Thanks TGR!

I thought that Winfree helped his chances.
Obviously Davis put on roller skates on his downhill trajectory off the team.
Doubs looked like a very promising rookie. inconsistent but valuable contributions.
Van Lanen looks to be heading on to another career.
Big Cale looked like he belongs, just a little choppy.
Goodson looks like an explosive guy with the ball in his hands, he is this camps Hill.
Taylor provides needed value, but is it valuable enough for a 53 birth?
I am officially disappointed with Rhyan.
Summers is all but gone.
Wilborn is a numbers victim with 4 ahead of him in a 4 deep position group - PS.
OLB disappointed across the board after a lot of hype from the practices.
Slayton and Heflin look a LOT better than Wyatt.
Ford is a PS lock if he clears waivers.
O'Donnell can kick the durn ball, he is an upgrade.
Tonyan better hurry back and he better be the 2020 version, the position needs it.
Amari Rodgers looks eminently cuttable.
Where was Nixon? Is he a roster lock for ST?

Starters might get some PT next week!

Big thanks TGR!

Pretty sure Mack didn't even have a target. It will be interesting to see what PFF thought about his blocking.

Murf,
Ever since the Friday Night Scrimmage I too have been thinking Doubs reminds me of Adams. His footwork and how he can separate at the life of scrimmage. The way he high points catches. Like you I am not saying he is going to be another Adams but boy a lot of his game reminds me of Adams.

Wouldn't the above be nice and Watson's game reminds us of James Lofton. :)

I’d like to see Jones at RT too. He should make the roster over other guys like CVL. Newman actually put on some weight this off-season to be better suited to Guard, and I don’t want him at RT. However, according to PFF, Tom didn’t allow a pressure this week or last. He could use some time in the weight room, but he’s got exciting potential. I think the potential for Amari to become a quality WR is definitely there, he just needs some more work. He looked abysmal last year, and already is looking better, so there’s no reason he couldn’t become a quality WR maybe next year. He has great YAC ability too.I don’t agree with the refs call of overturning his catch. I don’t think the Packers should trade Lowry, they already have about 3m in cap space and he had 5 sacks last season. Tongan is also returning, Deguara looks better, and they still have Lewis, so they shouldn’t need a TE. The d line tonight (and OLBs) were not consistent at all, and I think they should sign Jason Pierre Paul with their remaining cap space. I think the excitement with Rodgers and Tom is reasonable, but not T Davis. Abernathy could be a good depth piece at S. Goodson was awesome, and Taylor solid with some good blocks too.

With the play of TJ and Heflin, Lowry might be an odd man out by either trading him or releasing him (utilize his SC savings) and pick up some depth at positions of needs. The cuts are coming and there will be some SC saving good players available. TE might be one of them, we could use a good 4th with Lewis, Tonyan and Deguara.

As a side note, our 4th and 5th round draft picks might just be some of the better steals of the draft. Both were predicted higher at one point and dropped closer to the draft day.

CW, I wouldn’t put Caleb Jones at RT, he will get smoked by flexible, quick pass rushers. He needs better footwork and technique. His size can be a plus, but also a curse. There’s a reason not many tackles at 6’9 and 350+ Are in the NFL. I’m no expert in evaluation of OL, but it seems he needs polishing. I noticed when he tried to move and run block, the defender juked him and made a tackle for a loss. That type of play will get you to the bench quickly.

Keep in mind, the players he was going against were players that won’t make NO’s team or get very little playing time. I think he has potential, but if you throw him into the fire against #1’s, he will struggle with consistency.

No - You don't give up on Tom yet. Jones had a weight problem. ( He looks good now, But-) Newman at G. is all I can agree with.
Need to move on from Davis @ TE.
Amari Rodgers is better than keeping a Lousy TE. I said all Along. That an OT could block, and Lazard could play it in a pinch.
Keep Lowrey! Dump Heflin.
Keep Summers for Sts. And if a ILB goes down. His experience still gives us a chance. WE had worse!
Safety still is a problem. Abernathy needs more snaps.
More Etling! Love started out good then melted.
Goodson made this club until Hill is ready.
And Newman must start at Guard if he's going to be long term.

I've been saying it for years trade D Lowry... Horrible against the run. Better pass rusher but paying him to much for the amount he plays. Another bone headed move but Gute. Ty Summer should be long gone by now... Hard to grade many of these players there all going up against 2nd tier players. Packers should start some 1st string offense and defense players on Thursday against the Chiefs....

I was at the game last night, and my impressions match many of those above.
Caleb Jones stood out, especially on run blocks. Barnes looked good.
Coldworld: "Summers just doesn’t have instincts. " That's exactly what I was going to say! He often went to the wrong hole or took the wrong angle chasing players. McDuffie looked much better in that regard.
I completely agree with CW that I'd rather keep Goodson over Amari as the gadget player.
Toure had a rough night along with Tyler Davis(again), but I won't be surprised if they make the roster.
Chris Slayton is sort of like Heflin last year--hard to cut a guy that keeps making plays.
Jean-Charles is looking like an upgrade from Chandon Sullivan and Henry Black.
Cannela only had five snaps, but looked pretty good.
Love looks like a pro QB. He threw some really good passes.

