Projected Roster

Brad Jones is incredibly average to below-average. But WAIT! He can play special teams!

 

Cut him already.....

 

Is this the year J. Bush finally goes bye-bye???

 

Not sure about 6 WR's but we'll see. I think Janis would make it to the PS, at least initially anyway

Brad Jones, Bush and Hawk, for some reason those three are McCarthy/Thompson untouchables

As long as he stays physically healthy and his head on straight, I cannot see Ryan Taylor beating out Colt.

 

Way too much talent/upside with that kid.

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Inside LineBackers is the Packers thinest position. Even if someone beats out Jones or Hawk the Packers still needs the debth, cutting  Jones this year will cost the Packers a couple million in dead cap moneyr, cheaper to keep him  this  season.

Bush should l never play corner again for GB, if he does the Packers will have to lose 2 or 3 corners before he sniffs the firld. He will (If he makes the team) play in prevent  defences  with his back to the end zone.  He not a bad cover man if all the action happens in front of him.

Colt Lyerla might not make the practice squad, let alone the active roster.  He is a talented prospect, but he has a lot of hurdles to overcome first.

What hurdles are those?

 

He had a productive OTA season. He was the first player on the field and the last one off the field at every practice (often staying hours after). He's been working his butt off per his position coach and MM.

I have a hard time seeing 6 WRs stick on the 53, but I guess it's possible.  The 5th has to be a ST standout.  A 6th WT would have to be something really special because there's no way 6 WR would dress on game day.  

 

No way we carry 7 DL, especially if we have guys playing the elephant role. Carrying so many DL is a waste given Capers love of the nickel D. I see Guion as a camp body, and insurance in case Worthy shows absolutely nothing or the dreaded "I" word.

 

Our pure OLB group is thin.  I think Mulumba really has a chance to stick if he can take a step.  9 LB makes more sense there, especially with MM's ST emphasis.

 

Hope that House really steps it up this year. And I hope, like mentioned earlier, that Bush is pushed for his spot. Otherwise our depth after the starting three CB is rather poor (excluding Hyde).

 

 

Updated projected roster after some injuries and one week of training camp:

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnat...s-projected-roster-3

 

Apparently Jumal Rolle.

He's not been consistent though and he hasn't been serving multiple functions...something MM/TT put a premium on. He's physically gifted athlete, but what good is he if he can't catch the ball consistently, can't block consistently, and doesn't play STs? For all of Ryan Taylor's lack of physical gifts, he's a strong ST performer and he catches the ball when given the opportunity. Lyerla has a lot of rust right now, he's been out of football for a year and it shows. It's hard enough for a rookie to come in and learn this playbook, but when you're a rookie that's having to learn the playbook while getting back into the swing of playing football after a year off while coming from an offense that is so vastly different from any other in football...that seems like an impossibly uphill battle for him. If anyone needs a year on the PS, it's him. 

I don't see what the hype is all about with Lyerla.  His college production was nothing special at all and that has followed him so far in the NFL.  I can't imagine he'd beat out Ryan Taylor, who is at a minimum a pretty good ST player. 

Crazy combine numbers. Maybe he could be a freak like Vernon Davis. Even with him, it took a LONG time to get to that level of play.

With young players, drafted or otherwise, its a game of projection. His college stats aren't what gets scouts excited, its his pure athleticism.

 

Think about it this way:

You cheer for a team that is ultra conservative in personnel, guards its' locker-room like a pitbull and is a Title contender this season. 

 

What level of talent /potential would it take to compel the large-brains at 1265 to take on such an immense risk at this exact moment in time ?

 

If only the Packer brass had a better eye for tallant

 

It's funny, there's an assumption that TT will draft a safety high... My guess is he'll pass up either Haha or Pryor and draft a WR or offensive lineman... Wait and see suckers.

 

The rest of the TE's on the roster are average Joe's?

Perhaps; especially early in the season

 

I don't think GB has a desperate need given the rest of the offensive firepower

Their scouts felt it was worth taking the high risk because there was a potential for very high reward. They'd move him around and use him to run, block and catch.

The funny thing is that both mentally and physically, he is the direct opposite of Kuhn. A physical monster and a mental midget per the scouting reports

 

 

The TE's are actually horrible, but AR makes them average

Agree EKB.  I was being positive and kept it light... I was concerned Satori would go back in the vault and dig up an old post of mine from 1977. 

Satori remembers. X4 never forgets.

1977. Lynn Dickey, Barty Smith, Rich McGeorge & Eric Torkelson.

Yeah baby! Good times....

As long as he doesn't find my post about how I swore up and down that J.J. Wierenga was the steal of the draft...

