Official 2021 OTA/Mini-camp Thread

[Joemailman]

GREEN BAY – The NFL announced on Thursday the key dates for the Packers' offseason program, beginning with rookie minicamp next Friday and Saturday, May 14-15.

Green Bay's voluntary organized team activities are scheduled for May 24-25, and 27, plus June 1-2, 4, 7-8, and 10, with mandatory minicamp slated for June 15-17.

So May 24 is the first time Rodgers would normally be there. June 15 the first time he would have to contractually be there.

Packers will likely sign a QB or 2 before May 14.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Early Stab at the 53 Man, if ARod stays:

QB (2) - Rodgers, Love
RB (3) - Jones, Dillon, Hill
WR (5) - Adams, Lazard, MVS, Rodgers, St. Brown
TE (4) - Tonyan, Lewis, Deguara, Sternberger
OL (9) - Bakhtiari, Jenkins, Myers, Patrick, Turner, Newman, Runyan, Stepaniak, Nijman
DL (6) - Clark, Keke, Lowry, Slaton, Lancaster, Rush
OLB (5) - Z. Smith, Gary, P. Smith, Garvin, Ramsey
ILB (5) - Barnes, Martin, McDuffie, Summers, Burks
CB (6) - Alexander, Stokes, King, Sullivan, Jean-Charles, Holman
S (5) - Amos, Savage, Scott, Redmon, Black
ST (3) - Crosby, Scott, Bradley

PS - P. Taylor, M. Taylor, Dafney, Hanson, Van Lanen, Z. Johnson, Previlion, Ento, Samuels, Uphoff
Cut - Devin Funchess, Josh Jackson

Burks, Summers, and Redmon have good STs value for a team that is thinking Super Bowl. Jackson could be buried on the CB depth chart and doesn't offer a lot of STs value, so he gets cut and the Packers get a bit of cap savings. Funchess opted out and missed most of the year before. I don't think they keep him if he's buried on the depth chart--because he doesn't offer STs value. He could beat out St. Brown though. Six is probably too much at DL. Slaton is your typical big 3-4 NT. I like the idea of keeping Rush, if Barry is going to utilize that position. Maybe Rush goes to PS.

Roster looks good--except at DL. Maybe Gute and ARod will kiss and make up, then they restructure/extend ARod to free up some money for a veteran DL.

[sharpe1027]

Funchess restructured and is a cheap veteran that has good size. I wouldn't bet in him being cut. They may keep 6.

[smuggler]

Bailey Gaither looks like a damn crackhead in his roster photo. So, based on that alone, I believe he will make the team's final 53.

[Joemailman]

Bailey Gaither looks like a damn crackhead in his roster photo. So, based on that alone, I believe he will make the team's final 53.

He's just happy to be there.

[Sparkey]

He's just happy to be there.

What a half assed job of photoshopping that is.

[smuggler]

What a half assed job of photoshopping that is.

Bwahahahaha

[sharpe1027]

I wonder if age doesn't finally catch up with Lewis.

[texaspackerbacker]

Likely there will be a 3rd and maybe even a 4th QB in camp, one of whom will end up on the practice squad.

I didn't know that Anthony Rush is still around. I had some hope for him when they signed him last year, but I don't recall him even playing.

Funchess restructured? I hadn't heard that one either. I like your roster projection, Harvey. I think I'd rather have a 6th WR and one less D Lineman, though - hopefully dump Lowery, Lancaster, or ideally, both hahahaha.

[sharpe1027]

Funchess took a straight $750k paycut.

[bobblehead]

I am interested in one guy each season. This season I will watch Nijman. I want to see the next step. I hope to see it. If it happens a lot of things along the line look much better. If it doesn't happen we will have a decent OL when Bak returns.

Alongside that I will be interested to see if Jenkins plays Tackle in camp. Most years its the OL I'm focused on as I think you win in the trenches.

