Roster predictions

[Pokerbrat2000]

I would be surprised if Boyle is kept on the 53. Now maybe the Packers don't want a repeat of the Taysom Hill situation that happened last year. I guess if Boyle is still on the 53, the Packers must think the guy has a ton of potential and other teams know it. Otherwise, all I have seen is the typical UDFA QB that sits on a PS trying to learn how to be an NFL QB someday. What I don't want to see happen is Boyle forced into starting any games in 2018.

I think if we don't see Boyle play on Thursday night, the Packers are going to try and stash him on the PS. The last thing they would want to do is think he is a safe slide to the PS, play him and he has a fantastic night. Obviously, he could still play and look "meh" and slide over safely.

I'm hoping to just see 2 QB's on the final 53, use the other roster spot for one of the guys with a lot of potential and because of that, won't be a safe bet to get to the PS.

Edit: I wrote this before I saw the news that Hundley was traded. Boyle may end up playing against the Chiefs because of that. So fingers crossed in an odd way, that Boyle doesn't show enough to be a guy another team wants to snap up. Too many guys on the bubble right now to want to see that 53rd spot given to a QB that isn't ready to line up in a real game.

 

[XPack]

Agreed. Boyle and Tonyan will get to PS.

2 QBs (AR, Kizer)
3 TEs (JG, Kendrick, Lewis)

This way we can keep all the WRs.

 

[Favre>Rodgers259]

Agreed. Boyle and Tonyan will get to PS.

2 QBs (AR, Kizer)
3 TEs (JG, Kendrick, Lewis)

This way we can keep all the WRs.

With my prediction we can get em all regardless.

 

[XPack]

With my prediction we can get em all regardless.

Trevor Davis?

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Trevor Davis is suppose to finally play on Thursday night. I think he has almost locked a spot on the 53, not for what he did in preseason, since he hasn't played, but what he did last year as a returner and a gunner. Had someone else stepped up he would be expendable. That someone might have to be Jaire Alexander and he will have to do it on Thursday night.

 

[PikeBadger]

I’d consider Davis’s chance at making the final 53 at this time to be slim. Real slim. I’d expect the staff thinks they can work in a new punt returner and gunner.

 

[PikeBadger]

I also think Lance Kendricks is as good as released.

 

[Mondio]

I also think Lance Kendricks is as good as released.

I think you might be right in that

 

[Favre>Rodgers259]

You know it's unfortunate Kendricks really never got to shine in GB but Tonyan may be too enticing to pass up.

 

[Mondio]

You know it's unfortunate Kendricks really never got to shine in GB but Tonyan may be too enticing to pass up.

He hasn't had many opportunities, but when he's had them he hasn't really impressed me either. I expected more.

 

[Favre>Rodgers259]

Now that AR has his deal done, Jimmy will probably stay just as long if not retire a year or two early. Lewis will probably only last 2 years before retiring as a Jaguar. So that puts us back into the TE search yet again in 2-3 years. We owe it to Kizer(or whomever) to have a proven weapon in the passing game to lean on.

 

[PackerfaninCarolina]

Well, although today's news has been good and I'm glad will be Boyle and not Hundley in the third QB spot, I'm still not crazy about having 3 QBs when we do still have depth needs. But the good news is at least we aren't banking on one single QB as an insurance policy if Rodgers goes down again.

Kizer certainly was no star in preseason, but in his defense he's still coming out of not only the NFL's junk heap team, but pretty likely a bad Hue Jackson indoctrination of offense as well. Might take just a little while to see if that can be gotten rid of.

But now at least if he can't be set straight, there's a good chance Boyle turns out to be as good as Matt Flynn, only with a better arm.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

The thing to keep in mind about Kizer, I don't think we ever saw him with the #1 Offense did we? Granted, he probably didn't play much against other teams starting defenses, but it may help him to have 10 other starters supporting him. I mean look how much that helped Brett Hundley last year....oh wait......

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[thequick12]

There's absolutely no way the Packers keep Boyle on the 53. While he has a strong arm he isn't ready to win regular season games by any means.

So you still think there's absolutely no way they keep Boyle on the 53 ? The writing was on the wall as far as Hundley being moved. And now that it's happened I think it's pretty obvious Boyle will not be subjected to waivers as Hill so carelessly was last season.

 

[thequick12]

Don't know why my comment showed up as a quote but won't let me change it

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

So you still think there's absolutely no way they keep Boyle on the 53 ? The writing was on the wall as far as Hundley being moved. And now that it's happened I think it's pretty obvious Boyle will not be subjected to waivers as Hill so carelessly was last season.

I don't think any of us know for sure if Boyle will be kept on the 53 or not. However, the trading of Hundley may make it look more like a possibility at quick glance. But I see no reason why he still couldn't be cut in an attempt to get him to the PS. I have no problems with carrying 2 QB's on the 53 man roster and the only way I want to see Boyle on it is if he does have great potential and would most likely be lost if cut. Remember, the Packers had the same dilemma with Callahan, twice I think and some thought they were crazy to release him.

