[Update: An NFL source has told Wes Hodkiewicz that DeMarco Cosby has been waived.]
The Packers haven’t announced yet their roster moves that will reduce their roster to 75 players by today’s 3 p.m. deadline, but it appears they can get there by cutting only one healthy player, defensive lineman Jarius Wynn, and making all their other moves based on their injury lists.
Wynn and injured defensive lineman Johnny Jones, who hasn’t passed his pre-camp physical, weren’t at practice Monday. Wynn is healthy, and Jones had attended every practice in camp even though he was injured. So it appears as though both have been released, Jones presumably with an injury settlement.
The Packers thus have to reduce their roster by eight more players by 3 p.m. today. They have eight injured players who appear to be good candidates for roster moves.
One, linebacker Desmond Bishop, is likely to go on injured reserve because of a torn hamstring sustained in camp. Three others are on the active/physically unable to perform list and thus can be moved to reserve/PUP and not count on the roster: tackle Derek Sherrod, tight end Andrew Quarless and outside linebacker Frank Zombo. All three attended practice Monday, as they have all camp. If they’re put on reserve/PUP, they can’t play or practice for the first six weeks of the season.
Four others are injured players who were long-shots to make the roster, and thus could be put on IR or, more likely, waived with an injury settlement: running back Du’ane Bennett, fullback Jon Hoese, tight end DeMarco Cosby and receiver Shaky Smithson.