Every year, players vying for a roster spot stand out during training camp and the preseason. Sometimes those performances are enough to make the team. Other times, like in the case of defensive lineman Chris Slayton, they don’t quite get them over the hump.
Things could be different for Slayton this time around, considering Green Bay Packers GM Brian Gutekunst spoke highly of his play from the previous preseason on Tuesday.
“We’ve got some competition in that room,” Gutekunst said while discussing state of the defensive line. “Chris Slayton’s coming back too and did some nice things for us last year.