I've seen enough to think we can survive with Bak, Runyon, Patrick, Turner, Jenkins though. And if the rookie wins the center job, patrick is a nice 3 spot backup and Turner can play OT as well. But as I said, if Nijman is an NFL player then it all looks so much better and offers so many options. He has progressed so far as expected. PS to roster ST player. Now can he play effectively in a game. If not, its time to cut bait and our options get a little tighter. We would be a bit think at tackle. Guys who are better inside could end up at tackle until Bak returns and even after, we would be one injury away from using a guard at tackle. Really wish we had traded up for the other Jenkins.

[bobblehead]

Early Stab at the 53 Man, if ARod stays:

QB (2) - Rodgers, Love
RB (3) - Jones, Dillon, Hill
WR (5) - Adams, Lazard, MVS, Rodgers, St. Brown
TE (4) - Tonyan, Lewis, Deguara, Sternberger
OL (9) - Bakhtiari, Jenkins, Myers, Patrick, Turner, Newman, Runyan, Stepaniak, Nijman
DL (6) - Clark, Keke, Lowry, Slaton, Lancaster, Rush
OLB (5) - Z. Smith, Gary, P. Smith, Garvin, Ramsey
ILB (5) - Barnes, Martin, McDuffie, Summers, Burks
CB (6) - Alexander, Stokes, King, Sullivan, Jean-Charles, Holman
S (5) - Amos, Savage, Scott, Redmon, Black
ST (3) - Crosby, Scott, Bradley

PS - P. Taylor, M. Taylor, Dafney, Hanson, Van Lanen, Z. Johnson, Previlion, Ento, Samuels, Uphoff
Cut - Devin Funchess, Josh Jackson

Burks, Summers, and Redmon have good STs value for a team that is thinking Super Bowl. Jackson could be buried on the CB depth chart and doesn't offer a lot of STs value, so he gets cut and the Packers get a bit of cap savings. Funchess opted out and missed most of the year before. I don't think they keep him if he's buried on the depth chart--because he doesn't offer STs value. He could beat out St. Brown though. Six is probably too much at DL. Slaton is your typical big 3-4 NT. I like the idea of keeping Rush, if Barry is going to utilize that position. Maybe Rush goes to PS.

Roster looks good--except at DL. Maybe Gute and ARod will kiss and make up, then they restructure/extend ARod to free up some money for a veteran DL.

What I love about this post is that it shows just how few roster spots are up for grabs. Thats a good think except along the DL where every spot is up for grabs. This is a talented roster overall. We have a few holes, but who doesn't. If we can somehow pay a DL that is still out there....and theres a couple, then we have a very complete football team. This run game is going to be insane as long as we run the ball 25 times a game.

[Joemailman]

I think it's probably better to go with 6 WR and 5 DL. Probably want to keep an extra WR with all but Am Rodgers a free agent in 2022. Not sure you need 6 DL with Z Smith and maybe Gary taking DL snaps on passing downs.

Also not sure you need 5 ILB. Safeties now take some LB snaps on passing downs. McDuffie, Summers and Burks might be fighting for 2 spots.

[run pMc]

I think it's probably better to go with 6 WR and 5 DL. Probably want to keep an extra WR with all but Am Rodgers a free agent in 2022. Not sure you need 6 DL with Z Smith and maybe Gary taking DL snaps on passing downs.

Also not sure you need 5 ILB. Safeties now take some LB snaps on passing downs. McDuffie, Summers and Burks might be fighting for 2 spots.

Bahktiari will start on the PUP, so that frees a spot temporarily. Agree that 5 ILBs is a lot but I think technically Burks is an OLB now? I think they stash one of Slaton/Rush on the PS; 6 DL feels like a lot. Pretty sure they went with 5 WR last year; last spot will go to Funchess or St.Brown.

Josh Jackson and Hollman are likely fighting for a spot; that feels like a coin flip although I think Jackson saw more snaps last year.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I think it's probably better to go with 6 WR and 5 DL.

Probably, but I don't know if Funchess will be that guy, and I'm not sure who gets cut at DT. Rush could probably go PS, and then they'd still have a backup for the big run stuffer (Slaton).

Two of the backup ILBs are core special teams players, so they have a solid shot at making the team still.