Head Coach Mike McCarthy is a big fan of the change to one roster cut after the entire preseason concludes, and he harkened back to seven years ago to explain why, because a team never knows when it might need somebody to chip in along the way.
"I'm 100 percent I’m in favor of it," McCarthy said prior to Wednesday's practice. "From my perspective, the opportunity to coach players a week longer is what you’re looking for. I go back to the Super Bowl year. It took 77 players to win that Super Bowl. You don’t win in this league with 53 players.