Getting guys safely to the PS is a risky business in the NFL, but I am not going to lose much sleep over Boyle being cut and lost. For if he was cut, that would be an indication to me that the Packers weren't overly concerned about it either and they favored keeping someone else in the process.

 

[Dantés]

I don't think any of us know for sure if Boyle will be kept on the 53 or not. However, the trading of Hundley may make it look more like a possibility at quick glance. But I see no reason why he still couldn't be cut in an attempt to get him to the PS. I have no problems with carrying 2 QB's on the 53 man roster and the only way I want to see Boyle on it is if he does have great potential and would most likely be lost if cut. Remember, the Packers had the same dilemma with Callahan, twice I think and some thought they were crazy to release him.

Getting guys safely to the PS is a risky business in the NFL, but I am not going to lose much sleep over Boyle being cut and lost. For if he was cut, that would be an indication to me that the Packers weren't overly concerned about it either and they favored keeping someone else in the process.

Poker, he obviously won't be cut because last year they cut Taysom Hill and he has since gone on to become the best quarterback of all time.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I'm quite certain that any fan can go back 20 or so years and look at the final 53 cut down of any team and find guys who they can now say "Holy crap, that was crazy to cut that guy, look at what he ended up doing for the team that picked him up". All a part of the process of evaluations and risk management by the Packers coaches and FO. But the day you start using one example, that may now look like a bad move in retrospect, as your new policy, you aren't doing your job.

If Boyle or any other guy on the bubble has more talent and/or potential than another guy, it moves them up the pecking order. But in the end the FO will figure out which guys they want to keep and which they just have to roll the dice on. They can't keep them all.

 

[gbgary]

Agreed. Boyle and Tonyan will get to PS.

2 QBs (AR, Kizer)
3 TEs (JG, Kendrick, Lewis)

This way we can keep all the WRs.

demovsky's been told they'll keep boyle on the 53.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

demovsky says they'll keep boyle on the 53.

Then its settled

Don't worry, just poking fun at ya. You and I both know Rob D. doesn't make the cuts.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Found this one funny, considering some of the posts about Boyle and Taysom Hill

Rob Demovsky‏Verified account @RobDemovsky
Rob Demovsky Retweeted Adam Schefter

And it just when Tim Boyle was a lock to make the Packers as the third QB, Taysom Hill could be available.

Maybe we should give the Saints back their first rounder for Hill?

 

[Mondio]

I"m pretty confident nobody has been told anything about who will be cut and who won't be outside of Gute, MM and the other MM.

 

[thequick12]

I don't think any of us know for sure if Boyle will be kept on the 53 or not. However, the trading of Hundley may make it look more like a possibility at quick glance. But I see no reason why he still couldn't be cut in an attempt to get him to the PS. I have no problems with carrying 2 QB's on the 53 man roster and the only way I want to see Boyle on it is if he does have great potential and would most likely be lost if cut. Remember, the Packers had the same dilemma with Callahan, twice I think and some thought they were crazy to release him.

Getting guys safely to the PS is a risky business in the NFL, but I am not going to lose much sleep over Boyle being cut and lost. For if he was cut, that would be an indication to me that the Packers weren't overly concerned about it either and they favored keeping someone else in the process.

I don't think and never did think Callahan was any good. Boyle seems to be an NFL qb. Now Ive always been a fan of keeping only 2 on the 53 because I always figured why waste a spot on a guy who is guranteed to be inactive every single week. But it does seem McCarthy would prefer 3 QBs on the 53. As for hill doubt the saints cut him as he seems to be one if their best special teams players. And even if they do I'm not sure if he is better than Boyle. Although that special teams value could keep him active on Sundays

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I don't think and never did think Callahan was any good. Boyle seems to be an NFL qb. Now Ive always been a fan of keeping only 2 on the 53 because I always figured why waste a spot on a guy who is guranteed to be inactive every single week. But it does seem McCarthy would prefer 3 QBs on the 53. As for hill doubt the saints cut him as he seems to be one if their best special teams players. And even if they do I'm not sure if he is better than Boyle. Although that special teams value could keep him active on Sundays

Seems like every year, we and 31 other teams have a "promising UDFA QB". Really hard to gauge these guys in preseason, based on the talent they are facing in the 3rd and 4th quarters of those meaningless games, I will leave that up to coaches who see them in practice everyday. I am also someone who hates to see a roster spot burned on one of these guys, unless their potential is really obvious. I wouldn't expect Boyle to be much help in 2018, but if the Packers feel this guy has a big upside, then yeah, protect him. But if he is just another Callahan or run of the mill UDFA QB, they are a dime a dozen it seems, cut him and try and sneak him on to the PS if they want to wait him out another year.

 

[Poppa San]

Name me three UDFA QBs that developed into anything other than a spot starter or career journeyman backup. I can't think of any without research that weren't more than JAGs. Across the league players like Boyle come and go every camp.