Starks injury history is less of an issue, IMO, as long as Lacy, Harris and Franklin can run the ball in his absence.

If Kuhn gets cut, I could see the Packers using Neal as a lead blocker in short yardage / goalline situations.

Jolly is a keeper.  He would be highly sought by the rest of the NFL if cut.

Bush will make the team absolutely for his ST contributions.  He may suck on D, but he's an ace on ST.

I think Crosby makes it as the org doesn't want to give up on him quite yet.  But he'll have a short leash, no room for error.

Nice of you Coach, thanks!  Your take carries weight with me.

Nice analysis.

Hope you're right about the placekicker situation.  Crosby on the roster going into the regular season makes me nervous.  

Brandon Smith may be worth developing, but if he turns in another performance against the Seachickens like yesterday's against the Rams, I think he's gone. 

Crosby would have to self-destruct not to make it. Ted and Mike kept him around this long for a reason. Personally, I hate the idea of going into another season with him.

Starks has had a good camp, but he appeared tentative last night and put the ball on the ground. Could go either way between he and Green.

They want Ross to return kicks, but he refuses to seize the opportunity and his roster spot could be in jeopardy. Really liked what I saw from Hyde's one punt return and MM may go in that direction.

Agree with you on DJ Williams; I've seen enough and Bostick is a better option.

Moses doesn't seem to have built on a pretty solid rookie year and he looks to be firmly on the bubble to me.

MM and TT are clearly intrigued by VY but don't see a move away from Harrell unless he makes some pretty big strides in the next few weeks.

I think the league should institute a "head case squad" similar to the practice squad but for veteran players who just need time to get their shhite together.

Would Philbin have any interest in DJ Williams?  Would Williams be worth a pick?  I'd imagine no to both.

Jolly had 15 snaps last night. Tips a pass for an INT. Intercepts a tipped ball in the EZ and takes it out (nice spin move) to the 8. Bottled up the middle and brought pressure... even dumped a RB behind the LOS for a loss.

You're welcome, and thank you. Very nice of you to say. I respect the thoughtfulness of your takes as well. 

They have (lost him for the year).

Sometimes you just have talents that no matter how far away from the game you are, you're just that good. That'd be Jolly.

The batted pass? Dude just has a nose for the ball. As he keeps playing, I imagine he's going to shed about 10 pounds. Once he's back in football shape, he'll be fine.

not sure Moses makes the team over Barrington at this point. 

Young is going to stick around. On top of having a much higher ceiling than the other two guys, he has the ability to help this team get ready for the Wilsons, RGIIIs and Kaepernicks in practice. He may not have the intelligence of those guys, but in a controlled practice environment, he has the tools to run effective previews of what to expect from them. Even if the Packers knew to expect the read-option/pistol gameplan from the 49ers last year, they had no one on the roster to run an effective mock-up of it in practice.

I posted in another thread that Starks and Greene are 50/50. Either one can stay, and I don't think it makes a difference in the long run. At this point, I'd go with Green, but let's see what the next couple of weeks bring.

I'm looking for a way to try and keep Walker or Gillette for depth, but it's tough to predict who I would replace, either on the 53 or PS. Right now, I'd keep either over Smith for the PS.

We are definitely much deeper at DB, RB, & dline than we were last season. Now we have to get a few guys to play like "difference makers". We already have AR & CM. Likely candidates? I'm thinking Lacy, Cobb, Finley on offense.  Raji, Jones, & Burnett on defense? 

His knee turned into compost on that play.  I'm not sure he makes it back 100% from that-ever.

I'm really interested to see what a healthy Nick Perry adds top the Defense.  He was a #1 pick too that didn't get much of a chance t make an impact.

We've got some ballplayers: Hyde, Lacey, Boykin, Jolly, Bakteria.

Finding the future stars, that's what it's all about.

Can't wait till the nationally televised game against the Seahags in Lambeau Friday. I'm hoping that the home crowd shows those pretenders what noise is all about.

Crosby makes me nervous too. 

I wasn't too impressed with Smith. Seemed to be making too many mistakes. 

I wouldn't mind if the Packers cut him.

Not to mention Datone Jones.

