2010 Super Bowl team - half gone

[Patler]

Half the roster from the SB team is no longer with the Packers. I was surprised to read this in an article at GBPG:

Just 27 players from their 53-man Super Bowl championship team two years ago remained on the active roster when the 2012 season ended two weeks ago.

http://www.packersnews.com/article/2...l-roster-churn

[denverYooper]

How else do you keep the youngest team in the NFL every year?

[Joemailman]

How else do you keep the youngest team in the NFL every year?

Actually, the Packers were only 5th youngest this year. However, with Saturday, Driver, and perhaps Woodson not back this year, the Packers may be back on top.

[denverYooper]

Kidding aside, these numbers don't mean much to me without some context. Maybe 30% per year is not that far from normal in the NFL, and I doubt that it is "staggering".
But I don't know because Vandermause doesn't tell us that part. I guess the article just wouldn't have the same bite if he noted that average roster churn was 25% +/- 3% and that the Packers are >1 SD above the normal roster turnover.

[denverYooper]

Actually, the Packers were only 5th youngest this year. However, with Saturday, Driver, and perhaps Woodson not back this year, the Packers may be back on top.

YES!

They need to bring back the hunger.

[hoosier]

The Packers draft 7-9 guys each year and sign 1-3 undrafted FAs. It stands to reason that a dozen or so players are going to leave each year. Wouldn't it be more meaningful to look at which of the major contributors on the 2010 are no longer around? Nick Collins, Scott Wells, and now Greg Jennings and possibly Woodson.

[rbaloha1]

Its time to blow-up the roster Seahawk style.

For the naysayers that say do not overreact -- the NFL is changing pronto and the Packers better adjust. We can all debate is the spread option a fad. In the immediate future teams will be utilizing it in varying degrees. For example, according to SI, CK ran the spread option 14 times against the Packers but only once against the Falcons.

Bottom Line: Success or Failure against the spread option shall result in winning or losing games. Currently the Packers do not have the right personnel and schemes to stop it. Requires gap discipline and players capable of playing assignment football -- something the Packers lack hugely.

[KYPack]

This is an example of the mid-winter post season filler story.

it's about as amazing as "Parking lots empty each day at 5:30".

it might have been interesting if he compared our turnover with that of other teams.

[rbaloha1]

This is an example of the mid-winter post season filler story.

it's about as amazing as "Parking lots empty each day at 5:30".

it might have been interesting if he compared our turnover with that of other teams.

Last season the Seahawks turnover was 75 per cent. Packers need an ovehaul albeit not at 75 per cent.

[Patler]

There is another aspect to comparing end of year rosters in 2010 and 2012. Each team had significant injuries with many players brought in during the year to replace those on IR. It was expected that many of the players on the SB roster wouldn't be there in 2011, let alone 2012. It might be more informative to look at the start of season roster in 2010 to the start of season roster in 2012.

[rbaloha1]

There is another aspect to comparing end of year rosters in 2010 and 2012. Each team had significant injuries with many players brought in during the year to replace those on IR. It was expected that many of the players on the SB roster wouldn't be there in 2011, let alone 2012. It might be more informative to look at the start of season roster in 2010 to the start of season roster in 2012.

Injuries certainly play a role especially with the Packers. If an overachiever/fa gets injured the Packers need to release earlier (i.e. Zombo types).

[Pugger]

Last season the Seahawks turnover was 75 per cent. Packers need an ovehaul albeit not at 75 per cent.

I don't think we need an overhaul. We need just a few new players here and there:

RB
QB - to back up AR instead of Graham
C - to give EDS competition
DE
ILB
S

[rbaloha1]

I don't think we need an overhaul. We need just a few new players here and there:

RB
QB - to back up AR instead of Graham
C - to give EDS competition
DE
ILB
S

Is 30 per cent too high?

[Pugger]

30% this offseason? Maybe. It will depend, of course, on how our injured guys do coming back and what we get in the draft.

[rbaloha1]

30% this offseason? Maybe. It will depend, of course, on how our injured guys do coming back and what we get in the draft.

A low turnover rate = same head scratching off season