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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 825418">My comment assumed a starting combo of Amos at FS / ? at SS.  I was addressing the injury eventuality.  The plan might be a draftee or Jones or Burks competing for the SS spot.  None of those guys starting makes Williams expendable.Even if Packers draft a guy with the intent of starting him at SS, Williams is still the #1 backup at 4 positions (the 3 corners and FS), or maybe 5 positions if a Williams FS / Amos SS combo is perceived to be a better option than Amos FS / Jones or Burks SS if that drafted SS is injured.  At this stage, I'd prefer the former combo.I think the Packers would have to add a CB capable of playing dime and being the #1 CB backup at all 3 positions to take away enough of Williams' backup roles to make him expendable.  Even so, you'd be without a backup FS, a role Breeland or another versatile CB could not fill.Cap is tight and there are other needs to be filled on days 1 and 2 that are not likely to include a CB expected to play dime and start if one of the 3 top CBs are injured.$3.7 mil is not a lot for the versatility a #1 backup at 4 or 5 positions + dime provides.  If you figure the starters average 2 missed games, that's 8 or 10 starts plus dime duty.  That's a lot of snaps.  If one of those 4 or 5 ends up out longer or on IR that's even more snaps.</blockquote>

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