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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 381299" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As a couple stories say, the final roster may still not be set. And like many teams, the Packers may look to add a vet after the first game because contracts aren’t guaranteed for the season if the player isn’t on the opening day roster. More likely in the Packers case if an interior OL backup they like is available, they’ll sign him ASAP. At least I hope they do. If they do sign a vet and/or win a waiver wire request, I’d guess Jones, Lattimore, and MD Jennings would be most vulnerable. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Since the Packers only have one experienced interior OL in </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000">Dietrich-Smith (who they waived in favor of McDonald before last season)</span></span><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I hope they will add another. There is some speculation they may add a safety but their top three are very, very good and in addition to MD Jennings, Bush and Lee can play there, too. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Thompson and company may be working on another trade. Getting a conditional draft pick for </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Schlauderaff (probably a 7th if he’s on the roster for a certain length of time) and a late round pick for Johnson</span></span><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> (6th or 7th) was a product of a deep roster. Don’t discount the value of those late round picks – Ryan Taylor, CJ Wilson, and Matt Flynn were picked in the last round.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I have to smile at the notion of Bush getting waived. Like it or not, right now he is the best or second best STs player, the #4 CB and the #5 safety. As I’ve posted before I hope House overtakes him for that #4 CB spot but I don’t think he has yet. I think Lee made the team with his performance against the Chiefs. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I got 8 players wrong in my final roster guess <em>so far</em>. I guessed Harrell, Gurley, Schlauderaff, and Gordy would make it and Crabtree, Jones, Lattimore and Lee would be waived. I never would have guessed 10 LBs and 10 DBs. I hit on only keeping one FB, Dietrich-Smith over McDonald (who never played even decent in pre season games IMO), Francois and (of course) So’oto making the 53, and Jennings being the fourth safety. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">IMO Thompson is smart to pay more attention to keeping players other teams would claim rather than sticking to hard and fast “rules” about keeping a certain number of players at certain positions. They go from keeping “too many” FBs (3) to keeping “too few” (1) because that’s what their talent dictates. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000">BTW, the players put on IR may be paid an injury settlement and released. One of the articles said the thinking behind waiving Harrell is McCarthy wasn’t going to activate a third QB on game day anyway (teams can activate 46 this year and the #3 QB rule being “kind of” active is gone). </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 381299, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana]As a couple stories say, the final roster may still not be set. And like many teams, the Packers may look to add a vet after the first game because contracts aren’t guaranteed for the season if the player isn’t on the opening day roster. More likely in the Packers case if an interior OL backup they like is available, they’ll sign him ASAP. At least I hope they do. If they do sign a vet and/or win a waiver wire request, I’d guess Jones, Lattimore, and MD Jennings would be most vulnerable. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana]Since the Packers only have one experienced interior OL in [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]Dietrich-Smith (who they waived in favor of McDonald before last season)[/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana]I hope they will add another. There is some speculation they may add a safety but their top three are very, very good and in addition to MD Jennings, Bush and Lee can play there, too. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana]Thompson and company may be working on another trade. Getting a conditional draft pick for [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Schlauderaff (probably a 7th if he’s on the roster for a certain length of time) and a late round pick for Johnson[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana] (6th or 7th) was a product of a deep roster. Don’t discount the value of those late round picks – Ryan Taylor, CJ Wilson, and Matt Flynn were picked in the last round.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana]I have to smile at the notion of Bush getting waived. Like it or not, right now he is the best or second best STs player, the #4 CB and the #5 safety. As I’ve posted before I hope House overtakes him for that #4 CB spot but I don’t think he has yet. I think Lee made the team with his performance against the Chiefs. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana]I got 8 players wrong in my final roster guess [I]so far[/I]. I guessed Harrell, Gurley, Schlauderaff, and Gordy would make it and Crabtree, Jones, Lattimore and Lee would be waived. I never would have guessed 10 LBs and 10 DBs. I hit on only keeping one FB, Dietrich-Smith over McDonald (who never played even decent in pre season games IMO), Francois and (of course) So’oto making the 53, and Jennings being the fourth safety. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Verdana]IMO Thompson is smart to pay more attention to keeping players other teams would claim rather than sticking to hard and fast “rules” about keeping a certain number of players at certain positions. They go from keeping “too many” FBs (3) to keeping “too few” (1) because that’s what their talent dictates. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]BTW, the players put on IR may be paid an injury settlement and released. One of the articles said the thinking behind waiving Harrell is McCarthy wasn’t going to activate a third QB on game day anyway (teams can activate 46 this year and the #3 QB rule being “kind of” active is gone). [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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