Thanks Al, as almost the same as I had the mock final 53. I saw that Savage and Leavitt both were practicing today which is very good news. Now hoping to see Jenkins & Bakh doing 11 on 11. Vikings played very vanilla style against the Broncos in their last pre-season game so not to show GB anything. The special teams of the Vikings were the highlight. It's a new season and hope springs eternal.

IMO - Goodson over Taylor - Kick off returner as well and the guy who comes in infrequently because he can break something and maybe gimicky play. Not impressed with Leavitt or Carpenter - not playing fast enough - would rather keep Heflin - ( think he might get scooped) and if needed can maybe get another safety from another team.

Well Al, I can’t argue it’s not close to what I fear may happen. I think it represents several wrong judgements.

I think at S, the miraculous reappearance of Leavitt changes the plan and puts carpenter or Davis on the PS. I’d waive Davis personally, he’s similar but Leavitt is the leader. Since we are there, I don’t keep Fulgham, I keep Hyam. Both block but one is younger and can be an emergency returner. I would not rule out a longer look at Cross in the PS either.

I PS Rhyan and keep C.Jones. Simply on film and durability over Walker. I think Rhyan will pass waivers despite his draft.

I PS Winfree or I’d get rid of Rodgers as not being close to the 6th best receiver. Winfree offers more and Toure is too good to risk and they let him put it on film. The only reason Rodgers has any claim to be here is returns, but I would use Doubs on punts and him and Watson on kicks. So, either Toure and Winfree or Toure and Goodson as a slot option RB. I don’t believe Winfree or Rodgers would be claimed, and, honestly, I don't see either turning a game against us.

Don’t take risks and the risk isn’t draft cost, it’s current ability and future upside and which, if any, you’d least like a divisional rival to line up against you. To me that rules out waiving Toure and Jones and maybe Walker.

Certainly looks like they wanted to make a point on STs by releasing Summers before practice after LaFleur’s comments yesterday.

Probably as accurate as you can get IMHO. I don't see any surprises coming at all. The reserve safety situation has me a little nervous; better hope Amos and Savage continue to be as durable as they have been. Ditto for the OLBs. Difficult decision between P. Taylor and Goodson, but I also think the Packers stick with Taylor. And I hope Coco proves to be more than a short term answer here so we don't have to worry about this spot for a while.

Yup, pretty good list for the 53 man squad and practice squad. Leavitt returned to practice today, so Carpenter or Abernathy will end up on the practice squad. Taylor over Goodson and Winfree over Toure because production over potential. Jones and Walker on PS to develop the potential for a year. Keep Heflin and Slaton on PS too. OLB is the only position of who will be the 4th or 5th kept. No clear cut standout

Thanks, Al. Looks as good as any.

I don’t think Toure or Goodson will be picked up so getting them on the PS is not a big deal. With expected injuries they will eventually get the call.

My issue is exposing Walker or Jones. Big men are hard to find. Why are they in love with Hanson? I assume they and others see something I don’t? I also have a feeling you are right about Heflin and I also think he gets picked up. Maybe not immediately but injuries will force another team to pick him up. I can understand losing him as Packers are deep there today. Nothing we can do about that. I also like the kicker Ahmed. He probably showed up a year early. Gotta think he finds a job outside of GB. Too bad for us.

Lastly, I do think the Packers have one or two moves after the 53. I suspect this safety room is going to have a new body from somewhere. An upgrade for depth? Let’s hope so.

I think they keep 4 OLB 's not 5, walker can rush from the outside so maybe Heflin or Slayton make it.

Looks quite a bit like mine, we’d just have different guys who’d be inactive on gameday v on the PS. About 6 differences., so that’s about 90% agreement.

I would take Goodson over Taylor. I get the Blocking. But that can be taught. Either way I believe Andy had it right. Both to PS.
I don't agree on Toure. He will be claimed within the week. Winfree has No Upside. Only a ST.
Your OL matched mine. Couldn't agree more.
Summers was my ST guy. But I can see why they let him go. Nixon can take his place.
I was Wanting Ento.@CB. But his toe and Poor tackling. Put him on the PS.

