I agree, plus I doubt we have enough room for three NT anyway. We already have Pickett, Raji, and Jolly could play if needed. Need to keep a bunch of spots open for other positions.

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Yeah it is very unlikely they will keep more than 6 on the dline

Jenkins
Picket
Raji

Are locks to make the team

Jolly
Harrel

Are very likely to make the team, bearing something bad happening(jail time, more injuries, respectively).

So that leaves one spot potentially, they may even just go with 5. And i think Wynn who they drafted would be the leading candidate to make up that 6th spot, just because he was drafted etc and Thompson has a tendancy to hold onto his draft picks for a year or two(even high round picks).

Alfred Malone
Michael Montgomery
Dean Muhtadi
Brian Soi
Ronald Talley
Anthony Toribio
Jarius Wynn

All of these guys are pretty much competing for one spot as it is now. But you never know, a couple of them may really surprise and pick up the defense better than some of the veterans, but i think thats pretty unlikely.

Honestly i see a couple of these guys ending up on PS as insurance for harrel/jolly.

Here is the current dline roster from packers.com

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I give the nod to Malone

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That's about all I can find too. Personally I like

NT/DE DEAN MUHTADI #64
6' 3" 295 lbs. Maryland

The guy is very raw but strong and quick. Also he doesn't stop until the whistle. I know a lot of people expect players not to quit on plays unto the whistle but most players don't go 100% every single play even when the ball isn't near them. Muhtadi doesn't stop going hard because the ball isn't near him. He gives full effort.

Also to top it all off he's smart getting awarded for the best GPA for a Maryland football player.

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Don't be so sure. This is the year for DT's, in the sense that they almost invariably need a couple of years to get on the "right page".

We have had a hint that this guy might not suck, too. They dropped -what was his name- Fred Bledsoe like a bad habit, and he looked like a prototypical NT on paper...

Soi has gone from 295 to his current weight. It looks like good weight, too...

He just might favorably surprise us. We could use several of those, imo.

Would we only keep six?

If we did they better keep a few on the PS for insurance.

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Well, hes huge.

Funny thing is he only has about 20 lbs on me.. and I have an inch on him in height.. but I have over 15 years of "experience" on in age.. lol.

Big boy...

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Well last year in the 4-3, with an extra position on the DLine they kept what, 9? The year before 10 and that was higher than average. So 6, or 7 at the very max for a 3-4. They'll keep something like 8-10 LB's tho.

qb 3
rb 3
fb 2
wr 5
te 3
oline 9
dline 7
lb 9
cb 5
s 4
ST 3

53

Doing the math there i could see them taking 7 on the Dline, but no more.

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Yeah I really hope they keep 7 DL no less.... I mean injures to the DL is what killed the 07 and 08 seasons.

And with Jenkins coming off injury, Harrell problem with injuries, Jolly legal problems. Plus Pickett has gotten banged up the last two season and needed brakes and Raji wasn't in the best conditioning in college.... so I hope they keep as many DL as they smartly can.

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