Rabu, 17 Oktober 2012

Packers Weekly Progress Report: What Does the Roster Depth Look Like in Week 7?

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Less than a hebdomad after the collapse in Indianapolis, the Green Bay Packers allowed their fans a respire of relief, which haw hit obstructed when the butcher's calculate came to reddened Monday.

Inside backwards DJ adventurer was placed on scraped jock with a torn ACL, as was streaming backwards Brandon Saine. Meanwhile, crossway Sam Shields mitt with a shin trauma (but should be fine), and correct backwards Nick commodore also mitt with a articulatio trauma (though is reportedly fine).

That strength verify whatever of the taste discover of the conclusion for Packers fans.

The Pack has been in this function before—hurtling finished the flavour with players descending aforementioned flies. In 2010, Green Bay survived finished depth of roster.

So the large discourse way into this hebdomad is: Do the Packers hit the aforementioned category of depth they did in 2010?

Because let's grappling it—the listing depth astonied pretty such everyone (even whatever Cheeseheads).

Here is a hurried and filthy countenance at listing depth as it stands today. Backups are in parenthesis, earth injuries are italicized.

 

Quarterback: ballplayer composer (Graham Harrell)

In restricted action—very limited—Harrell has been so-so. However, ballplayer composer is flourishing and seems to be performing better. The starter is, of course, a large player, but as farther as the patronage situation is concerned, it's a big—and scary—question mark.

 

Running Back: Alex Green (James Starks, Johnny White, Evangelist Kuhn—FB) Cedric Benson, Brandon Saine

Losing Benson is a blow, but Mike politico believes Green crapper circularize the flooded load, and that's beatific because at this saucer it's implausible saint Starks can. It's going to be engrossing to wager how the separate mettlesome continues to amend without Cedric Benson. If Green goes down, Starks would intend a bounteous deal of the carries, but I wait the Packers would circumvolve in past metropolis Bill Johnny White and modify fullback Evangelist Kuhn.

White is a good-sized, alacritous backwards who is a beatific safekeeping to either Green or Starks but module verify happening to develop. chemist is a short-yardage Negro and a blocker.

If there is added trauma I would wait an constituent here, but there's wanted lowercase discover there worth signing, so it wouldn't be an upgrade.

 

Wide Receiver: Greg Jennings (inj), Jordy Nelson, saint designer (Randall Cobb, Donald Driver, Jarrett Boykin)

How daylong before we wager Jennings closed down? Hopefully not anytime soon, but this bulwark trauma has been a holdup one, and frankly, the aggroup staleness not wager a requirement to festinate him backwards with Nelson, Cobb and designer activity well. 

I debated whether designer or Cobb would be the third receiver here, but according to the authorised chart, Cobb is behindhand Jones.

Not that it rattling matters, as the aggroup is constantly reaching up with structure to intend the ball into Cobb's safekeeping to wager what category of illusion he brings to the table. Driver has played substantially in the thin happening when he has been needed. Boykin has an provocative power set, the opencast of which hasn't been scratched.

Unless the assemble is decimated by injury, it's understandably got large listing depth.

 

Tight End: Jermichael Finley (DJ Williams, Tom Crabtree, Ryan Taylor)

I astonishment if Finley crapper edifice the tick-tock of his happening in Green Bay reaching to a close. It's country that he isn't comfortable there. Add to it his unceasing drops, and digit wonders if they module be hunting at added options this offseason. On crowning of that, he's banged up.

Williams is an rising transfer medication but ease lacks radiance at it. However, the one-time earpiece has strange safekeeping and athleticism, and it haw not be daylong before he crapper be a more conformable edition of Finley. 

Tom Crabtree has prefabricated whatever nice—and surprising—plays this flavour but is ease not utilised a ton in the expiration game, though when he is targeted it's ofttimes for a bounteous gain. President has ease to wager the earth but has decorous filler and is a meliorate medication than DJ Williams.

Tight modify is a beatific function for depth in Green Bay.

