Defensive line depth

[smuggler]

Bulaga had a slightly above average to fair first season. He progressed as the season went along. If he comes in and plays like he did in the playoffs from day one 2011 and doesn't improve, I would say he is solid, maybe almost good, but no more.

I'm hoping for a leap in year 2 from Bulaga, but we'll see.

[Smidgeon]

Bulaga had a slightly above average to fair first season. He progressed as the season went along. If he comes in and plays like he did in the playoffs from day one 2011 and doesn't improve, I would say he is solid, maybe almost good, but no more.

I'm hoping for a leap in year 2 from Bulaga, but we'll see.

I didn't say he was all world. I said he was solid. And I think he already made that jump. Apparently he's dominating one on ones, including against the Claymaker.

[Lurker64]

While we may only need 6 and dress 5 on game days, injuries will plague at least one of these guys, besides Wynn is only a warm body.

6 on the roster, 5 active on game days is actually the most we will do barring exceptional circumstances. DL don't play on special teams, so you dress as few of them as you can get away with.

Also, I don't think Wynn is only a warm body. He's actually probably the best natural pass rusher of the DL, he's just not stout or strong enough (or at least hasn't been) in order to merit starting or playing extensively. But he knows what he's doing when trying to get past an OL. Whether he'll ever turn into a player, who knows? But he probably trades off with Howard Green as the healthy scratch this year.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Wynn is barely an NFL player.

I'm in a grumpy mood. Looking over the just-released depth chart, the Packers have a solid, stable roster. The starters are pretty much set, with plenty of 2nd stringers good enough to start. EXCEPT THE DEFENSIVE LINE DEPTH. Very marginal players in Wynn, Green and CJ Wilson. Those guys are OK to play 15 snaps, but we're in deep doo-doo if a starter is lost for the season.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Green and Wilson weren't marginal in my eyes last year. Could they be this year? Sure. Based off last year, I'd say both are really solid backups.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Green has looked pretty good, Wilson has taken a step back. Green is a 32-year-old big guy. I wish the team had one more quality player to plug-in in the event of an injury, which is likely after all.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Well, going off training camp reports, then we should be fine. Dunne said Wynn looked good tonight.

[Guiness]

Has there been any movement on Jolly's status? I would have thought some sort of word, yay or nay, would have come down by now. I guess it was an indefinite suspension, so if the league wants to keep him suspended, they just have to keep on doing nothing.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I don't expect him back.

[Harlan Huckleby]

If you look across the roster, I think the Packers could keep rolling with the loss of any player, with the possible exception of the defensive line. The team could win with Matt Flynn. Clay Matthews loss would make the team weaker, but they have guys who can play. I see the drop off from #3 to #4 in the defensive line rotation to be a real cliff. Which of those backups would you be comfortable playing 60 snaps as a starter? Green lacks endurance. Wynn is iffy, IMO. Maybe Wilson.

[hoosier]

If you look across the roster, I think the Packers could keep rolling with the loss of any player, with the possible exception of the defensive line. The team could win with Matt Flynn. Clay Matthews loss would make the team weaker, but they have guys who can play. I see the drop off from #3 to #4 in the defensive line rotation to be a real cliff. Which of those backups would you be comfortable playing 60 snaps as a starter? Green lacks endurance. Wynn is iffy, IMO. Maybe Wilson.

Losing Rodgers, Raji or Matthews for the long haul would very hard to overcome. Flynn might be able to pull a Cassel and lead them to the playoffs, but a Rodgers-less Packers team would clearly be lagging behind Philly, Atlanta and not clearly better than New Orleans and Tampa Bay. Losing Matthews or Raji would make it much easier for the opposing offense to focus on neutralizing one guy on defense.

I would worry much less about losing Pickett or Neal. Green was the de facto starter for the second half of last year and will do just fine when they put three DL on the field. The dropoff from Neal to Wilson or Wynn in the nickel probably isn't that great, unless Neal turns out to be a terror this year.

[mraynrand]

By the way, someone mentioned Raji is unmovable. That is actually the only mark against him so far. He isn't as stout as Pickett in the middle. He can get moved or turned by doubles. But he will learn. Pickett went through the same thing when Capers arrived.

BJ Haji needs to lower that anchor. He's a bit top heavy at times

[vince]

Wilson is a good football player all around. Wynn is a liability against the run, but he won't play in base no matter who gets hurt. They'll bring the Gravedigger back before that happens.

[rbaloha1]

Wilson is a good football player all around. Wynn is a liability against the run, but he won't play in base no matter who gets hurt. They'll bring the Gravedigger back before that happens.

Correct. Wynn is a tweener. Third down rush end only.

[red]

the raji some makes a ton of sense. picket is bigger and seems like more of an immoveable object, where raj
i is a little more athletic.

pickett should make for a perfect nose, and BJ should replace jenkins nicely