@MichiganPacker2 posted:Which is good because it means he never screwed up a snap.
And if he did 99.98% still would never have heard of him
Trente Jones is an interesting UDFA for the Packers. Was a big recruit for Jim Harbaugh, only made 13 career starts, including a few as the 6th OL for Michigan. Played left and right tackle. Only gave up 9 career pressures, had decent run-blocking grades. Likely to move inside.
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) April 30, 2024
Another player that has a possibility of sticking.
Here's a little more fluffery and scouting reports on the UDFAs from the fine folks at Packers Wire
https://packerswire.usatoday.c...okie-class-in-2024/?
Good stuff. Some good football players in that group
@Ghost of Lambeau posted:But we are 2 over by my spreadsheets count with the draft picks we haven't signed yet. If we are going to keep all of our UDFAs two others that were on the roster pre-draft will have to go.
Some useful info in this regard:
@KenIngalls: After 11 draft picks & 8 UDFAs the Packers are now at 92 contracts - Active roster full at 90.
🔹Kenneth Odumegwu is exempt from active roster totals.
🔹De'Vondre Campbell's counts as an active contract for salary cap calculations until June 2, not as an active roster spot.
QB Jacob Eason is at Packers rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) May 3, 2024
Beat writers in attendance today said he was tearing it up.
@WesHod: Dimitri Stanley, Iowa state WR here on tryout, with a one-handed snag in team on a PA pass from Eason.
Dimitri Stanley is indeed the son of former #Packers WR Walter Stanley, a fourth-round pick in 1985 who played four seasons in Green Bay.
Walter Stanley's son! That's cool 😎
Jacob Eason is Tony Eason's son......however.....not THAT Tony Eason who played QB for the Patriots. His Dad was a college QB (Notre Dame)
How many will stick on the 53? You'd have to think they're high on Jennings to make it, and Bowden would seem a strong case to not just be practice squad guys.
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— ZACKER🅿️ACKER✖️10 (@ZachSSmith59) May 4, 2024
@TomSilverstein: The #Packers are signing Albany WR Julian Hicks, who took part in the team’s rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. The 6-2, 201-pounder ran the 40 in 4.55 seconds and had a vertical of 36 1/2 at his pro day. He averaged 16.7 yards per catch and caught 11 TDs in ‘23, per source.
@TomSilverstein: Can report that the #Packers have also signed #IowaSt WR Dimitri Stanley to a free agent contract following his tryout at rookie minicamp. He follows in footsteps of his father, Walter Stanley, an electric wr/pr/kor who played w/GB from 1985-‘88 and amassed 3,402 all-purpose yds.
And from Bill Huber:
The Green Bay Packers have signed guard Lecitus Smith after a successful tryout at the team’s rookie camp on Friday and Saturday, Packer Central has learned.
Smith was a sixth-round pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2022. He started two games as a rookie but failed to make their roster in 2023.
"Just looking back at tape and even just thinking back to how the season went for me, I feel like it went well. I feel like when I was called upon to go out there and play well, I feel like for the most part, I definitely did that," Smith said after his rookie season.
"I showed up and did what I had to do and I did my job. I'm not gonna say every single down and every single snap [was great], I'd be completely biased if I said that. There were times where I got beat when my technique wasn't great and I almost got beat, and I let up a pressure. So those are all things I look at. I even look at the good too and see how I can be better or try to learn from it. I've definitely watched the tape and evaluated myself. I feel like it was a pretty good season personally for me."
Last season, he spent a week in November on Houston’s practice squad and the second half of the season on Philadelphia’s practice squad. He did not see any action.
The Packers drafted three offensive linemen last week but are short on experienced depth beyond guard Royce Newman and tackle Andre Dillard. Newman has struggled in his three seasons with the Packers and Dillard, a first-round pick by the Eagles, was released by the Titans after one rocky season in Tennessee.
The signing gives the Packers 16 offensive linemen on their roster, including first-round pick Jordan Morgan, fifth-round pick Jacob Monk and sixth-round pick Travis Glover.
16 OL, Probably keep 10-11
Let's see what Luke Butkus does with them.
In the 'predict who makes the 53' thread, I noticed that the only offensive positions that had any fluctuation to the # of players per position were OL and WR.
OL was fairly steady at either 9 or 10, and WR was either 5 or 6 (one prediction of 7). Those that predicted 9 OL had the 6 WR, and, of course, the ones that predicted 10 OL had the 5 at WR.
9 should be a good # given the versatility of the players, but I'd have no problem with 10, as long as it doesn't force a compromise at another position.
