You’re right. He’s not going anywhere. The whole process of letting him walk and then, after no one else was interested, resigning him smelled like a Mark Murphy move. Murphy likes his PR value; articulate, family man, community-minded, etc. I just wish they could find him a position in the media relations department.

I think Dillon is probably going to make the team, but quite possibly only because Lloyd is deemed not capable of significant snaps due to protection. In which case Lloyd would be kept to develop and we keep 4 as a result, but don’t see much of Lloyd even if there’s an injury. Wilson is a decent protector and won trust at that last year and has good hands. I don’t see them cutting him if he continues as he has been, in which case I don’t think he makes the PS and stays on it.

I think Dubose is close to a lock. He’s physical and just offers more than Heath, who I think would make it to the PS probably. Guys like Mosby and Cox have a chance to cement positions or maybe convince the Packers not to allocate that roster slot to a different position. There is an ongoing battle at the back of the CB/S/ILB depth. Rochell, Ballentine, King as well as LBs like Welch and Young all have an opportunity both to show themselves as too good to drop, too versatile or critical to STs.

I’m not going to get into the T depth question. I think the coming games will help clarify and we’ve gone around in circles in that enough at this point, but Monk as G depth seems likely as well as Rhyan, if last week’s performances are replicated.

King, for example, doesn’t play STs noticeably, while Rochell and Welch have stood out in usage and plays. Rochell is a boundary, but if they believe Ballentine can play slot capably and Young, a former S would seem a type Hafley covets, if one in need of polish. Could he supplant Anderson who has also had a good camp on D having essentially missed it last year?

Of these, who would not make the PS? Ballentine and perhaps Rochell and Anderson may decide to look elsewhere, the others, even King, probably do. What do Hafley and Bissacia want and how strongly, and closely do those wants align? How much does Gute value youth and (small) cost differentials at the back end and is there perceived untapped upside to be more among that group?

The new additions would be DEs. They are about the same weight as Cox and Mosby (250) brought in as depth and outside rushing specialists due to injury. Theres often a role for that kind of DE on a situational basis, as Cox and Mosby’s prior presence illustrates, even in base, but more likely in other formations. Remember in the days of our elephants we had Fackrell, who was a little heavier but less compact, in a situational role on passing downs. Whether we have such a role depends on how many DEs we keep on the roster. In or 2 could make the PS though too.