The Packers?  Relatively injury free?  A stable roster?

 

Psssssshhhhh... with all the weed he consumes?  

 

1977.  Oh yea!

Smith and Torkelson sucked.  I liked Rich McGeorge, decent TE.  Lynn Dickey was awesome on some bad teams (and a good one or two).  Too bad he kept breaking his leg.

Packers depth chart from packers.com

 

 

WR... Jordy Nelson, Jarrett Boykin, Chris Harper, Kevin Dorsey, Jeff Janis Gerrard Sheppard
LT... David Bakhtiari, Derek Sherrod, Jeremy Vujnovich
LG... Josh Sitton, Andrew Tiller, Jordan McCray
C...  JC Tretter, Corey Linsley, Garth Gerhart
RG...  T.J. Lang, Lane Taylor, John Fullington
RT...  Bryan Bulaga, Don Barclay, Aaron Adams
TE ... Andrew Quarless, Brandon Bostick, Ryan Taylor, Richard Rodgers, Jake Stoneburner, Colt Lyerla, Justin Perillo
WR...   Randall Cobb, Davante Adams, Myles White, Alex Gillett, Jared Abbrederis IR
QB...   Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn, Scott Tolzien Chase Rettig
RB...  Eddie Lacy, James Starks, DuJuan Harris, Michael Hill, Rajion Neal, LaDarius Perkins
FB ... John Kuhn,   Ina Liaina

LDE...    Datone Jones, Khyri Thornton, Jerel Worthy
NT...   B.J. Raji, Letroy Guion, Mike Pennel
RDE...    Mike Daniels, Josh Boyd, Carlos Gray, Luther Robinson
LOLB...    Julius Peppers, Nick Perr,y Nate Palmer, Adrian Hubbard, Jayrone Elliott
LILB.... A.J. Hawk, Sam Barrington, Jake Doughty, Korey Jones
MLB... Brad Jones, Jamari Lattimore, Joe Thomas
ROLB... Clay Matthews, Mike Neal, Andy Mulumba, Carl Bradford
LCB... Tramon Williams, Davon House, Jarrett Bush, Antonio Dennard
RCB... Sam Shields, Casey Hayward, Jumal Rolle, Demetri Goodson, Ryan White
SS... Morgan Burnett, Sean Richardson, Chris Banjo
FS... Micah Hyde, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Tanner Miller, Charles Clay

K... Mason Crosby Tim Masthay
P... Tim Masthay Mason Crosby
H.. .Tim Masthay Randall Cobb
PR... Micah Hyde Randall Cobb Myles White Tramon Williams
KR... Micah Hyde DuJuan Harris Randall Cobb Jeff Janis Rajion Neal LaDarius Perkins
LS... Brett Goode Don Barclay ( not)

Any word on how Carl Bradford is doing? 

Both ACL's intact.

 

Inferior writing.  You could at least work some more references to mysterious back fat rashes in there.

Are we past "RELATIVELY"?

 

Maybe we need a little voodoo in the locker room to ward off injuries.  Who on our team would make a good Cerrano?

 

 

I really hope they plug him in inside.

A faster, stronger, better thumper than Hawk or Jones. I like Lattimore as well, but the big question is how is Bradford in coverage? If you can't recognize/run with your guy, then you don't fit in this D.

That's the path that Brad Jones took - Start him outside and see how he does. If he proves he can't beat OTs, then he moves inside and tries to beat G/C

 

 

Which he is still unable to do

 

Unfortunately, that question could be asked of most of the current ILB.  Jones is decent.  I personally think Lattimore is very streaky and consistent with being a scrub.  

That's why the Packers use Jones in coverage more and don't blitz him as much

Hawk is the reverse, he's such a liability in coverage that they blitz him instead

 

 

Hawk is the reverse, he's such a liability in coverage that they blitz him instead

 

A.J. Hawk 18.5 sacks in 126 games for an avg of .147 sacks a game.

 

Thank god his pass rush ability makes up for his inability to cover.

I wouldn't be so sure of Bradford moving to the inside. From what I saw he didn't move very well in space. He struggled a lot in the coverage drills, he looked awkward and out of place. If he played ILB I think he would be a good thumper between the Tackles and would be a good blitzer, but he would be badly exposed in coverage and couldn't get there for wider runs. Granted he could have be over-thinking everything because it was his first week of NFL practice and his head could have been spinning, but to me he just didn't look the part. He's stout, strong, and plays with a ton of energy, but he seemed to me like a true 43 DE...he needs to have his hand in the dirt and attacking the QB.  I like Bradford and I liked him before the draft, but seeing him person I'm not sure there's a spot for him on this scheme. Just my uneducated opinion though.