Brandon Chillar, Brady Poppinga, Desmond Bishop, Brad Jones, Frank Zombo
CB (6) Charles Woodson, Tramon Williams, Al Harris, Pat Lee, Brandon Underwood, Sam Shields
S (5) Morgan Burnett, Nick Collins, Derrick Martin, Will Blackmon, Atari Bigby
ST (3) Crosby, Bryan, Goode


IR: James Starks, Josh Bell

Practice Squad: Graham Harrell, Tom Crabtree, Anthony Toribio, Robert Francois, Cyril Obiozor (eligible?), Anthony Levine, Marshall Newhouse,


Notes: Peprah makes it if Bigby is put on PUP
Toribio makes it if Justin Harrell gets hurt.

[packerbacker1234]

I think they keep one less linemen and Brett Swain makes the roster. He is too valuable on special teams, our biggest weakness, to not make it.

[falco]

I think you are spot on Joe. I think Zombo looked very good last night and will make the roster.

[falco]

I think they keep one less linemen and Brett Swain makes the roster. He is too valuable on special teams, our biggest weakness, to not make it.

Oline? I don't think we can afford to go with less than 9. We have two aging veterans who both missed time last year due to injury as our tackles. We need to have youth available.

[bobblehead]

Re: 53 Man Roster Prediction After 2 Preseason Games Edition

QB (2) Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn
RB (3) Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson, Quinn Porter
FB (2) John Kuhn, Korey Hall
WR (4) Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson
TE (4) Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee, Spencer Havner, Andrew Quarless
OL (9) Chad Clifton, Daryn College, Scott Wells, Josh Sitton, Mark Tauscher, Bryan Bulaga, Jason Spitz, T.J. Lang, Evan Dietrich Smith
DL (7) Ryan Pickett, B.J. Raji, Cullen Jenkins, Justin Harrell, Mike Neal, C.J. Wilson, Jarius Wynn
LB (8) Clay Matthews, A.J. Hawk, Nick Barnett, Brandon Chillar, Brady Poppinga, Desmond Bishop, Brad Jones, Frank Zombo
CB (6) Charles Woodson, Tramon Williams, Al Harris, Pat Lee, Brandon Underwood, Sam Shields
S (5) Morgan Burnett, Nick Collins, Derrick Martin, Will Blackmon, Atari Bigby
ST (3) Crosby, Bryan, Goode


IR: James Starks, Josh Bell

Practice Squad: Graham Harrell, Tom Crabtree, Anthony Toribio, Robert Francois, Cyril Obiozor (eligible?), Anthony Levine, Marshall Newhouse,


Notes: Peprah makes it if Bigby is put on PUP
Toribio makes it if Justin Harrell gets hurt.

Just places I disagree:

I think Porter doesn't make it, and we keep the 3 FB's again. PS for him.

I sort of agree with the OL, but do we really keep 2 pure centers and Spitz?? Not sure what other angle we might play, but one of the young guys with potential may get the nod, but I can't imagine how you cut the centers when they all have earned a spot.

I think Jarius wynn is a goner unless they think Wilson may slip to practice squad. I don't see them keeping both these guys. More likely they go with 6.

Other than that I can't argue with you (and I guess I didn't really). We are a funny team, but TT is his own man. 4 TE's and 3 FB's...soon all the teams will be doing it.

[Lurker64]

Hard to predict the roster at this point since I'm almost 100% certain that Thompson is going to swing some trade near the final cutdowns to prop up a position where we lack depth. My guess is we get a LB or an RB at cutdowns, if not both.

Colledge, Spitz, Bush, and Quinn Johnson could all be tradeable assets.

[vince]

Not much to argue with there. I think Starks is PUP'd for six weeks instead of/prior to IR.

Crabtree was given a few plays with the 1's last night in a traditional TE position with Finley spread out at the same time. Quarless also doubled up with Finley on at least one occasion. Not sure it means much at this point, but it could suggest that Lee's salary may get him squeezed out. Lee was on many of the first-team special teams however.

[vince]

I haven't read much about EDS this preseason, but he seems to me to have a bigger gut and has been less effective this year than last.

[swede]

Re: 53 Man Roster Prediction After 2 Preseason Games Edition

You nailed the defense, Joe.

I quibbled over some of the offensive players, bolded changes, and inserted comments into your quote. Nice post!

QB (2) Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn
**Although make room for Graham Harrel if he continues to improve.

RB (2) Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson
FB (3) John Kuhn, Korey Hall, Quinn Johnson
**Kuhn showed the ability to be the third RB if necessary. I thought Johnson was ready to be unceremoniously dumped, but he and the team look much more in synch this week--the kid is smashmouth.


WR (4) Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson
**Pfft...who else do you need? Finley and Quarless can split out sometimes.


TE (5) Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee, Spencer Havner, Andrew Quarless, Tom Crabtree
**They love Crabtree and Haevner tapes ankles if the trainer goes down and drives the bus if the driver gets sick.


