Surprises: Merling, Richardson, Brandian Ross, Barclay

I'm not surprised about Brad Jones. He's a starter on all our special teams units. Same with Crabtree.

Mild surprise: Brandon Saine. Just because he didn't get much action last year or in the preseason, but, he seemed like a lock to make the roster all along. Just think it's interesting that an undrafted player who hasn't played a lot, would be held in such regard.

1.QB 12 Aaron Rodgers(got it)

2.QB 6 Graham Harrell(got it)


3.RB 32 Cedric Benson(got it)

4.RB 20 Alex Green(got it)

5.RB 33 Brandon Saine(got it)

6.RB 44 James Starks(got it)


7.FB 30 John Kuhn(got it)


8.WR 11 Jarrett Boykin(Had Gurley)
9.WR 18 Randall Cobb(got it)

10.WR 80 Donald Driver(got it)

11.WR 85 Greg Jennings(got it)

12.WR 89 James Jones(got it)

13.WR 87 Jordy Nelson(got it)


14.TE 83 Tom Crabtree(got it)

15.TE 88 Jermichael Finley(got it)

16.TE 82 Ryan Taylor(got it)

17.TE 84 D.J. Williams(got it)


18.C 63 Jeff Saturday(got it)

19.C/G 62 Evan Dietrich-Smith(got it)

20.G 67 Don Barclay(had Wells)
21.G 70 T.J. Lang(got it)

22.G 71 Josh Sitton(got it)

23.T 75 Bryan Bulaga(got it)

24.T 74 Marshall Newhouse(got it)
I also had Dominguez(IR)

25.DE 69 Phillip Merling
26.DE 96 Mike Neal(got it)

27.DE 98 C.J. Wilson(got it)

28.DE 99 Jerel Worthy(got it)


29.DT 76 Mike Daniels(had Daniel Muir)
30.DT 79 Ryan Pickett(got it)

31.DT 90 B.J. Raji(got it)



32.LB 49 Robert Francois(got it)

33.LB 50 A.J. Hawk(got it)

34.LB 59 Brad Jones(Had So'oto)
35.LB 57 Jamari Lattimore(got it)

36.LB 56 Terrell Manning(got it)

37.LB 52 Clay Matthews(got it)

38.LB 54 Dezman Moses(missed this one)
39.LB 53 Nick Perry(got it)

40.LB 51 D.J. Smith(got it)

41.LB 93 Erik Walden(got it)


42.DB 21 Charles Woodson(got it)


43.CB 24 Jarrett Bush(got it)

44.CB 29 Casey Hayward(got it)

45.CB 31 Davon House(got it)

46.CB 39 Brandian Ross(had going to PS)
47.CB 37 Sam Shields(got it)

48.CB 38 Tramon Williams(got it)


49.S 42 Morgan Burnett(got it)

50.S 43 M.D. Jennings(got it)

51.S 22 Jerron McMillian(got it)

52.S 28 Sean RichardsonMissed this one)

53.K 2 Mason Crosby(got it)

54.LS 61 Brett Goode(got it)

55.P 8 Tim Masthay(got it)


Had 46 of 55 listed, for someone who knows next to nothing about building a football team, I'm giving myself a B grade!!! 😂

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I'm expecting Ross to be the first one gone. McCarthy likes tight ends too much to cut them. Mqybe a linebacker like Manning, but he might be too high a pick to give up on. There's also a possibility Starks could go to the PUP which would free up another spot

Six CB's, Four S's and one Charles Woodson. Per Packers.com.

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The Packers have been keeping 6 CBs for years now, they moved Woodson to part time S, House is injured, and the coaches said they're gonna play more dime and nickel this year, and Ross preseason play earned a spot. He was fast, physical, aggressive and wasn't perfect in coverage but Bush and Shields looked worse at times. So I don't think it should of been a surprise and I Ross earned it.


I think Manning was kept for two reasons, 1) his potential which he has flashed 2) the other back-up ILBers are injured right now. (Lattimore(ankle), Francois(hamstring)) and it's Manning or Brad Jones to back-up those spots. And Manning looked lost out there at times still in this last preseason game.

I'm thinking Jones will be cut or Francois will be IRed to make room for Walden.


Also I wonder if Zombo is gonna play this season. He's on the PUP list Sherrod is. So is Quarless but it sounds like he's probably not going to get to play as he still as a long way in his recover. He was injured late last year and his injury was thought to take a full year to recover.

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I love it! We needed that kind of depth on D. Them keeping Ross on the roster was a pleasant surprise to me. Richardson was icing on the cake.