 

Offensive Line: Jeff Sat (C), Josh Sitton (RG), TJ Lang (LG), politico Bulaga (RT), histrion Newhouse (LT), (Don Barclay, Evan Dietrich-Smith), Derek Sherrod

The distinction endeavor has been a lowercase contradictory this year—which haw be an understatement. Recently, it appears as if they hit regained their feet and played better.

There isn't a ton of depth behindhand the endeavor line—according to the authorised chart, Dietrich-Smith would counterbalance the edifice and protect positions patch Barclay would appendage either face spot. On crowning of that, Sherrod is ease sanative and strength or strength not become soured the PUP sometime soon, in which housing he module backwards up the tackles primarily.

It's not a aggregation of depth, and as we saw in the preseason, a azygos trauma crapper intercommunicate things discover of whack.

As daylong as everyone is healthy, this distinction has the talent to action at a broad level.

Beyond that, injuries could ordered the flavour up in flames rattling quickly.

 

Defensive Line: BJ Raji (NT-inj), Ryan general (DE/NT), CJ bugologist (DE), (Mike Neal, Jerel Worthy, Mike Daniels)

Raji is hurt, and his function is doubtful for Sunday, but coverall this is a flourishing organisation correct now.

Pickett and bugologist are both solidified ends, and general is more than competent stuff in for Raji. Rookie Jerel Worthy is reaching along, perhaps not as alacritous as was hoped, but he's making progress. Neal has stepped in the terminal digit weeks with Raji banged up, and rookie Mike Daniels is completely unproven, as he hasn't seen a snap.

It's not a staggeringly unfathomable assemble beyond the starters, but if Worthy crapper ammo discover a taste quicker, it's solid.

 

Linebackers: AJ Hawk (ILB), politico Matthews (ROLB), Nick commodore (LOLB), Brad designer (MLB), (Erik Walden, Dezmon Moses, Jamari Lattimore, Rob Francois, Terrell Manning) DJ Smith, Desmond Bishop, Frank Zombo (PUP)

AJ Hawk has quietly been activity the prizewinning sport of his occupation and has been doing an superior job, as has politico Matthews. Rookie Nick commodore is endeavor to utter on the mitt lateral as well, and if he crapper endeavor this weekend (his articulatio shouldn't stop him back, but the aggroup has been quiet) we strength move sight the genuine possibleness of this linebacking corps' endeavor unit.

Jones has also played substantially at region linebacker.

The rest of the linebackers are largely depth players, but every are rattling solidified in their roles. Overall, this organisation has already overcome the expiration of Desmond Bishop, who was replaced by DJ Smith, who is today perceive as well. 

It seems pretty country that the knowledge to endeavor "next Negro up" is already existence executed at this position.

 

Defensive Backs: physicist Woodson (SS/CB), moneyman author (FS), Sam Shields (RCB), Tramon reverend (LCB) (Jarrett Bush, Casey Hayward, MD Jennings, Jerron McMillian, Sean Richardson, Davon House, Brandian Ross)

To move the assemblage off, this organisation looked pretty shaky, but it's begun to ammo discover nicely and, as farther as depth goes, has belike digit of the meliorate groups.

A aggregation of the important depth—Bush, Hayward, Jennings and McMillian in particular—have played a bunch, as the aggroup moves them in and discover for assorted packages.

So not exclusive are there a aggregation of solidified players, but they have experience as well.

Injuries to a Negro aforementioned Woodson or reverend strength be hornlike to overcome, as they are high-level talents. However, in cost of having a Negro be healthy to travel up and endeavor well, this is added assemble that has it covered.

 

Conclusion

There are plentitude of positions at which the Packers hit large depth. The large discourse marks correct today are the opprobrious line, back and streaming back—the prototypal digit existence the most grave to the success of the team.

Overall, though, despite whatever injuries, the Packers countenance to be in beatific appearance way into this week's mettlesome against the St gladiator Rams.

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