Current Roster Projected to Next Year

[pbmax]

Just remember when reading the fainting waifs at JSO that they had Clifton signed up for the Redskins and Tauscher starting for the Chiefs and Bears last year prior to FA. They had the quills ready to puncture Thompson for failing to resign his own sooner.

By the time FA does hit, Thompson might not only have had more time to work through the roster, he might have had the draft already. Nothing is done yet. Much also depends on how much people pay Jenkins immediately after an injury checkered year.

[RashanGary]

The draft and how UFA plays out will effect it. I stand by my preliminary guess though. Surely it won't be 100% correct, but I think it will be a good guess.

[sharpe1027]

I think that it is is more likely than not that Jenkins will go somewhere else. There's a decent chance the Packers draft yet another DL, but even so there is still a chance he comes back. For one thing, we don't know how much money will be available to teams if they ever get a new CBA.

[Smidgeon]

Nick Barnett is a money/age decision. He's better than our #4 ILB, but he's getting paid way too much to be warming the bench. This is money we will need for our big time players. Let Barnett go, extend Hawks contract and off we go. We won't miss him.

How are the two related? They don't play the same position. It's like comparing Raji to Jenkins. They do similar things but have completely different roles in the defense. Another good comparison would be Korey Hall versus Ryan Grant. They do similar things (pass protecting, catching) but have completely different roles (Hall takes on the blockers, Grant runs past him) just like Hawk and Barnett (Hawk takes on the blockers, Barnett runs past him).

[RashanGary]

Bishop is the lock. Chillar, for the price, he's a lock too. We can't afford both Hawk and Barnett. Niether is a great plaeyr and they're both getting paid too much. If you like Barnett better, fine, move Bishop over. I don't like Barnett better so I resign Hawk. That's how they connect, to me anyway. They both play ILB and it would be nice to keep, and play, one of them in some order. Barnett can't take on blocks so he can only play one position. He's not even great at that. To me he's teh gonner. Bishop and Hawk could play either spot IMO. If injuries happen you can juggle them around if need be.

[Smidgeon]

I'm starting to think it comes down to Chillar or Barnett not Barnett or Hawk. If they're willing to cut or trade Barnett, they're probably willing to cut or trade Chillar. I think they're both making starter money.

These are the questions I have for what the Packers plan on doing: Who has more value (Barnett vs Chillar)? Who's more dependable (Barnett versus Chillar)? Who is more/less likely to get injured (Barnett vs Chillar)? Has Bishop played any of Hawk's position? Can he? If he can, it opens up a lot more things. If he can't, Barnett or Chillar has to go.