The hardest part of projecting a 53-man roster for the Green Bay Packers is making the difficult cuts from around 65 players down to 53. It’s the same job general manager Brian Gutekunst will have to do late in August. And it’s not fun. Good players get sent packing every summer.
Packers Wire’s attempt at predicting a 53-man roster to start the 2021 season (see below) helped reveal which players could be the hardest to cut next month. Sometimes, finding the best-fitting 53 players is more important than picking the best 53 players overall. Tough decisions will need to be made to accomplish this goal.
53-man roster projection, pre-training camp
QB (2): Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Love
RB (3): Aaron Jones, A.J. Dillon, Kylin Hill
WR (6): Davante Adams, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Allen Lazard, Amari Rodgers, Malik Taylor, Juwann Winfree
TE (4): Marcedes Lewis, Robert Tonyan, Josiah Deguara, Dominique Dafney
OL (10): David Bakhtiari, Elgton Jenkins, Billy Turner, Lucas Patrick, Jon Runyan Jr., Josh Myers, Ben Braden, Simon Stepaniak, Royce Newman, Cole Van Lanen
DL (5): Kenny Clark, Dean Lowry, Kingsley Keke, Tyler Lancaster, T.J. Slaton
LB (5): Krys Barnes, Kamal Martin, De’Vondre Campbell, Ty Summers, Isaiah McDuffie
OLB (4): Za’Darius Smith, Preston Smith, Rashan Gary, Jonathan Garvin
CB (6): Jaire Alexander, Kevin King, Eric Stokes, Chandon Sullivan, Shemar Jean-Charles, Josh Jackson
S (5): Adrian Amos, Darnell Savage, Will Redmond, Vernon Scott, Christian Uphoff
ST (3): Mason Crosby, JK Scott, Joe Fortunato
Suspended: Jace Sternberger
A closer look at the hardest 10 cuts to get to 53: