Prior to Training Camp - Predicting the 53 Man Roster

[GreenBaySlacker]

To be fair....a 2nd round pick for Josh Sweat would also be beneficial to the Packers defense LOL.....had to.

I know what you mean though.

If we felt like we needed another pass rusher. There's cameron jordon, clowney, and bosa left in FREE agency.

I honestly don't think we need any pass rushers. We have so many I have a hard time remembering them all.

Parsons, LVN are the starters. Cox, Oliver , Dennis-Sutton. Besides them I'm confident Cooper, franklin, McDuffie will be getting some more blitzes , as advertised by Gannon. As well as our interior dline being capable of getting some hits on the QB. Hargrave, brinson, McClellan, Brooks, and Wyatt....

I mean that defense is stacked top to bottom if you ask me.

I'm a bit more worried about OT depth. If morgan or Tom go down, we are playing the shuffle again. Stealing a guard most likely and shifting guys around again... Would be nice to just have another LT that can plug in leaving the rest of the line alone.. I love that we build our oline to be multi dimensional like that. But just because we can, we should have to .. LT is important enough to have a legit extra. Maybe I'm wrong. You can't pay everyone, and good LTs aren't cheap.


Can someone tell me why we didn't resign walker? His contract in Carolina was surprisingly low for a guy with that many starts. He would've been a great #2 LT at that price. Maybe Kinnard is that guy? But a it stands, it's my only concern.

Haversik has me comfortable about out kickers, even if the rookie is shanking short ones

 

[GreenBaySlacker]

Actually another guy that’s floating under radar is Jonathan Ford. He played in College at Miami between 333-346lbs and his 6’5.1” Length kept his weight well distributed.

What’s kinda funny is he’s bounced back n forth between Chicago and Green Bay. If we recall he was drafted in the 7th Round by us in 2022 and kept the Miami draft streak alive at #233 overall. After being in GB developing a couple years, Chicago poached him off our PS after he maxed out his elevations. GB kept bringing him back the second Chicago tried to stash him again on PS. It’s been a tug o war either way for the big fella, but I can see where he’d be more mature now.

He’s a guy that could convert to NT more readily than Wooden did coming from 280lb area. Ford has played mostly 3T, but he’s 30 reps strong and can play around 335-340lb no problem. He's got more the size you’d like for Running Downs and actually has a nice punch and push inside that’s a carryover from Miami. He’s also a good tackler.

I don’t pretend to know if he fits with what Gannon has in mind, but he’s a homegrown player drafted by us and now made it to year 5.

I'm thinking McClellan at NT, with his burst and disruptive pressure.... Moving Hargrave and Wyatt to ends.... Would be a destructive front 3 that , if left one on one, those guys will not be stopped.... Because Parsons and LVN will be wrecking OTs, pretty much forcing the 1 on 1s in the middle. Flush those QB right into the hands of our speed rushers.

I honestly, as you know, am a big time Dline advocate. Always have believed you start building a defense up front. 5 guys on 5 guys. And you bring in some guys who would typically command a double to stop.... One will always break through and force the quicker throws. Leading to more mistakes... Then the second part is having a secondary who can play man, and be physical enough to tackle without getting hurt. Because the only way to neutralize a dominating power dline, is to throw over the top and take big chunks of yards, forcing the dime out of us... We need a secondary that won't hemorrhage yards every time the offense goes deep.