Former Packers still playing - starting lineup

[Patler]

Lets put together a lineup of former Packers who are still playing today.
A start:


OFFENSE
TE - Tom Crabtree - #2 on depth chart in TB

LT - Allan Barbre - #2 in Philly
LG - Darryn Colledge - Starter in Arizona
C - Scott Wells - starter in St Louis
RG - Jamon Meredith - #2 for the Bucs
RT - Breno Giacomini - starter in Seattle

QB - Matt Flynn - alive in Oackland
RB - Brandon Jackson - still up in Cleveland
FB - Vonta Leach - Baltimore
WR - Greg Jennings - starter in MN
WR - ?


DEFENSE
DL- Cullen Jenkins - starting for the Giants
DL - Phillip Merling - #3 in Washington
DL - ?

LB - Desmond Bishop - #2 in MN
LB - Frank Zombo - #2 in KC
LB - Nick Barnett #2 in Washington
LB - Paris Lenon - #2 in Denver


Extra LB - DJ Smith - #3 in San Diego

CB - ?
CB - Josh Gordy - Colts
S - Charles Woodson
S - Anthony Levine - Baltimore

Special teams
Punter - Jon Ryan - Seattle
Kicker - ?
LS - J.J. Jansen (Carolina), Thomas Gafford (Kansa City), Clark Harris (Bengals) all held onto their jobs

[gbgary]

interesting. that team's better than buf.

[mraynrand]

I'd love to see that Packer defense play that O-line. 10 sacks easy.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Letting Crabtree go was TT's Cullen Jenkins Misfire of 2013.

Clearer in hindsight, obviously, but I thought it was worth resigning him at the time. Crabtree was more reliable than any TE in Packers camp this summer.

Of course Quarless yet has a chance to be the same role player and more. We'll have to see how he progresses. He does fill the tats hole.

[mraynrand]

Quarrel at 70% is vastly superior to Crabtree at 110%. Crabtree was awesome because no one respected him on offense so he could sneak a play here and there. Good blocker, good on teams. Quarrel is better on teams and prob about the same blocking. Hopefully he can recover from being burned alive.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Quarless looked crappy this preseason, perhaps because he is still coming back from injury. Saying he is better than Crabtree, when Q has done exactly zero on the field his whole career, is beyond the pale. You should be given a timeout by Madtown.

That said, hope springs eternal, I have no idea what Q will look like in November. He has the measurables, it is written.

[Joemailman]

Crabtree was carted off the field Thursday night with a leg injury,

[pbmax]

Quarless looked crappy this preseason, perhaps because he is still coming back from injury. Saying he is better than Crabtree, when Q has done exactly zero on the field his whole career, is beyond the pale. You should be given a timeout by Madtown.

He did have one phenomenal pass catch. An over the shoulder lob job from Young I think. Kind of pass that usually ends up with a TV timeout for injury.

[pbmax]

Crabtree was carted off the field Thursday night with a leg injury,

Just a sprain, nothing broken!

[mraynrand]

Quarless looked crappy this preseason, perhaps because he is still coming back from injury. Saying he is better than Crabtree, when Q has done exactly zero on the field his whole career, is beyond the pale. You should be given a timeout by Madtown.

you have a short memory (Quarless had more receptions in 2010 that Crabby has in three years)

[Joemailman]

Just a sprain, nothing broken!

So, he's out for three months? Oh wait. He's not a Packer anymore!

[pbmax]

So, he's out for three months? Oh wait. He's not a Packer anymore!

There is no timeline yet.

[Harlan Huckleby]

It could be I have forgetten Quarless's highlights. Crabtree is obviously nothing more than solid, but he didn't get a huge contract either. I think Mulligan and Crabtree had roughly equivalent contracts, but I am too lazy to verify.

edit: OK, I verified, and since I was right, I will report
Mulligan $820K for 1 year
Crabtree $1.6M for 2 years

[mraynrand]

It could be I have forgetten Quarless's highlights. Crabtree is obviously nothing more than solid, but he didn't get a huge contract either. I think Mulligan and Crabtree had roughly equivalent contracts, but I am too lazy to verify.

edit: OK, I verified, and since I was right, I will report
Mulligan $820K for 1 year
Crabtree $1.6M for 2 years

mulligan v. crabby, i like crabby. too late...

[Harlan Huckleby]

It occurs to me that Erik Walden needs to be an outside linebacker on that ex-Packer team.

Walden's meltdown in San Fran has caused people to forget how good Walden was in most of the games last year. Here is Bob McGinn to remind you:

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-walden-due-for-a-raise-jb7ilmb-178262421.html

I read a story somewhere from Indianapolis saying Walden has looked good in preseason.