I just like Goodson over Taylor. He runs hard and can take it to the house! The Pack is ready for he Queens, although I had the same thought for game 1 last year :{)

I'm thinking that they will keep either Caleb Jones or Rasheed Walker. Others have mentioned the idea of cutting Sean Ryan, which is interesting. He looks like such a project at this point that he does seem unlikely to make another team's roster. But then, all it takes is one team to pick him up, and then you miss out on a chance to develop a player who showed so much potential coming out of college. It depends on what the problem is with him, and I haven't heard anything about that. (Is it his strength? His technique? His football smarts?)

I think they will keep Tipa Galeai over Kobe Jones, if only because I never really noticed Jones on the field during the preseason and heard almost nothing about him in practice. Or maybe they only keep four OLBs. I'm also thinking they only keep four safeties because the depth is so unimpressive there. And maybe only five CBs for the same reason. That's all they need to suit up for games anyway, and they can always rotate practice squad players onto the roster if there are injuries. This would allow them to keep better players like Jack Heflin and Samori Toure.

No apology needed for the article. I've been waiting awhile for an article on this site about the roster. I seldom visit other Packer opinion sites. One is enough.

I haven't seen too many undrafted RBs that can make runs like Goodson did on that TD run. However, I get it, Taylor is the more polished player. Tough to leave Heflin off the team because of his good preseason play, but five DTs is enough. Wyatt's play ,even though preseason, has me a bit disappointed. Maybe he had a uniform mishap and was wearing those funny sneakers with wheels.

It would be hard to cut Crosby out for sentimental reasons, but those reasons should not prevent the tough decision to go with Ahmed. Last year Crosby could not kick it far enough into the endzone to save our specious teams from having to cover a kick off and then there are the days in which he just cannot hit anything. perhaps we could blame it on the holder, but.... time for him to retire since it seems our specious teams are again not about to decide to bring down a return man until he reaches about the 40. and I write this with a heavy heart for Crosby is just a class act guy.

Al, I agree with everything except I suspect they keep Heflin over Carpenter. I know 6 DL seems like too much, but I think they will play more DL this year and rotate a lot to keep them fresh. I also think a trade with Lowry isn’t out of the question to get better depth at safety, OLB and/or TE. There will be another player joining this team prior to the season starting, either by pick up or trade.

Maybe I'm dreaming, but I'd like to see us keep Toure Goodson, Heflin and Walker. I prefer adding some more youthful talent over draft status, especially when I watch at least three to four of these guys making plays that have I waited years to see from other recent drafts.

It’s probably pretty much as good a prediction as any. Yet, like a few others, I prefer Toure and Goodson. But it’s the coaches and staff that see more than I do.

It would be sad to see Rhyan make it over Jones or Walker simply based on where he was drafted, not on merit.

Not bad Al not bad.
It was a toss up over toure and Winfree and I choose Toure for speed and youth.
I also choose Taylor over Goodson and agree there are a lot of goodsons out there and I wouldn't put him on the PS.
Matter of fact many of your PS names I would cut and find better talent from other teams. I think we had a week draft and a weeker undrafted selections.
Last for sure they keep Crosby but I feel its time to part ways and say adios thanks for the memories. This team has to give up the loyalty crap and start replacing guys who are mediocre.

My only wish at the moment is to be able to read Jersay Al 53 Packers roster + PS.

I know they are talking about Mason Crosby's reliability, but, my opinion is that he lost his leg strength and that will be more missed opportunities despite new LS and holder. There was some bad snaps and bad kicks too. So not every missed kick was on LS or holder. And Mason had under 20% of his kicks deep in the end zone. I hope I'm wrong, but for me it looks like that! And that is the most important assumption (leg strength) for precision.

These decisions are definitely challenging. Your predictions are the safe route to go which is usually the Packer way. Most fans would like see a little splash too, so it will be interesting if they keep Goodson, Toure, and CJones on the offensive side of the ball.

"It's tough to leave Heflin off this team, but do the Packers really need another run-stuffer after having added Jarran Reed?"

YES!!! Reed tops our roster of most likely to be injured this year, followed by Preston Smith and Rasul Douglas. I'll go on record saying Reed is Gute's Bust of the offseason.