Gilbert, who's kicking, punting and doing long snapping?

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I agree. Francois is much better in terms of 53 player making.

Seriously though, I too would like to hear your reasoning for this.

(I tried to sound like that annoying SS Major from Inglorious Basterds in that last sentence).

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Greg Jennings, no question :physassult: i edited my post, now it's 53

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Keep in mind, I don't watch Linerbackers often. From what I've seen, read and heard about Bishop is he's a special teams ace and once on the field makes a lot of mental errors. I don't think he can cover any better than Hawk. And now he's got a hamstring issue. He's had several years to crack the starting lineup and hasn't. I don't see him making it on the roster. He'll either be cut, or traded I think.

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I always enjoy predicting this. Here goes:

Offense (25):

QB (2): Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn
RB (3): Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson, Quinn Porter
FB (2): John Kuhn, Korey Hall
WR (5): Greg Jennnings, Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson, James Jones, Brett Swain
TE (4): Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee, Andrew Quarless, Spencer Havner
OL (9): Chad Clifton, Daryn Colledge, Scott Wells, Josh Sitton, Mark Tauscher, Bryan Bulaga, T.J. Lang, Jason Spitz, Marshall Newhouse

Defense (25):

DL (6): Cullen Jenkins, B.J. Raji, Ryan Pickett, Mike Neal, Justin Harrell, Jarius Wynn
OLB (4): Clay Matthews, Brad Jones, Brady Poppinga, Frank Zombo
ILB (4): Nick Barnett, A.J. Hawk, Brandon Chillar, Desmond Bishop
CB (7): Charles Woodson, Al Harris, Tramon Williams, Al Harris, Pat Lee, Brandon Underwood, Sam Shields
S (4): Nick Collins, Morgan Burnett, Will Blackmon, Derrick Martin

Special Teams (3):

LS: Brett Goode
K: Mason Crosby
P: Tim Masthay

Notes:

Ive got Al Harris making the roster rather than going on the Physically Unable to Perform list, because he could easily be ready by week two or three, rather than having to wait until week six.

I think Atari Bigby and James Starks will end up on the PUP list (Starks might even be placed on Injured Reserve sooner rather than later).

Tim Masthay pretty much won the punting competition with his performance against the Colts.

Frank Zombo and Sam Shields make the team after strong pre-seasons. Shields essentially replaces Jarrett Bush on special teams, and is a better prospect at corner.

Tom Crabtree is a hard cut at TE, but I cant justify keeping five, and Quarless has far more upside.

Quinn Porter gains a roster spot almost by default as I cant see the Packers keeping only two RBs. Although this could be a place for a trade/waiver wire acquisition.

The Allen Barbre/Breno Giacomini experiments are over. Both are horrific players and the new guys - Bulaga and Newhouse - essentially replace them from last season. Spitz makes it over Dietrich-Smith, though the former might be traded, in which case the Packers would keep Dietrich-Smith around.

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That's a pretty bold statement, but it makes sense. Bishop has not had his usual eye-catching preseason, and he seems disgruntled. He may have some trade value, and if they don't trade him now I think he can leave on his own after this season, and he probably will. Also, Francois and Joseph have gotten some significant playing time recently, so the coaches might think they are good enough to serve as backups.

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But they already have Ryan Pickett as a backup NT, and they don't use an NT on passing downs. I don't think they need three of them.

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