OL (8) Chad Clifton, Daryn College, Scott Wells, Josh Sitton, Mark Tauscher, Bryan Bulaga, Jason Spitz, T.J. Lang
**A very versatile line. We are two and three deep at every position because of Bulaga and Spitz. Would the 9th guy be a tackle, a guard, or a center?


DL (7) Ryan Pickett, B.J. Raji, Cullen Jenkins, Justin Harrell, Mike Neal, C.J. Wilson, Jarius Wynn
LB (8) Clay Matthews, A.J. Hawk, Nick Barnett, Brandon Chillar, Brady Poppinga, Desmond Bishop, Brad Jones, Frank Zombo
CB (6) Charles Woodson, Tramon Williams, Al Harris, Pat Lee, Brandon Underwood, Sam Shields
S (5) Morgan Burnett, Nick Collins, Derrick Martin, Will Blackmon, Atari Bigby
ST (3) Crosby, Bryan, Goode


IR: James Starks, Josh Bell

Practice Squad: Graham Harrell, Anthony Toribio, Robert Francois, Cyril Obiozor (eligible?), Anthony Levine, Marshall Newhouse,
**There are lots of fine players on that practice squad.


Notes: Peprah makes it if Bigby is put on PUP
Toribio makes it if Justin Harrell gets hurt.

[Lurker64]

Swede: you had Crabtree on the roster and the practice squad. I don't think he's that versatile.

Also, Obiozor is PS eligible since he has less than 9 games under his belt (he has 5) and wasn't on the regular season roster the whole year.

Toribio, however, is not since a team is prohibited from keeping a player on the practice squad for more than 2 years. He was on the PS for the last two. This year he either makes the team, or he's gone. Other than that, the PS complement is fine. Probably won't see all those players make it through waivers though, and Thompson does like to use the PS to exhaustively scout street FAs, so there'll be one or two revolving door slots.

[swede]

Swede: you had Crabtree on the roster and the practice squad. I don't think he's that versatile.

Heh...forgot to delete him from Joe's PS predictions. I'll fix it.

You are right about TT usually keeping a few PS spots open for street FA's. Joe is good, but he's not going to predict which three street FA's TT signs to the PS.

[Merlin]

The only places I think the numbers are off are OL - I don't think we keep 9, I think we keep 3 FB's, Quinn Johnson is a real talent, and I don't think we will keep 4 TE's. We may keep 4 RB's and another DL, who those may be I don't know. I haven't been impressed with anyone accept Quinn, Bulaga, Bryan, and Shields (outside of his rock hands).

I would like to see some other players brought in to camp and would like Thompson to start shopping around the bubble players with value now.

[bobblehead]

Re: 53 Man Roster Prediction After 2 Preseason Games Edition

You nailed the defense, Joe.

I quibbled over some of the offensive players, bolded changes, and inserted comments into your quote. Nice post!

QB (2) Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn
**Although make room for Graham Harrel if he continues to improve.

RB (2) Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson
FB (3) John Kuhn, Korey Hall, Quinn Johnson
**Kuhn showed the ability to be the third RB if necessary. I thought Johnson was ready to be unceremoniously dumped, but he and the team look much more in synch this week--the kid is smashmouth.


WR (4) Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson
**Pfft...who else do you need? Finley and Quarless can split out sometimes.


TE (5) Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee, Spencer Havner, Andrew Quarless, Tom Crabtree
**They love Crabtree and Haevner tapes ankles if the trainer goes down and drives the bus if the driver gets sick.


OL (8) Chad Clifton, Daryn College, Scott Wells, Josh Sitton, Mark Tauscher, Bryan Bulaga, Jason Spitz, T.J. Lang
**A very versatile line. We are two and three deep at every position because of Bulaga and Spitz. Would the 9th guy be a tackle, a guard, or a center?


DL (7) Ryan Pickett, B.J. Raji, Cullen Jenkins, Justin Harrell, Mike Neal, C.J. Wilson, Jarius Wynn
LB (8) Clay Matthews, A.J. Hawk, Nick Barnett, Brandon Chillar, Brady Poppinga, Desmond Bishop, Brad Jones, Frank Zombo
CB (6) Charles Woodson, Tramon Williams, Al Harris, Pat Lee, Brandon Underwood, Sam Shields
S (5) Morgan Burnett, Nick Collins, Derrick Martin, Will Blackmon, Atari Bigby
ST (3) Crosby, Bryan, Goode


IR: James Starks, Josh Bell

Practice Squad: Graham Harrell, Anthony Toribio, Robert Francois, Cyril Obiozor (eligible?), Anthony Levine, Marshall Newhouse,
**There are lots of fine players on that practice squad.


Notes: Peprah makes it if Bigby is put on PUP
Toribio makes it if Justin Harrell gets hurt.

I like your style swede...I thought i was bold adding the 3rd FB (due to Kuhn's versatility), but you trumped me by adding a 5th TE. Has it ever been done before?? I wouldn't complain if they did it though.

[Fritz]

I predict they keep Kuhn as the third halfback, keep Hall and Johnson, cut Donald Lee, and make a trade for a backup linebacker before the end of training camp.

[Tony Oday]

I think they keep Havner as a FB, TE, LB, Punter and ST coach