The Cuts Are Really In And….

The cut to 53 has come, but it probably hasn’t gone because what was left from Saturday’s cutdown leaves more moves to come to actually fill out the roster, but if there are not any changes then some of the positions have been left in a lurch. So let’s see how I did position by position.

The Packers Punting Game Is In The Hands and Feet Of Babies

Friday the Packers solidified (let’s hope) its kicking game with the signing of 5th round draft pick (#138) punter J.K. Scott and 7th round draft pick (#239) long snapper Hunter Bradley and the cutting of last year’s punter Justin Vogel, which added to not offering a tender to long-time long snapper Brett Goode means the Packers will begin the 2018 season with rookies in 2 of the 3 critical kicking positions without any fallback position in the case both or either fail.

This seems like a  classic Ted “one of the best talent evaluators that have ever done this” Thompson move like leaving no viable backups for the offensive line or just undrafted free agents as backups for the secondary, so it just proves that Thompson is still running the Packers show and not his personal puppet Brian Gutekunst. When will we ever get rid of him?

And Now For The Rest Of The Draft

After all the wheeling and dealing the Ted Thompson/Brian Gutekunst Collaboration did on Day One and Two (acquiring 9 draft picks and trading away eight, including the Damarious Randall trade before the draft) the Packers had  eight picks in the final four rounds.

According to most pundits the Packers were looking for cornerbacks, linebackers, offensive linemen, wide receivers. I added a pass rusher and a safety.

In the past the local kiss-ass media has revered Ted Thompson for his drafting prowess on Day Three of the draft, so you would expect Saturday to be an overwhelming success, but we’ll see.