Predict the Final 53

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Training Camp has been going on for over a week. It's time for our way-too-soon predictions.

Current roster for reference: http://www.packers.com/team/players.html

My current prediction:

QB: Rodgers, Graham, Coleman (3(3))
RB: Starks, Saine, Green (3(6))
FB: Kuhn (1(7))
WR: Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Jones, Driver, Gurley (6(13))
OT: Bulaga, Newhouse, Sherrod, Datko (4(17))
OG: Sitton, Lang, Dominguez (3(20))
C: Saturday, EDS (2(22))
TE: Finley, Williams, Taylor, Crabtree (4(26))

DL: Raji, Pickett, Worthy, Daniels, Wilson, Guy (6(32))
ILB: Bishop, Hawk, Smith, Jones (4(36))
OLB: Matthews, Perry, Moses, So'oto (4(40))
CB: Williams, Bush, House, Shields, Heyward (5(45))
S: Burnett, Woodson, Jennings, McMillian, Levine (5(50))

K: Crosby (51)
P: Masthay (52)
LS: Goode (53)

PUP: Quarless
SUS: Neal, Hargrove, Walden

Notes:
-I think Sherrod will get well and avoid PUP but it'll be too late for him to fight for a starting spot.
-I think the last OLB spot belongs to Walden, but because he's going to miss the first game I temporarily gave it to So'oto
-Last ILB was hard to choose because I haven't heard anything about any of our ILBs besides the top three. I went with Jones because of his experience.
-I think Bush stays the starter in base because of his physicality, but I think it's possible one of the other guys (leaning towards House) replaces him at RCB in subpackages.
-Levine is most likely candidate to get cut when Neal gets off suspension.
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[Sandybaby716]

I'll bite.

And win.

QB: Aaron Rodgers, Graham Harrell, BJ Coleman
RB: James Starks, Alex Green, Brandon Saine
FB: John Kuhn
WR: Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, James Jones, Donald Driver, Tori Gurley
TE: Jermichael Finley, DJ Williams, Tom Crabtree, Ryan Taylor
LT: Marshall Newhouse, Andrew Datko
LG: TJ Lang, Ray Dominguez
C: Jeff Saturday, Evan Smith
RG: Joshua Sitton
RT: Brian Bulaga

DL: Jerel Worthy, Mike Daniels, Phil Merling, BJ Raji, Ryan Pickett, CJ Wilson, Lawrence Guy

LB: Clay Matthews, Brad Jones, AJ Hawk, Terrell Manning, Dez Bishop, DJ Smith, Nick Perry, Jamari Lattimore, Vic So'oto

DB: Jarrett Bush, Tramon Williams, Morgan Burnett, Jerome McMillian, Charles Woodson, Casey Heyward, MD Jennings, Sam Shields, Davon House

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

PS: Brandian Ross, Nic Cooper, Diondre Borel, Samson Genus, Dezman Moses, Anthony Levine, Sean Richardson, Jarrett Boykin

Suspended/PUP/IR: Andrew Quarless, Derrick Sherrod, Frank Zombo, Mike Neal, Erik Walden, Anthony Hargrove

Notes:

Offense
Don't see us cutting Coleman
Gurley would be a big factor in ST
We go light at OL, with the only help in the wings Genus and Sherrod
Borel, Boykin, and Cooper are also PS.
Quarless will be Pup or IR

Defense
No PS dlmen because we have several reinforcements waiting for midseason returns, and because we roster 7 to begin with
I feel like Zombo is going to rush back to fight for a roster spot and get hurt worse.
Walden may not have a roster spot waiting for him after his susp.
We go light at DB but PS Levine, Richardson, and Ross.
PS fan favorite Moses

edit: added red to the players i had on the roster who didn't make it. considering I made this list before Bishop's injury or Benson's signing, i'm pretty proud. also, four of the guys I had on the PS made the actual roster in place of those guys. (pats self on back).
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[xDD80x]

RE: WR/FB?TE breakdown...

I think DJ Williams will play a bigger role in the offense than people expect. I really think MM is going to incorporate the Aaron Hernandez H-back/TE-FB into the offense, as evidenced by both DJ and Ryan Taylor sticking to the roster last year. With Quarless as hurt, I don't know who the backup Finley is going to be (I would guess Gurley), but it does seem like "the other kind" of TE is going to be a fixture. ...probably at the expense of all those traditional fullbacks we used to carry (Hall/Havner/QJ).

I don't know what this means for Kuhn and Crabtree, but I think MM is crazy about these hybrid guys that give Aaron a lot of options on pre-snap adjustments.
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[ajdodge09]

I actually started one of these like a month ago. Should I just pull that one up? It had a scoring system and everything
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[Posty]

[boratt]

Rodgers Harrell (2) (2)
Starks Green Saine (3) (5)
Kuhn (1) (7)
Finley Williams Taylor Crabtree (4) (10)
Jennings Nelson Jones Cobb Driver Borel (6) (16)
Newhouse Lang Saturday Sitton Bulaga Sherrod Van Rotten Dominguez Dietrich Smith (9) (25)

Masthay Crosby Goode (3) (28 )


Raji Pickett Wilson Worthy Daniels (5) (33)
Matthews Perry Moses Bishop Smith Lattimore Hawk Francois Manning B Jones (10) (43)
Williams House Hayward Shields Bush Ross Woodson Burnett Jennings McMillan (10) (53)
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[JEIS]

LT Marshall Newhouse Derek Sherrod Andrew Datko
LG T.J. Lang Evan Dietrich-Smith
C Jeff Saturday
RG Josh Sitton Ray Dominguez
RT Bryan Bulaga Player off of different roster after cuts
TE Jermichael Finley Tom Crabtree D.J. Williams

