I think we could see McMillan or House gone during cuts. and maybe both. House has been out played by other CB's Heyward specifically, and since Hyde can play both S and CB I count him here too. At best I say we COULD keep House as the Dime, nothing higher. McMillan has been outplayed by Hyde and if need be we could move Heyward inside I think.
A while back I was verbally berated by HypnoGrey and others for being concerned about the backup center position, and where we stand now, we don't have a viable option! Van Roten can't snap in the shotgun, and his reflexes are bad. He has to go, and with him gone, who is the backup? I haven't seen Tretter yet to see what if anything he can do because he was injured. You can't move Bakhtiari inside cause you really don't have a blindside backup Tackle. Only thing I can think we could possibly do if we needed to was move Barclay in to guard have Lang play Center and bring Newhouse in to play RT, and I don't think any of us like the idea of having Newhouse in a game situation anymore.
Backup QB I really think Mike and Ted kicked this one bad. I get it we've got Young cheap, he's a mobile QB, and we may never need him, but based on last night's performance, we might've been better with Harrell as the backup and Young as the third stringer. We'll see, but this move is scaring me.
Special Teams: Let's fire Slocum to start with, and get rid of Crosby. Now however, since we can't get rid of Crosby, I like the restructuring of his deal. Make him earn the money he hasn't been for the last 2 years.
Defensive Line: I think we're strong here. I can see 9 guys that could play for this team, and at least 1 or 2 of them won't be.
Linebackers: Inside Linebackers I think we're ok, not thrilled about Hawk but I think we can survive it. I'd rather keep Barrington than Manning, he seems to be a bigger more physical linebacker and knows his role more than Manning. I would keep Manning as an outside linebacker, but that isn't his natural position I'm thinking so he goes. Outside Linebackers I think we're set here as well as long as they keep Mulumba and not Mike Neal.
Running Backs: We need to keep 5. I think we keep Lacy Franklin and I would keep Green not Starks. We'll keep Kuhn, and I love the idea of having a backup fullback just in case, not sure who that would be though.
Tight Ends: Finley stays obviously. I think Taylor stays, I don't know who stays beyond these two but I don't see Williams being here.
WR: Past Cobb I couldn't even tell you who stays. It seems that there are 2 spots left open maybe. I like Walker for one of them, but this could go every direction possible.
I know I kind of went off the page of the original post, but I wanted to give opinions both good and bad at each position.
CB/S: McMillian is definitely not going anywhere. House more than likely is not either. I guess I could see an outside shot at it if Hayward wasn't hurt and one of Smith, Means, or Nixon had earned a spot, but they haven't.
Backup QB: People have been just clamoring for a vet backup QB, and now we have one and we hear, "I don't know, I think we would have been better off with Harrell,." Really? When it comes down to it, it does not really matter whether Young or Harrell is the backup. If Rodgers goes down for an extended period of time, we are done. The gap between Rodgers and any viable backup at the most important position is just too much to overcome.
Pretty much with you on D-line, linebackers, and special teams, although Neal isn't getting cut I don't think, and we can still get rid of Crosby, restructuring didn't change that.
Running back: We don't need a second fullback. I'm okay whether Starks goes or stays, although I'd prefer to keep 5 RB's as well, I wouldn't want any more than 1 fullback.
Tight end: Mulligan should be safe, they love his blocking. I'd like to keep Bostick as well.
WR: Nelson and Jones are obvious locks in addition to Cobb as you had mentioned. I think Boykin is pretty safe as well. It should be between Ross and Walker, as I don't see a need to keep 6. I think it's going to be fairly cut and dry besides which one of those last two to keep.