![]() Robert Tonyan, Tyler Davis and Josiah Deguara are going to get looks as the team’s pass-catchers, while Marcedes Lewis and Davis primarily play as inline tight ends. ![]() With the release of Dominique Dafney on Tuesday, the tight end group is pretty straightforward. Tight ends (4) Robert Tonyan, Marcedes Lewis, Tyler Davis and Josiah Deguara The fact that he’s starting on two core special teams units currently might lead to the team rostering seven players at the position. Juwann Winfree, the team’s fifth outside receiver behind Allen Lazard, Sammy Watkins, Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs, sees a significant amount of playing time with “the ones” or as a “starter” on the second team. While Amari Rodgers has been used offensively as a slot receiver, essentially Randall Cobb’s backup, he does seem to be getting consistent work as a returner, which gives him a very good chance of making the 2022 final roster. ![]() This was the role that Malik Taylor has played for Green Bay in the past. With Shemar Jean-Charles, Rico Gafford and Keisean Nixon contributing on special teams as the Packers’ fourth through sixth cornerbacks, the Packers don’t have to roster a non-returning special teamer at the receiver position this year. Receivers (7) Allen Lazard, Sammy Watkins, Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Randall Cobb, Amari Rodgers and Juwann Winfree Despite Goodson “starting,” I’d still give Taylor the nod at RB3 knowing that Hill, a scatback, is likely to return at some point during the regular season. Taylor is the team’s second-best option to pass block and run goal line/short yardage work behind Dillon. Goodson is the team’s third-ranked base downs back behind Jones and Dillon, at least until Hill returns. You have to put weight on the roles these players are going to play, if you’re putting yourself in the Packers’ shoes. Goodson was the team’s first- and second-down back, but Patrick Taylor was used as the team’s pass-blocking and short-yardage specialist, even seeing time as an outside receiver in empty formations as a tendency breaker. With that being said, it’s important to note how the backup backs were used. On Friday against the 49ers, the Packers did use Tyler Goodson as “the starter” with Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon held out of the preseason opener as healthy scratches. The big debate at the position is going to be who is playing the third running back role until the second-year Kylin Hill returns from the physically unable to perform list. Running backs (3) Aaron Jones, AJ Dillon and Patrick Taylor Quarterbacks (2) Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love We’ll discuss why some positions are harder to project out than others and touch on what the team’s options are. With all that in mind, let’s take another look at the Packers’ roster, going position-by-position, and make some predictions on who will make the team’s final 53-man cut. Beyond that, we also got examples of what the special teams might look like in Week 1. While the Green Bay Packers didn’t use many starters against the San Francisco 49ers in last Friday’s preseason opener, we were able to get a good feel for the rotations and snap counts for offensive and defensive backups during the game.
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