It is that time of the year in the NFL. The NFL Draft is over & teams begin to build their 90 man rosters. The Packers will add their 13 draft choices, un-drafted players, a few free agents & returning players on contracts. Let the build begin!
Where are we now? According to the Packer website:
63 under contract, 13 draft picks, 12 un-drafted signings = 88 players
What is the latest cap space?
As of May 1, 2023 according to spotrac.com
$12,682,360 top 51 players $3,562,360 all players
So, not a lot of free money to bring in free agents. Because of all the attempt to keep "you know who" happy, and trying to move $$$ into other years, the salary cap will be tight the next two years. So, we need to make these 88 players better!!!!
Let us start with the drafted & undrafted 25 players first, then we will look at the players under contract later.
Drafted players Undrafted players
1 - OLB - Lukas Van Ness, Iowa 1 - TE - Cameron McDonald, Florida St
2 - TE - Luke Musgrave, Oregon St 2 - TE - Henry Pearson, Appalachain St.
3 - WR - Jayden Reed, Michigan St 3 - S - Benny Sapp III, Iowa St
4 - TE - Tucker Kraft, South Dakota St 4 - S - Christian Morga, Baylor
5 - DL - Colby Wooden, Auburn 5 - WR - Duece Watts, Tulane
6 - QB - Sean Clifford, Penn St 6 - WR - Malik Heath, Mississippi
7 - WR - Dontayvion Wicks, Virginia 7 - DT - Jason Lewan, Illinois St
8 - DL - Karl Brooks, Bowling Green 8 - OT - Kadeem Telfort, Ala-Birmingham
9 - K - Anders Carlson, Auburn 9 - LB - Jimmy Phillips, SMU
10 - CB - Carrington Valentine, Kentucky 10 - G - Chuck Filiaga, Minnesota
11 - RB - Lew Nichols, Central Michigan 11 - OLB - Keshawn Banks, San Diego St
12 - S - Anthony Johnson Jr, Iowa St 12 - LB - Brenton Coc, JR, Florida
13 - WR - Grant DuBose, Charlotte
New faces = 25, 1 Kicker, 11 defense & 13 offense. Of course, the drafted players will get a close look, but every year we have surprises!!! And, as of 2022, the practice squads were increased to 16 players. So, actually, 69 players make up the NFL team. And of course, injured players will add even more!
What am I looking at as far as position needs?
1 - Tight End - WE NEED BODIES! And, for Jordan Love's sake, a good one to emerge!
2 - Defense Line - WE NEED BODIES! And, for Kenny Clark's sake, a good one to emerge!
3 - Kicker - will this be Mason Crosby's last hurrah???
4 - Wide Receiver - we are young! And, we need a few more good ones!!!
5 - Safety - This will be fascinating. The starter Adrian Amos is a free agent, Savage is back, but has had issues. This is a definite concern!!!
Let the competition begin!!!
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