It's been a small sample but I haven't heard much of Perry this summer nor seen much of him in the two preseason games.  Last night on STL's first run he couldn't disengage from their FB and was blocked out of the play.  He tried to bull rush to the Q on the next couple plays and was completely neutralized.  Still think he will be effective but also waiting for him to show something/anything.

Perrys had good tweets from reporters at TC. He's done good things and apparently is very driven. I think he'll have a good year.

I watched a replay yesterday and focused on Perry and saw the same thing as DH13. Completely neutralized is a great way to describe it. I was disappointed in what he was able to do.

Perry getting handled on the opening play by a FB was completely unacceptable. I'm sure he caught an earful from Greene over that. That can't ever happen.

I'm going to reserve thoughts on his play until after week 2. GB got into all kinds of trouble with Kaep in the playoffs because they had zero pocket containment. CM3 made some comments last week that he and GB have to play SF (and read option teams) different. Can't just blast up field because it opens up running lanes. Haven't really seen CM3 blaze up field around the edge either after two preseason games. Not saying that's what's happening but it may be a reflection of the line working a plan to take away the QB pulling it down for easy yards. Kaep and RG3 to open the season so maybe the plan is to take away one of the options they can easily use to beat you. Make them throw it.

1st half of the Seattle game will be interesting to see how GB attacks Wilson on passing downs.

Why not just put WR Dorsey and Johnson  on IR.

It's just my opinion but I think there is a long pattern of holding some things back in pre-season. Particularly with our defense.

Whether it is related to evaluation, in some ways which we do not understand, whether it is a move toward safety with certain players or if it's just trying to hide intent I do not know.

But obviously Perry is working on technique in camp and it's been pretty good as others here have stated. For whatever reason it seems Perry is relegated to bull rush so far this pre-season in game action.

Game 1 of regular season we release the hounds, we sure as hell won't do it against Seattle.

Get ready for a bit of a beat down, and some more hand wringing, but thats ok.

Let that little effin twerp in Seattle shoot his wad too early. We won't even remember this game come October.

It means nada. Don't show them a damn thing.

Hyde fielding punts today which could mean bad news for Ross. Mulumba ahead of Moses and he could be in danger as well.

McGinn : Franklin Running Nowhere

Franklin wont be at risk of getting cut, would he?

As it stands right now Lacy is the only back who has shown anything. Assuming Harris makes the team as the second back.  Green, Starks and Franklin seem to be in a muddled mess. Starks may have nailed his own coffin with the fumble Friday night and Im not sure what the plan is with Green. If Franklin can show something it would make it much easier for the coaches with this weeks cuts

from MMQB:

Disappointments

• Johnathan Franklin, RB, Packers: Franklin was the second running back drafted by Green Bay this year, and it appears as if he’ll be at least No. 3 on the team’s depth chart come the regular season. In his first two preseason games, Franklin has managed only 23 yards on nine carries — an abysmal 2.5 yards-per-carry clip.

Nope

The Packers aren't going to cut Franklin. 

The problem is the o-line is not doing a very good job of run blocking.  Lacy made those runs on his own, with brute power and strength that none of the other backs except Starks might have. 

Neither Green or Starks have tremendous upside over Franklin, with Starks just too injury prone to justify keeping, and Green really not showing much last year when he was handed the starting job.

I would put McGinn's projection right there with his claim the Pickett and Raji were overweight and out of shape.  Funny, that storyline went nowhere when training camp started. 

I think Green has looked better than last year.  Don't forget he was coming off knee reconstruction and it flared up on him all last season.  He's looked good when he's had room to run but there hasn't been a lot of that on the field yet.  

Let that little effin twerp in Seattle shoot his wad too early. We won't even remember this game come October.

It means nada. Don't show them a damn thing.

was just saying the same thing to a coworker, but we took it a step farther.

change up the whole thing on 'em and play the 2s and 3s to start the game and let the 1s have the 3rd quarter. 

Little homerish...but actually a good rundown on Hyde.   I think he would be a sure handed 7 yards and a cloud of dust type.   but he also has had some very nice long INT returns for TD's

http://www.blackheartgoldpants...ft-profile-iowa-2013

I thought Green looked pretty good vs. the Rams. Not as good as Lacy but he was a beast.