3. It might take a practice-squad elevation to know for certain who the No. Three operating again is.

The Packers solely stored two operating backs, Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon, on their preliminary 53. The battle for the No. Three spot between Patrick Taylor, Tyler Goodson and Dexter Williams resulted in not one of the three making the roster.

With Kylin Hill nonetheless on PUP, the Packers nearly definitely will convey again at the very least one if not two operating backs (ought to they clear waivers) for the observe squad. In addition they nearly definitely will not go right into a gameday with simply two lively operating backs, that means somebody might be elevated from the observe squad to function the No. Three in Week 1.

That is when the winner of the competitors might be revealed.

4. By no means write off a mid-camp signing.

9 years in the past, an unknown, undrafted security named Chris Banjo, whose preliminary go-round with the Jaguars did not pan out, walked into the Packers’ coaching camp simply 10 days earlier than the primary preseason sport.

He shocked everybody by making the workforce, and Banjo went on to play 4 years for the Packers, after which six extra with the Saints and Cardinals.

One other security, Micah Abernathy, is that this 12 months’s Banjo. He confirmed up simply two days earlier than the primary preseason sport on account of accidents on the place and performed his approach onto the roster, most notably getting an interception and sort out for loss towards the Saints at Lambeau Discipline.

The undrafted Abernathy took an extended street than Banjo to a 53, spending time since 2019 with the Vikings, Buccaneers and Colts, plus taking part in within the XFL and USFL. However he lastly caught on. Time will inform if this chance is the launching pad to something resembling Banjo’s outstanding underdog profession.

5. This roster is simply a place to begin.

The waiver-claim interval is underway, and if the Packers declare any gamers waived by different groups, a corresponding roster transfer should be made to create room. That would embody releasing extra gamers, or placing gamers on injured reserve, which might make them eligible to return later within the season as a result of they had been on the preliminary 53.

After the waiver-claim interval expires, the Packers will start signing gamers to their observe squad, which has a 16-player restrict, with a most of six gamers carrying greater than two accrued seasons of service. The opposite 10 will need to have two or fewer accrued seasons.

Additionally, the Packers will want a 3rd quarterback round, so that they’ll both convey Danny Etling again to the observe squad if he clears, or signal a brand new QB.