ROSTER ANALYSIS

[Bretsky]

Nice piece by McGinn

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-roster-analysis-strength-will-be-key-in-deciding-who-will-stay-and-who-will-go-b9974725z1-219517431.html

[Fritz]

Nice piece by Fritz

[Joemailman]

QB (2) Rodgers, Young

RB (5) Franklin, Green, Harris, Lacy, Kuhn

OL (8) EDS, Lang, Sitton, Van Roten, Bakhtiari, Newhouse, Barclay, Sherrod

WR (6) Boykin, Cobb, Jones, Nelson, Walker, Ross

TE (4) Finley, Mulligan, Quarless, Williams

DL (7) Daniels, Jones, Neal, Wilson, Jolly, Pickett, Raji

LB (9) Lattimore, Hawk, Jones, Manning, Matthews, Moses, Mulumba, Perry, Barrington

CB (6) Bush, Hayward, House, Hyde, Shields, Williams

S (3) Burnett, Jennings, McMillian

Notes:

After final cuts, TT picks up a safety from somewhere
Green could be gone if his knee flares up again

ST (3) Crosby, Masthay, Goode

[hoosier]

Something tells me Ross isn't going to make it.

[HarveyWallbangers]

QB (2) Rodgers, Young

RB (5) Lacy, Starks, Franklin, Harris, Kuhn

OL (8) Bakhtiari, Sitton, EDS, Lang, Barclay, Newhouse, Van Roten, Taylor or Sherrod (depending if Sherrod is off PUP)

WR (5) Cobb, Jones, Nelson, Boykin, Ross

TE (4) Finley, Mulligan, Quarless, Bostick

DL (7) Raji, Pickett, Jones, Wilson, Daniels, Jolly, Neal

LB (10) Matthews, Hawk, Jones, Perry, Francois, Lattimore, Manning, Moses, Mulumba, Barrington

CB (6) Shields, Williams, Hayward, House, Hyde, Bush

S (3) Burnett, Jennings, McMillian

ST (3) Crosby, Masthay, Goode

PS candidates: Coleman, Pease, Johnson, Dorsey, Stoneburner, Walker, Boyd, Miller, Palmer, Nixon, Smith

[Joemailman]

Something tells me Ross isn't going to make it.

I wasn't going to include Ross until I realized there's only 3 safeties worth keeping. He's gone if they find a 4th, either on their own roster or elsewhere.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The TE group looks shaky. I agree with Harvey that DJ Williams might have been riding the potential train too long.

I wonder if Mulligan can fill Crabtree's shoes, Crabtree could catch and run, as we saw on that fake field goal, and was also a good blocker.

Quarless is the mystery man who could make the group respectable.

[pbmax]

Crabtree had a TD last weekend, I think it was a long one from the description I read.

[run pMc]

Good Lord, Fritz. Now I can't even think about rosters.

[Joemailman]

Good Lord, Fritz. Now I can't even think about rosters.

Focus on the Tight Ends.

[Harlan Huckleby]

RB Eddie Lacy, Johnathan Franklin, DuJuan Harris, James Starks

I'm going out on a limb and predicting the Packers will go with just 4. Pease is a viable backup option on the practice squad. Kuhn's blocking can be replaced by a TE, as McGinn mentioned.

This is one of those predictions that probably won't come true, but will certainly be forgotten. It can be bumped-back in the event that it happens.

[Tony Oday]

Nice piece by Fritz

I reposted the sh*t out of that...

[mraynrand]

I wonder if Mulligan can fill Crabtree's shoes, Crabtree could catch and run, as we saw on that fake field goal, and was also a good blocker.

Quarless is the mystery man who could make the group respectable.

That's the point: Mulligan easily fills (and surpasses) Crabtree in blocking, and they expect Quarless to easily surpass Crabtree in pass receiving. Some of Crabtree's successes were from exploiting defensive schemes that reasonably underestimated Crabtree (e.g. the TD versus AZ). So the subterfuge will be missing, but the skill levels in blocking and pass receiving increased, hypothetically.

[pbmax]

Bob seems more down on Franklin and Taylor than daily reports suggest out of camp.

[mraynrand]

Scoops McGinn seems very down on Quarless being ready and very high on Bostick's receiving abilities. Maybe Q gets another year of IR.