Every year this seems the case. Fans of every team are sure their castoffs will be immediately picked up, and every year this does not generally happen. Nagler talks a lot about teams liking "their guys", the players they have had in camp. Welch fits this well.

I agree that Hardman will be elevated unless someone steps up big. Is it a weird situation that if he sits a week and they elevate him in week 2 then his vested vet status doesn't hold anymore and they could cut him later at no cost if they wish? Like perhaps after Watson returns.

He's signing with the Panthers PS. I liked him. On Andy's show this morning he does a nice segment about Kalen King and explains his thoughts on his cut.

How does this make us better as compared to the two they let go? I really thought Elgersma showed enough for the PS. Not like I know better, but this pickup seems a bit out of "tune" to me.

In his 3 starts for the Titans, Malik Willis was 25 - 49, for 234 total yards (in 3 games!) 0 tds and 3 int. The team definitely sees something inTune's makeup or arm or something they like, not the stats. Given what happened with Willis, I am willing to give the personnel guys a break and see how it goes.

The Packers know they have a high quality back up and not an urgent need for a 3rd guy. But, since Willis will likely be gone next year, they may need to use a day 2 pick on a QB, or hope a semi-decent free agent veteran becomes available for next year. They've seen Clifford and Elgersma and obviously weren't impressed, but Tune doesn't sound real promising either.

I have seen Tune play and he is an upgrade over both the previous guys.

I'm glad the Sean Clifford experiment is over.

This is a futures move. Willis is likely going elsewhere next season. Neither Clifford nor the Canadian Cannon offered enough upside to be the back up.
Tune appears to have some instincts and ability but we will see. The Packers liked him before his draft. We'll see if the coaches can bring him along.

More ready than Elgersma and significantly more mobile. More physically talented than Clifford on the ground and in the air. He won the back up job last year and this year they brought in a veteran. He’s not the athlete on the ground that Willis is, but he’s a good enough one to count him a genuinely mobile QB and he proved it in college despite being a pocket first player. He does go through reads and progressions and has a good arm.

He’s a guy I think that, like Willis, needed time to let the pro game slow down. He was patently not ready as a rookie in 2023 when forced into starting a game as a rookie—another thing he and Willis share. If the game has slowed for him as it had with a Willis, he’s credibly a genuine back up next year and emergency option this, which Elgersma wasn’t.

He may be the guy who, being picked, led them to reach and take Clifford ten spots later in that draft. It seems they just upgraded to the pick they wanted then. That predated Elgersma, whom I thought looked worth developing, but it’s fair to say was not to the point where we’d likely have used him at all this year and would have signed a journeyman if needed. I believe that is probably the difference.

The guys who made the P Squad are better players. Stashing Hardman was a good move. They could still move on a CB if the right deal shows up. They still need a playmaker. Bullard is not a cover guy.

I beleive they retained Sheppard as a possible kick returner? As he did that in preseason . He could also grow into a good wr

You would cut Willis to have Wentz or DeVito? Neither would be signing to be on the PS in Green Bay. I am find with the QB room. They have a capable back up and a live arm on the PS in Tune.