Packers have BIG problems to address!

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Packers | Tough decisions at wide receiver Sun Aug 21, 12:37 AM Green Bay Packers WRs Chastin West, Diondre Borel and Tori Gurley have looked good during training camp and during the preseason, but the Packers could have trouble keeping them all. The team usually carries five receivers on their roster, and it appears WRs Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb and Donald Driver are a pretty safe lock to make the team's final roster. They could opt to keep six receivers this year, but they would have to sacrifice depth at another position.
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Packers | Deep at running back Sun Aug 21, 12:36 AM Green Bay Packers RBs Dimitri Nance and Quinn Johnson are in the running for roster spots, and RB Brandon Saine has looked good during training camp, too. The team usually keeps six running backs on roster each year, so they could run into a numbers game. RBs Ryan Grant, James Starks, Alex Green and John Kuhn are at the top of the position currently.
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Packers | Deep at tight end Sun Aug 21, 12:22 AM The Green Bay Packers are deep at tight end and TE Jermichael Finley is the only lock for a roster spot at this point. TEs Andrew Quarless, DJ Williams, Ryan Taylor, Tom Crabtree and Spencer Havner are all options for roster spots. Letting Quarless go would hurt, as he's the team's second-best athlete at the position, and losing Crabtree would hurt, as he is the team's best blocking tight end.
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[Osiris]

Having quality depth is such a problem...sarcasm.

Too bad the Lions don't have this big problem.

 

[Cerberus]

Hope Jax is watching this. So when GB releases them they can pick them up.

 

[DearbornDolfan]

Why would GB keep six backs? They don't run it enough to justify such depth. As for TE, the Dolphins are in the market for a TE or two, so I'm sure they're circling like the proverbial vulture.

 

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12 minutes ago - by James Carlton - Getting to 53 - Packers roster prediction: QBs
In: (3) Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn, Graham Harrell. Out: Nobody. Analysis: The Super Bowl MVP’s understudy is perhaps the NFL’s best backup. Splendid in both practice and games, neither Rodgers nor Flynn are going anywhere. Harrell (30-for-52 for 266 yards and two TDs, with one interception in three preseason games) has an admirer in coach Mike McCarthy and has probably shown enough to warrant consideration as the No. 2 when Flynn almost inevitably leaves in free agency next year. Packers RapidReports Tags: Packers Getting to 53

• 13 minutes ago - by James Carlton - Getting to 53 - Packers roster prediction: RBs
  In: (4) James Starks, Ryan Grant, Alex Green, John Kuhn (FB). Out: Dimitri Nance, Brandon Saine, Quinn Johnson (FB), Jon Hoese (FB). Analysis: The Packers usually keep at least five RBs, often more, and they carried three FBs the previous two years. Those days are over. A diminished focus on the run game (the Packers passed the ball on 56 percent of their plays the past two seasons), combined with a glut of talent at WR and TE means three halfbacks and one FB is the new modus operandi. Green is big with even bigger upside and could be the answer on third downs. Kuhn re-signed for one of the biggest deals for a FB and the multi-talented fan favorite is a lock. Nance has had a good preseason and probably will land a job elsewhere, while Saine, who has more upside, is a good practice squad candidate. Johnson’s a vintage, smash-mouth FB whose one-dimensional blocking ability is all he brings to the table. Packers RapidReports Tags: Packers Getting to 53
  • 17 minutes ago - by James Carlton - Getting to 53 - Packers roster prediction: WRs
    In: (5) Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson, James Jones, Randall Cobb. Out: Chastin West, Tori Gurley, Diondre Borel, Brett Swain, Shaky Smithson, Kerry Taylor, Antonio Robinson. Analysis: The top four brought the Packers a Super Bowl trophy, and the rookie Cobb has proved he belongs in their elite company with a sterling camp at both receiver and returner. West’s 97-yard catch-and-run TD against Arizona and Gurley’s 6-4 frame have probably caught the eye of teams around the league; it’s unlikely either would make it to the practice squad if cut. Swain had a nice run as the little-used fifth WR and special teams maven, but there’s just no room for him. Borel, Smithson and Taylor are all good practice squad candidates. Packers RapidReports Tags: Packers Getting to 53
    • 22 minutes ago - by James Carlton - Getting to 53 - Packers roster prediction: TEs
      In: (5) Jermichael Finley, Andrew Quarless, Tom Crabtree, D.J. Williams, Ryan Taylor. Out: Spencer Havner. Analysis: No misprint here; the Packers have five TEs worth keeping. After Finley, the next four are too close in talent to make an easy cut. The athletic Quarless has a Finleyesque ceiling; Crabtree is the unit’s best blocker. The rookies Williams and Taylor have impressed coaches with their hands and knowledge of the offense. Crabtree and Taylor, as special teams cogs, are unlikely to be cut. Havner, at 28 and with little upside, is likely gone. Packers RapidReports Tags: Packers Getting to 53

 

[Deacon]

They have got to be keeping Harrell out of necessity. He has really looked horrible during his time in the games that I have seen.

 

[Birdman]

I hate having too many good players... it's one of the worst problems a a team can have.

 

[DearbornDolfan]

I disagree with the fact that they can keep 5 TE. No team can sink that much of their depth chart into a secondary position like TE.

 

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Yeah the Pats and the packers always screw up that way!


the Pats TE's- TE: Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez, Will Yeatman, Lee Smith, Carson Butler


....and they just re-signed Mills. TE's make great FB's, H-backs, and special teamers

 

[Phicinfan]

Most also list the long snapper as a TE, or that person usually is.

 

[Cerberus]

They could always be coming up with a few new plays that envolves a 5 TE set. LOL.