Now the fun begins. There was plenty of complaining during the FA non signing period. There was even more for the draft. Now we can moan and groan and gripe from now until the end of August about who will actually make the team.
SFA like Stoneburner or Pena can change everything. I didn’t include any of the FAs. It is just too hard to predict. There will be injury casualties. I left Worthy off for now. I had Sherrod off but I put him back when I cut too many from the offense. I had Ryan Taylor cut but decided to keep him and let Mulligan go. Quarless will impact the position depending on his health. Kuhn is gone. I like the guy but I am going without any FB this year. I can see Starks remaining on the team and Harris being cut. I have to assume they will figure out a deal with someone for Starks. Even if it is getting the other team’s unwanted player that GB then cuts.
I am willing to say that Jolly doesn’t make it but I left him on in this first draft. Gilbert Pena could be the SFA that makes the team. I had cut Bush then stuck him back on. It is hard to complain about his ST play.
I hold my breath and click "paste". Let the criticisms begin. BTW if you don't post your own you should.
Offense
LWR Nelson, Jordy 08/2 Jones, James 07/3 Ross, Jeremy SF12
RWR Cobb, Randall 11/2 Boykin, Jarrett SF12 Johnson, Charles 13/7
LT Newhouse, Marshall 10/5 Sherrod, Derek 11/1
LG Lang, TJ 09/4 Bakhtiari, David 13/4
C Dietrich-Smith, Evan CF09 Tretter, JC 13/4
RG Sitton, Josh 08/4
RT Bulaga, Bryan 10/1 Barclay, Don CF12
TE Finley, Jermichael 08/3 Quarless, Andrew 10/5 Williams, DJ 11/5 Ryan Taylor
QB Rodgers, Aaron 05/1 Coleman, BJ 12/7
RB Lacy, Eddie 13/2 Franklin, Johnathan 13/4 Harris, DuJuan SF12 Green, Alex 11/3
Defense
LDE Pickett, Ryan U/SL Neal, Mike 10/2 Daniels, Mike 12/4
NT Raji, BJ 09/1 Jolly, Johnny 06/6 Boyd, Josh 13/5
RDE Jones, Datone 13/1
LOLB Perry, Nick 12/1 Palmer, Nate 13/6
LILB Hawk, AJ 06/1 Manning, Terrell 12/5
RILB Bishop, Desmond 07/6 Jones, Brad 09/7
ROLB Matthews, Clay 09/1 Moses, Dezman CF12
LCB Williams, Tramon SF06 House, Davon 11/4 Bush, Jarrett W/Car
SS Jennings, MD CF11 Richardson, Sean CF12 Hyde, Micah 13/5
FS Burnett, Morgan 10/3 McMillian, Jerron 12/4
RCB Shields, Sam RFA Hayward, Casey 12/2
ST
P Masthay, Tim SF10
PK Crosby, Mason 07/6
LS Goode, Brett SF08
Originally Posted by: wpr
Great thread wpr. I'll play, just needed a bit of time to digest all of our new additions...
