Official Practice Squad Thread

[Joemailman]

Practice squad:

TE Messiah Swinson
DL James Ester
QB Sean Clifford
RB Ellis Merriweather
CB Robert Rochell
OL Donovan Jennings
G/C Lecitus Smith

Royce Newman, Grant DuBose, and Anthony Johnson Jr were all claimed by teams and will not be back.

Packers put in claim on K Brayden Narveson. Looks like no one else claimed him.

Samori Toure has signed with the Bears.
Michael Pratt signing with Tampa Bay

[MadtownPacker]

Oh good, my Clifford rookie cards are still in play.

[run pMc]

Sean Clifford makes sense. They can elevate him from PS for a few weeks while Willis learns the offense.
Hopefully they bring back Kalen King or Rochelle. I know Bullard can play some in the slot but five corners feels light.

[Joemailman]

Practice squad:

TE Messiah Swinson
DL James Ester
QB Sean Clifford
RB Ellis Merriweather
CB Robert Rochell
OL Donovan Jennings
G/C Lecitus Smith
CB Kalen King

Royce Newman, Grant DuBose, and Anthony Johnson Jr were all claimed by teams and will not be back.

Packers put in claim on K Brayden Narveson. Looks like no one else claimed him.

Samori Toure has signed with the Bears.
Michael Pratt signing with Tampa Bay

[Patler]

I suspect that DuBose and Johnson are guys they would like to have had on their PS.

[run pMc]

M. Swinson
Lecitus Smith
R. Rochelle
E. Merriweather
N. McCrary
Kalen King
D. Jennings
J.Hicks
A. Hale
J.Ester
S. Clifford
D. Alexandre

Greg Joseph released!

[Joemailman]

M. Swinson
Lecitus Smith
R. Rochelle
E. Merriweather
N. McCrary
Kalen King
D. Jennings
J.Hicks
A. Hale
J.Ester
S. Clifford
D. Alexandre

Greg Joseph released!

They can add 5 more eventually.

[run pMc]

I suspect that DuBose and Johnson are guys they would like to have had on their PS.

Agree. Surprised they released Johnson, would have thought they could have snuck Zayne Anderson back onto the squad more easily.

Dubose would've been nice to get back.
Toure I'm not surprsed signed elsewhere, after a few years if these guys can't beat out the top 4-5 they might as well try elsewhere. Toure is in year 3 now and was the WR8 on the GB pecking order... so he needed to find better odds at making a team.

I also suspect they would have liked to have brought Newman back on the PS under one of those vet exceptions. Having a guy with his experience to call up as a depth piece if the OL gets hit hard would have had some value. He's no AllPro, but he's more ready to play than Travis Glover.

[Patler]

I agree about Toure. I figured the only way he would be back in GB would be if he had no other practice squad offers.

Not sure they would have used a practice squad spot for Newman. I think the Packers are four deep at guard anyway. It seems they are quietly very pleased with how Monk has come along. Might as well use ps lineman spots for development type guys who won't have to do much to be the equal of Newman. His experience hasn't seemed to give him much of an advantage. If things get bad on the injury front, there always seems to be some 8-10 year o-line vets available who have been fringe starters for years. They bounce from team to team getting a handful of starts every year.

[Fritz]

I suspect that DuBose and Johnson are guys they would like to have had on their PS.

Lots of Packers - well, now former Packers - claimed and going to other teams or their practice squads. Dubose, Johnson, Kristian Welch (It paid off that he played so well against the Ravens, as they signed him), Rolled Royce Newman, Toure of course to da Bears, and Pratt to the Tampax Bay practice squad.

I am, as some have said, surprised that they didn't cut Zayne Anderson in the hopes they could sneak him back onto the team later, in order to keep Johnson or Dubose.

AND THE PACKERS HAVE A NEW KICKER!

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Glad Messiah Swinson is back. That TE room was whiter than the snow of Greenland and more vanilla than Ice Ice Baby.

[Fritz]

I think I read that the Packers still have two or three open practice squad spots. I wonder if they're waiting to see if any of the guys who got picked up this week make the game rosters in the next week or so? Or if there just aren't enough guys out there they're interested in? Or if they're negotiating PS pay with some agents (they can do that now, right?). I don't know. No big deal. I just thought it might be odd to have a few open spots on the PS, but maybe it's not.

[bobblehead]

Agree. Surprised they released Johnson, would have thought they could have snuck Zayne Anderson back onto the squad more easily.

Dubose would've been nice to get back.
Toure I'm not surprsed signed elsewhere, after a few years if these guys can't beat out the top 4-5 they might as well try elsewhere. Toure is in year 3 now and was the WR8 on the GB pecking order... so he needed to find better odds at making a team.

I also suspect they would have liked to have brought Newman back on the PS under one of those vet exceptions. Having a guy with his experience to call up as a depth piece if the OL gets hit hard would have had some value. He's no AllPro, but he's more ready to play than Travis Glover.

I'm going to play devil's advocate here....actually I'm not, I'm just going to say no he isn't. He has been terrible. He flashed as a rookie and hasn't been even below average since. He was bad against guys who won't make rosters in the pre season.

[Fritz]

I wonder if sometimes if a guy like Rolled Royce plays out of his head for one year and knows it, and later thinks, “Man, I lucked out. I made some good coin for a few years there when I wasn’t really very good.”

Like a hooker who has a good rookie year.

[Bretsky]

Did we ever hear anything about Christian Welch ? MLF and Gutey indicated he played well enough for a roster spot but they just didn't have one available with the numbers. MLF noted in a pressor he was glad he caught on with the Ravens but I didn't hear that. I was most shocked by Johnson. Hoping we don't regret that one but still at best he was our 4th safety I think.