WR Jordy Nelson Donald Driver
WR Greg Jennings James Jones Randall Cobb
QB Aaron Rodgers Graham Harrell
RB James Stark Alex Green Brandon Saine
FB John Kuhn
LDE Ryan Pickett Mike Daniels
NT B.J. Raji Daniel Muir Anthony Hargrove
RDE Jerel Worthy Mike Neal C.J. Wilson
LOLB Nick Perry Erik Walden Brad Jones
LILB A.J. Hawk Terrell Manning
RILB Desmond Bishop D.J. Smith
ROLB Clay Matthews Dezman Moses
LCB Tramon Williams Sam Shields Davon House
RCB Jarrett Bush Casey Hayward
SS Charles Woodson M.D. Jennings
FS Morgan Burnett Jerron McMillian

K Crosby
P Masthay
LS Goode

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OFFENSE:
(2)QB: Rodgers, Harrell
(3)RB: Starks, Green, Saine
(1)FB: Kuhn
(4)TE: Finley, Williams, Crabtree, Taylor
(6)WR: Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Jones, Driver, Borell
(2)LT: Newhouse, Taylor
(1)LG: Lang
(2)C: Saturday, EDS(C/G)
(1)RG: Sitton, Dominguez
(2)RT: Bulaga, Datko

PUP - Sherrod, Quarless
Prediction is that Sherrod comes back and replaces Herb Taylor on roster. Quarless will be on IR for the season to return next year.

Offense=25

DEFENSE
(5)DL: Raji, Pickett, Worthy, Daniels, Wilson
(6)ILB: Bishop, Hawk, Smith, Francois, Lattimore, Manning (I/O)
(4)OLB: Matthews, Perry, Moses, Jones (I/O)
(6)CB: Williams, Woodson(CB/S), House, Bush, Heyward, Shields
(4)S: Burnett, Jennings, McMillan, Pellerin

PUP/SUSPENDED- Walden (1 gm), Neal (4 gms), Hargrove (8 gms)
Walden replaces Jones on the roster. Neal replaces Wilson, and Hargrove is added midseason to replace an injured player.

Defense=25

ST: (3)
Crosby/Masthay/Goode

[mccammon07]

I can't predict the roster, but I hope we keep three QB's and B.J. Coleman makes the roster. I think B.J. has a lot of potential.

[ECPackers]

ill take a crack...anyone on the PUP/IR/PS is not on my list intentionally.


QB: Rodgers, Graham, 2
RB: Starks, Saine, Green, Benson 4
FB: Kuhn, 1
WR: Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Jones, Driver, Gurley OR Borel , 6
OT: Bulaga, Newhouse, , Datko 3
OG: Sitton, Lang, wells, EDS 4
C: Saturday, 1
TE: Finley, Williams, Taylor 3
DE/DT/NT: Raji, Pickett, Worthy, Muir, wynn, wilson, merling 7
LB: Hawk, Smith, Jones Matthews, Perry, Moses, So'oto, moses 8
CB: Williams, Bush, House, Shields, Heyward, ross 6
S: Burnett, woodson, Jennings, McMillian, Levine 5

K: Crosby (51)
P: Masthay (52)
LS: Goode (53)
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[incognito_man]

QB: Rodgers // Harrell [2]
RB: Benson // Starks // Green // Kuhn [6]
TE: Finley // Williams // Crabtree // Taylor [10]
WR: Jennings // Nelson // Cobb // Jones // Driver // Boykin [16]
OL: Newhouse // Lang // Saturday // Sitton // Bulaga // Sherrod // EDS // Datko // Wells [25]

DL: Pickett // Raji // Wilson // Worthy // Daniels // Wynn // Muir [32]
LB: Perry // Hawk // Smith // Matthews // Francois // Moses // Jones // Walden // Lattimore [41]
DB: Williams // Woodson // Burnett // Hayward // Bush // Shields // House // Jennings // McMillian [50]

K: Crosby
P: Masthay
LS: Goode

*Neal and Hargrove might knock off 2 roster guys when they return.

[palmy50]

Little shocked there are only two with Muir making this team. I don't even think he would be close to that cut/53 line for me. He might not have the upside of a few others but he might just be the best DL on this Packers roster RIGHT NOW not named Pickett or Raji. LIS, much better football player today than he was his first go round in Green Bay. Very active for a big guy, and as stout as any after Pickett.
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[PossibleCabbage]

IMO

Specialists(3)
Masthay, Crosby, Goode

Offense (24)
QB(3): Rodgers, Harrell, Coleman
WR(5): Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Jones, Driver
RB(4): Green, Saine, Starks, Kuhn
TE(4): Finley, Crabtree, Williams, Taylor
OL(9): Newhouse, Lang, Saturday, Sitton, Bulaga, EDS, Datko, Wells, Sherrod

Defense(26)
DL(6): Raji, Pickett, Wilson, Worthy, Muir, Daniels
LB(9): Matthews, Perry, Hawk, Smith, Lattimore, Jones, Francois, Moses, So'oto
DB(10): Woodson, Williams, House, Burnett, Hayward, Doc Jennings, Shields, Bush, Richardson, McMillan.

Reserve/Suspended(3):Hargrove, Neal, Walden.
Injured Reserve(1): Bishop.
PUP(1): Quarless

Conceivably Sherrod will be left on PUP and Bishop will be kept on the roster, though unable to play much of the season. I'm about 50/50 on this as I don't have any of the relevant medical information. Please don't ask who, if anybody, will be cut in order to make room for the returning suspended or PUP players. I have no idea.

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