millertime
14 years ago
Our team is stacked. We have great depth at most positions and a good balance of veterans (Clifton, Woodson, Driver), players in their primes (Rodgers, Jennings, Tramon, Hawk), and talented young players (Matthews, Bulaga, Sitton, Raji, Finley, Shields).

My questions is do we have room on our roster for a full rookie draft class? Which players do we cut or get rid of in order to facilitate the addition of 5-8 rookies?

I can see possibly adding players on the o-line, d-line, and at CB, but not 5-8.

Am I off-base here, or will Ted decide to go with quality (trading up) in order to avoid cutting some talented players like we had to last year (I believe 5 of the players we from our final 53 last year ended up on other teams)

What's your opinion on this good(?) problem?
RajiRoar
14 years ago
hard to trade up with having the bottom pick of each round, even harder that without a CBA we can't package players (Barnett).

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Greg C.
14 years ago
I don't think Ted's approach to this draft will be any different than in previous years. If the opportunity presents itself to trade up, he'll do it, but he will not be pushing to do that, because he believes that when you start pushing like that, you make mistakes.

Although only a small number of new players may be likely to make the roster, there is nothing wrong with drafting just as many or even more than usual, because the more players you have to start out with, the better your chances of finding a diamond in the rough. Look what they got out of Sam Shields, and he wasn't even drafted.
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14 years ago
I expect about 4-5 drafted players to make the team this year.
I won't be surprised if the following are not on the team next season:
Barnett, Jones, Tauscher, Jenkins, Bigby, Poppinga, Hall, Swain, Bell and Briggs.
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Greg C.
14 years ago

hard to trade up with having the bottom pick of each round, even harder that without a CBA we can't package players (Barnett).

"RajiRoar" wrote:



It hurts a little not being able to package players, but those kinds of trades aren't that common in the NFL anyway--at least not on draft day. Having the bottom pick in each round is obviously not favorable for trading, but it's not a huge disadvantage. Just look at it this way: It's like the Packers don't have a first round pick, but they have the first pick in rounds two through seven, and an extra one at the end of the draft. All picks are worth something, therefore all of them are potential trade bait.
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earthquake
14 years ago

I expect about 4-5 drafted players to make the team this year.
I won't be surprised if the following are not on the team next season:
Barnett, Jones, Tauscher, Jenkins, Bigby, Poppinga, Hall, Swain, Bell and Briggs.

"wpr" wrote:



This is a good start, but we've got about 10 players not mentioned here coming off IR that have a decent chance to stick. So, even with all these guys gone, we're at about 58, + 4-5 rookies + 1-2 undrafted players that usually stick, we're looking at about 63 min, about 10 over the current max!

With all the guys coming back from IR this is going to be a crazy year. I'm going to go out on a limb and say next year the Packers will have a decent amount of players on IR again, as they have shown a willingness to shut a guy down and put him on IR to make room for someone who is ready to play now.

Looking back at last year, do we have 15 players end up on IR if we had a worse roster? I dont think we do, I think the front office is more willing to wait it out with a few guys, namely Grant and Finley.

It will certainly be an interesting offseason(if it ever starts).
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14 years ago
I was not my intent to name every single player who would not be on the roster in 2011.
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earthquake
14 years ago
I wasn't trying to "call you out" or something, just noting the massive amount of players that will be fighting for spots.
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14 years ago

I wasn't trying to "call you out" or something, just noting the massive amount of players that will be fighting for spots.

"earthquake" wrote:



I understand. I was probably a bit strong in my reply.
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doddpower
14 years ago

I wasn't trying to "call you out" or something, just noting the massive amount of players that will be fighting for spots.

"wpr" wrote:



I understand. I was probably a bit strong in my reply.

"earthquake" wrote:



I could never imagine WPR doing such a thing!!

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