The Green Bay Packers will begin cutting players to trim the roster down to 53 players by Tuesday’s deadline. We attempted to predict the initial 53-man roster here.
Soon after final cuts, general manager Brian Gutekunst can start building his 16-player practice squad – another important part of creating a roster. A 53-player team quickly turns into a complete 69-player roster.
Predicting the practice squad has value because teams can go lighter at one spot on the 53-man roster if they believe they’ll have depth coming back on the practice squad.