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Message: <blockquote data-quote="longtimefan" data-source="post: 84308" data-attributes="member: 145">Packers | Team waited for other safeties to step up before releasing RomanThu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:31 -0700Tom Silverstein, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reports Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson said the team wanted to see some other safeties on the roster prove themselves before they could release S Mark Roman, which they did Thursday, July 27. However, after watching several young prospects perform during recent minicamps and organized team activities, Thompson decided it was best to release Roman. "As we're signing our rookies we had two more guys than we can go to training camp with," Thompson said. "We like the look of some our young guys and we felt that Mark did a good job here, but letting him go now allows him to hook on with another team and get a job." Asked why the Packers didn't just release him when he asked so he would have an even better chance of landing with another team, Thompson said, "We hadn't made that determination yet. With any of these things, we'll do things at the right time, but we'll do them after we've carefully considered all the other options."</blockquote>

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