After a standout performance at their rookie camp, #Packers signed former UAlbany wideout @Juehicks to the 90-man roster.🧀
— UnderTheRadarScouting (@utr_scouting_) May 5, 2024
Hicks’ combination of size and agility was a nightmare for CAA defenders, and will certainly be a name to watch as a 53-man roster candidate#gopackgo pic.twitter.com/eOuEcamuBX
More churn. From Bill Huber at SI.com.
The Green Bay Packers claimed defensive tackle Spencer Waege off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday. To clear a space on their 90-man roster, they released undrafted rookie Rodney Mathews.
Waege was a superb player at FCS powerhouse North Dakota State. He was a Freshman All-American in 2019, a second-team All-American during the 2020-21 COVID season and a first-team All-American and finalist for the Buck Buchanan FCS Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2022.
After missing most of the 2021 season with a knee injury, he had nine sacks and 17.5 tackles for losses in 2022. In 57 career games that included 29 starts, he finished sixth in NDSU history with 42 tackles for losses.
He grew up on a farm in South Shore, S.D.
“Some of them [his 49ers teammates] can’t actually believe the stuff we have to do,” he told Keloland earlier this year. “We talk about the process of pulling a calf and you start telling them what you got to do with your arm and right after that they are like ‘Hold on. You have to do what?’”
Waege joined the 49ers as an undrafted free agent last year. He failed to make their roster, then spent the second half of the season on their practice squad.
That included being on the sideline for the playoff victory over the Packers as well as the Super Bowl.
“I think having a year of experience under my belt, I think that’ll do a lot,” he said. “It helps confidence, it helps knowing the routine, knowing the system, knowing the playbook, so that’ll be the biggest thing that will play into it.”
He added: “It was honestly something you always dreamed about, being at one of those games as a kid watching it on TV and how big of a game it was,” he said. “To now have been on the sidelines and been a part of a Super Bowl team, I mean, that’s just something I never thought I’d be able to do.”
Well, he did think about it, actually. His original NFL dream was to make it as a kicker.
“I can't tell you how many times and how many hours I spent out there kicking footballs through that goalpost," Waege told InForum. "I hit my growth spurt, got a little bigger and realized I'm probably not going to be a kicker anymore.”
Mathews was one of eight undrafted free agents signed by the Packers. After a year of junior college, Mathews was a three-year starter at Ohio University. He set career highs with 26 tackles and seven tackles for losses in 2022, and followed it up with 20 tackles, 4.5 TFLs and one interception as a captain in 2023.
Mathews had a quiet rookie camp, though, which probably is why the Packers made the change.
Mathews’ Relative Athletic Score was 2.81. At 6-foot-4 3/4 and 285 pounds before the 2023 draft, Waege ran a 4.91 40 and assembled a RAS of 9.58.
Not sure how many players on the Packers roster have Super Bowl rings, but with the additions of Andre Dillard and Spencer Waege, it's at least two.
The next morning they will wake up in a ditch and their rings will be missing.
@Fedya posted:I thought little children in Ghana had the 49ers' SB rings.
Those and Vikings SB Champs T-shirts (hand-me-downs).
@ilcuqui posted:More churn. From Bill Huber at SI.com.
The Green Bay Packers claimed defensive tackle Spencer Waege off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday. To clear a space on their 90-man roster, they released undrafted rookie Rodney Mathews.
He grew up on a farm in South Shore, S.D.
Being a fellow South Shoreian, I have absolutely no inside info to provide. It's a big town after all, I can't be expected to know all 187 people.
I had to look up South Shore. Mostly because I was wondering “shore of what exactly”. Turns out the town is on the South Shore of “Punished Woman Lake”. There has to be a really interesting story there.
@PackLandVA posted:Those and Vikings SB Champs T-shirts (hand-me-downs).
Vikings last Owl appearance was 1977. I would imagine those shirts have shrunk down to onesie size by now
47 years. No wonder their fans act all prickly!
@Packiderm posted:Vikings last Owl appearance was 1977. I would imagine those shirts have shrunk down to onesie size by now
47 years. No wonder their fans act all prickly!
I thought it was because their fans are pricks.
@Benzene posted:I had to look up South Shore. Mostly because I was wondering “shore of what exactly”. Turns out the town is on the South Shore of “Punished Woman Lake”. There has to be a really interesting story there.
Near to Enemy Swim Lake.
@Benzene posted:I had to look up South Shore. Mostly because I was wondering “shore of what exactly”. Turns out the town is on the South Shore of “Punished Woman Lake”. There has to be a really interesting story there.
Young Indian woman promised to old chief was in love with a young man. They tried to run off together and were caught. He was killed instantly, she was brought back and tied to a tree on the shore of the lake and killed.