Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The Packer Roster Now Up To 88 Players!

Since my last blog entry the Pack has been busy!  A few players let go, but many un-drafted players signed!  The Roster now stands at 88, and could go to 90, which is the limit!  The next project will be to analyze the competition for the 53 man roster!  And remember, 10 players are allowed on the practice squad.

This summer the players being to digest the playbook.  Coaches start to get to know the new players & compare them to the vets.  below is my present roster:

Light Green (draftees not signed)
Light Blue (Free Agent not signed)

So, what do the numbers say?

Offense 43 players
Defense - 41 players
Special Teams - 4 players
Two draftees not signed - Ty Montgomery & Damarious Randall
And Two Unsigned Free Agents - Matt Flynn & Jarrett Bush

So, where do we start?  Let's begin with the easy one - 4 special team players.

Long Snapper - Brett Goode
Place Kicker - Mason Crosby
Punter - Tim Masthay
Punter - Cody Mandell

Long Snapper - Brett Goode
No competition here!  This is year 8 for Goode and has been very dependable.  I still think it is crazy
to have a roster spot wasted on a player that snaps the football!  Since all teams do it, I guess we will
stick with Brett!  Snap On!

Place Kicker - Mason Crosby
This will be year 9 for Crosby.  Looks like the Pack will not bring in any completion for Crosby this
year.  Mason did have a respectable year last year - 

Field Goals - 27 of 33 kicks - that ranked 23rd among kickers (top was Vinatieri 96.8%)
Field Goals over 50 yards - 4 of 7
Extra Points 53 of 55 (THAT ranks last!)
Kickoffs 56 kickoffs - 41 touchbacks

So, not bad, not great.

Punters
Tim Masthay
Cody Mandell

Mastery needs to step it up!
Ranked 28th in Net  - 38.6 yards (best was Saints punter 44.7 yards)
Inside the 20 - LAST - 14 (best was Arizona 35)
What is deceiving is the Packers had the fewest punts - 49!!!! (Oakland had 109)

So, Aaron moves the ball and we do not punt a lot!!  THAT IS GOOD!

Coach McCarthy is focusing on special teams, let's see what happens!!!




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