Look no matter what jordan love does or doesn't do he will never get a fair shake in green bay. It is the Favre rodgers effect .

Best thing for Jordan is to play elsewhere for the young man's own sake. Packer fans are extremely spoiled and Jordan could start on 10 different teams and give them a chance.

I hope for his sake he is traded option not picked up so he can have career . He made throws last night that very can make not his fault his wr can't catch.

Lay off Jordan. Hold your head up high Jordan forget what these arm chair gms say. Your an bfl qb

Glad they got some flash plays out of Abernathy and Davis, because if Scott is out for any length of time, there's no depth at the S position...and arguably very thin depth WITH Scott. Will be interesting to see if the Packers go safety shopping this week. It could be they wait until after the KC game to see if they can trade for an odd-man-out somewhere.

1. I’m really impressed by this defense. I know you shouldn’t read too much into preseason games (especially when you’re playing a lot of guys who aren’t starters!), but at the least we will have some quality depth.
2. Got to give credit to Gutey here. Not only am I impressed by most of the draft picks, but getting guys like Kiondre Thomas and Micah Abernathy, both of whom I think could be very valuable this season. (Factor in Gutey picking up Rasul Douglas and De’Vondre Campbell last year and I’d say Gutey is on a heck of a roll!)
3. We haven’t heard much about the health of Kylin Hill and I’d like to see him back. However, I am really not sold on Patrick Taylor and find Goodson more intriguing. Having said that, I realize the #3 rb needs to be able to protect #12 and also contribute to wefense. Taylor did make an excellent ST tackle yesterday. I hate to say it, but I’m just not sold at all on Amari. I don’t trust him as a returner or as a receiver.
4. Our DL is stacked and some of the guys who get cut will definitely get signed elsewhere.
5. I’m concerned that special teams is still not looking very good. I hope they devote plenty of time in practice to cleaning this up!

Yes it was against mostly backups but Caleb Jones looked like a man amongst boys out there. It is fascinating to me that the Packers played him at LT and not RT. At LT he can’t just move “well for his size”. He’s got to move well PERIOD. The fact that they’re looking at him at LT is pretty amazing. Just in what we’ve seen, how could you cut that kind of developmental prospect?? Yosh 2.0

McDuffie is making a run at being the #3 ILB. Then, Barnes gets on the field and just blows up a couple of plays. I wonder if any of those inside guys could contain the end and/or rush the passer

What does % SF mean in your stat columns please?

It's always fun to try and guess WHY the snap counts are what they are for each player. As always, thanks to TGR for putting the work in.

For example Runyan and Myers only had 17 snaps each, but I think that was just to give them a bit of a run out. The Packers know what they have in these two players and they know both are probably starters on regular season game-days - no need to increase the chances of injury with more snaps.

On the other hand, I view the high number of snaps taken by Hanson and Van Lanen as indicating they are both on the cusp of being cut or put on PS, or even kept on the 53. They are getting a long look so the coaches can decide which of the three options they will choose. Tom, Nijman and Rhyan seem to be the primary backups on a fully fit o line, taking up spots 6,7,8. So, Hanson or Van Lanen will only make the 53 squad if the Packers keep nine O linemen.

A final comment on two things coldworld said. The "stop the Tom-foolery" comment doesn't make sense to me. Sure he's light in the pants for an OT, but he has enough technique and very nice feet to be at the least a quality backup from next year. Being able to play tackle and center is also a bonus (don't think he'll ever be a guard).

Maybe Rhyan should have had more snaps being a rookie 3rd round pick (he only had 27 vs NO and 34 against SF), but on the other hand he hasn't looked like a possible rookie starter at guard and he is sure to be kept on the 53, so he'll get more time in the future.

RB Goodson has had a good look with lots of snaps, but I'd say that is because he is probably RB3 over Taylor and Williams, at least until Kylin Hill returns, so the Packers are making sure he is good enough to make the roster (which he probably is).

So, you can see that I've given several different reasons for the number of snaps allocated to each player, it's all really subjective when you try and determine why things are as they are.

The comment by coldworld about Tom "Stop this Tom-foolery" surprised me. He is the 7th best lineman imo (I have him as a backup currently ranked below Nijman and above Rhyan) and a pretty surefire keeper.

Also, regarding the coldworld comment later about being surprised by Barnes. While he has holes in his game, I didn't see anyone better as a no.3 before the season started, though McDuffie has been surprisingly good this year and Campbell/Walker/Barnes/McDuffie look like the ILB keepers. Guys like Wilborn and Summers are on the outside looking in.

I would like to see more ST snaps allocated to both Barnes and McDuffie, to add to their value if they are kept. They each played only 2 snaps on ST. Maybe they just aren't that good on ST, I don't know the answer there.