MVP2110 wrote:Reddeye wrote:MVP2110 wrote:
We actually have exactly 70 players once the practice squad fills out. With the new rules allowing for practice squad elevations depth isn't just a 53 man roster thing, it's a 70 man roster thing and we lost a lot of guys that would have been quality depth to have.
If we need to callup a WR Dubose would have been better than Hicks/Wayne
If we need to callup a Safety AJJ would have been better than our current practice squad
I could keep going with Welch, Pratt, and even guys like Newman & Caleb Jones would have been better than an OL like Lecticus Smith
You can't bring up Dubose and Johnson and say they would have been better call ups. They are on other teams 53 roster. They wouldn't have been on the Packers PS.
The Packers must not have thought a 6th off ball lb was as important as depth at other positions. As far as I know Welch is still out there and hasn't been picked up by anyone.
I am guessing the Packers trust Clifford more than Pratt if something happened to Love this season because of he time being in the offense.
People have wanted Newman gone for years and it sounded like Jones was not good in training camp. The Packers have had some success developing lineman so I will trust their opinion on keeping Smith over Jones. Newman was claimed so he wasn't a practice squad option and I wouldn't have wanted him back if he was.
To be clear I've said multiple times that not all of this was on the Packers. Losing Dubose & Newman for example came down to a numbers crunch and I understand it. It's still a hit on their depth though
Losing Pratt, Welch, & AJJ are what I blame the Packers FO for.
There are a lot of times that decisions can be questioned for a GM. "The coach knows better" or "the GM knows better" isn't always a thing if we're talking about a huge contract for an older starter or whatever.
If NFL talent evaluators, who probably saw guys like DuBose or Pratt play "better" in preseason so that even a RealGM poster is downtrodden by these decisions...don't you think "GM knows best" may apply? Like, there has to be a reason for this (special teams, "meh, he's not a difference-maker and we need ST," or otherwise).