Offense (24) (WR-5, OL-10, TE-3, QB-2, RB-4)
LWR Nelson, Jordy 08/2 Jones, James 07/3 Kevin Dorsey 13/7
RWR Cobb, Randall 11/2 Johnson, Charles 13/7
LT Sherrod, Derek 11/1, Datko, Andrew 12/7
LG Lang, TJ 09/4 Bakhtiari, David 13/4
C Dietrich-Smith, Evan CF09 Lewis, Patrick CF13
RG Sitton, Josh 08/4 Tretter, JC 13/4
RT Bulaga, Bryan 10/1 Barclay, Don CF12
TE Finley, Jermichael 08/3 Quarless, Jake Stoneburner CF13
QB Rodgers, Aaron 05/1 Harrell, Graham CF10
RB Lacy, Eddie 13/2 Franklin, Johnathan 13/4 Harris, DuJuan SF12 Benson, Cedric FA12
Defense (26) (DL-7, LB-9, DB-10)
LDE Pickett, Ryan U/SL Neal, Mike 10/2 Daniels, Mike 12/4
NT Raji, BJ 09/1 Jolly, Johnny 06/6
RDE Jones, Datone 13/1 Boyd, Josh 13/5
LOLB Perry, Nick 12/1 Palmer, Nate 13/6 Mulumba, Andy CF13
LILB Hawk, AJ 06/1 Manning, Terrell 12/5
RILB Bishop, Desmond 07/6 Jones, Brad 09/7
ROLB Matthews, Clay 09/1 Moses, Dezman CF12
LCB House, Davon 11/4 Hyde, Micah 13/5 Bush, Jarrett W/Car
SS Jennings, MD CF11 Richardson, Sean CF12
FS Burnett, Morgan 10/3 McMillian, Jerron 12/4
RCB Shields, Sam RFA Hayward, Casey 12/2 Smith, Damond CF13
ST (3)
P Masthay, Tim SF10
PK Crosby, Mason 07/6
LS Goode, Brett SF08
My 2013 53 man roster has some surprises. Notably, Tramon Williams, Marshall Newhouse, Alex Green, James Starks and DJ Williams fail to make the roster, along with Jarrett Boykin, Brandon Ross, Ryan Taylor and CJ Wilson.
Tramon Williams has been showing to start some serious wear and tear over the past two seasons, and his contract numbers are very high. Davon House seems ready to take over, with great, young backup talent behind him in either Hayward or Hyde.
Marshall Newhouse winds up being a victim of numbers on the OL, even though we keep 3 more than we did to start last season. I think Sherrod comes back to claim his #1 LT position, and he's followed closely behind by both Datko and Bakhtiari who also had success at G, but more of a pure LT who just needs some weight/strength to develop. Datko has had a full season and offseason to progress to an NFL weight and strength, and has awesome measurables for LT. Patrick Lewis comes in to back up EDS at C, and I think he may eventually take over the position, should EDS slip.
We only kept 7 OL last year, but a renewed emphasis on the run, along with some better backs, makes keeping the very best OL we have in the house imperative, and more of them at 10. Especially considering Rodgers needs better protection, having been the most sacked QB last season. This unit sees 4 new faces added to the roster for 2013.
Both Green and Starks have proven unreliable, as good as they have flashed. Can't make the roster in the hot tub. The frustrations of the staff in this regard seemed evident last season. Cedric Benson will show the rookies the way at the NFL level. Not a bad tutor.
Last year we kept 6 WRs, but with the talent of the RBs added, the shift to a more ground-game approach makes one of them expendable, while upgrading Boykin and Ross with Johnson and Dorsey. Maybe one of each, Boykin/Ross - Johnson/Dorsey makes it. I'm thinking Stoneburner makes the loss of one WR here from last year moot. We've often put our TEs out as WRs.
We kept 4 TEs last season, but the Stoneburner addition, along with supreme tackling talents added at LB this year, make keeping both Williams and Taylor unnecessary for STs.
4 UDFAs make this roster in Smith, Mulumba, Stonburner and Lewis. The first three of these guys will make awesome STs players.
I love Tramon Williams, I just wonder if his shoulder injury having affected his play for two seasons running will prevent him from keeping these young guns at bay for his job. I'm thinking maybe not... maybe, maybe, Jarrett Bush bites the dust in favor of Damon Smith instead. I might rather see that if Smith can do some good things on STs.
Really, really too bad that Patrick Lewis can't do LS work... I checked and Texas A7M did use a LS as a specialist. That is such a valuable roster spot, and it would be nice to have one C who could do both.
I would not want to go lighter on either line again, where last season we only kept 7 OL and 6 DL. We lost too many important games in the trenches. Couldn't run block. Couldn't keep Rodgers from being most sacked in the NFL. Couldn't stop the run. Couldn't regularly get to the QB from the DL position. That is changing with this 2013 roster.