From what I saw in Clev., Davis will clear waivers and make PS; no one is putting him on their 53. But if Ted Thompson sees him as a 3rd/early 4th rounder, then he'll consider him too valuable to clear waivers. I mentioned this the other day: there has been a huge influx of good WRs [and a bunch are UDFAs] over last 3-4 years.
If Janis gets cut there is a 100% chance he gets picked up. With his STs prowess, cheapness and a dummied down offense and/or a WR coach who thinks he can work w/ Janis' tools, some team will grab him.
And I dont get the 4-6 weeks. Terrell Owens in Dallas had screws and a plate put in his broken hand and he did not miss a game [he broke it the week before the bye]. Janis should be able to practice and play PS games with the club and stay in game shape. Who cares if he drops a pass because of the club.
Then Like luigis said the first few weeks we'll have 6-8 healthy scratches anyway, so Janis can be inactive until cast is off and therapy on hand is complete.
Also Mike McCarthy loves the 2 TE set. If Cook regains his solid blocking ability Mike McCarthy is going to go ape dung with the 2 TE sets and he'll need to keep 4 TEs, we wont be running as many 3 or 4 WR sets.
We only carry 6 DLman for seasonal depth-So with Pennell coming back game 5, I think we break camp with 5. So, for 4 weeks there's another spot for up to 11 TEs and WRs if necessary.
And a little factoid: the % of 7th rounders that make a roster are as follows:
Rookie year 58.3% of 7th rounders make a roster
2nd year 45.8%
3rd year 31.3%
4th year 21.7%
5th year16.7%
Janis is well ahead of the curve for a 7th.