Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson is gambling that for now he can go with just seven offensive linemen.
Thompson did not put in a single claim for any of the players who were available through waivers after the cuts teams made Friday night to get to the 53-man roster limit.
When asked about it Saturday afternoon during a news conference, Thompson was typically unfazed about the gamble, but indicated what you saw today might not be what you see tomorrow.
"That's where we are now," Thompson said. "There's obviously a certain comfortable level about what we do differently, but that's where we are now."
Normally, the Packers keep a minimum of eight offensive linemen and they have kept as many as 10 in some years. Going with seven - including undrafted rookie Don Barclay - could be a death sentence given injury considerations.
Aside from the five starters - Marshall Newhouse, T.J. Lang, Jeff Saturday, Josh Sitton and Bryan Bulaga - Barclay and veteran Evan Dietrich- Smith are the only backups. The Packers cut Herb Taylor, Tommie Draheim, Sampson Genus, Andrew Datko, Greg Van Roten and Reggie Wells during the past week.
In addition, they placed second-year tackle Derek Sherrod on the reserve/physically unable to perform list, which rules him out for the first six weeks of the season and probably much longer, since he has yet to practice one play this year.
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