It's difficult, actually impossible, to criticize the actions of the Green Bay Packers. After all, they won it all last year and look really solid heading into this season. Their final roster is just a bit curious.
They are currently carrying five tight ends and only eight offensive linemen. The line total isn't all that odd. Moat teams keep 8-10 linemen but it's usually toward the high end. The total strikes me as odd only in relation to the number of tight ends. Five is very high. It's unusually high compared to the eight linemen. On defense the Packers are keeping ten linebackers, six being outside linebackers, and six linemen. Considering that the Packers usually line up in some variation of a 3-4, those numbers really aren't that unusual. It does leave little room for difficulties at the line and inside linebacker positions. I think that the defensive numbers lean more towards the crazy defensive schemes that Dom Capers throws on the field than any straight 3-4.
The Packers really sought to keep the top 53 players on the roster. The numbers at certain positions just fell like they did. Personally, I hope that they made loads of mistakes.
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