Matty from Lakeland, FL
Just watched the Jack Heflin interview … Man, how can you not help root for a guy like that?! I would not want to be Gutekunst or LaFleur after next week. My question for you, do you keep a guy with higher upside potential with a longer delivery date vs. a guy who might help you more now but has a limited ceiling?
Teams deal with those types of decisions all the time, and they vary because different situations vary. I've always felt the stronger your overall roster, the more you can place a wager here or there on a "longer delivery date."
Curt from Algonquin, IL
When discussing roster cuts, it's been asked whether management shows a preference to their draft picks over undrafted free agents to save face. Looking at it logistically, drafts picks are locked into affordable four-year contracts instead of two years for a UFA, and the dead cap hit is minimal to cut UFAs. When assessing the razor thin margin of players on the bubble, how much do you think that factors into the decision-making?
Undrafted players can be on one-, two- or three-year deals, non-guaranteed. That aside, teams want to keep the best players, and the cap comes into play when determining whether the player is worth what he's getting paid. Teams might occasionally keep the lesser player, but only if the supposedly better player's salary does not align with his expected playing time/production.
Chuck from Gold Canyon, AZ
Hi Mike, I now know why math isn't allowed in Inbox. I think Wes was low and would think the locks are closer to 85-90 percent. With Taylor's performance in the first two games and Devin Funchess in first game, you have said that the sixth or seventh WR would need to be a core special-teams performer. This comes down to a numbers game; keeping seven would be at the expense of another position. I think this would favor Taylor. If that is the case, would Funchess be possible trade bait? I like him.
It's hard to get a read on where things go with Funchess now that he's injured.
Ross from Roswell, GA
Gents, what was the reason for the "bye" week before the start of the regular season? Just extends the season out even farther.
To give the players time off between training camp and Week 1. It was one of the CBA stipulations for extending the regular season to 17 games.
Brandon from Orlando, FL
You walked us through a day in the life of a player, but how about the coaches? Obviously the practice times are all the same, but it's always hard for me to wrap my head around how they find time to review tape, have meetings with other coaches, game plan and so much more.
When the players are in position or group meetings, the coaches are running those. The coaches might have a meeting of their own at the end of the day/night after the players' responsibilities are done. They don't get into full-fledged game-planning until the regular season, and the bulk of that is done on Tuesdays when the players are off (during a normal Sunday game week).
Steve from Bloomington, IL
While channel-surfing I wandered across the PIT-DET preseason game and noticed that during a punt, Pittsburgh had two players both wearing No. 44. No penalty was called. Is that allowed during the regular season? Have the Packers ever had two players wearing the same number simultaneously?
It's common in training camp, but it is not allowed during the regular season, to my knowledge.
Dennis from Denver, CO
I have a hard time believing taunting is a major issue in the NFL. So, who came up with this rule and why? Wouldn't an unsportsmanlike penalty serve the same purpose? C'mon, I double dare you to answer this question, if you think you can.
Ha. Taunting is an unsportsmanlike penalty, and has been one for a while. It's not a new rule. The league has told all the clubs it simply will be a point of emphasis in 2021, which means it's a rule the competition committee feels hasn't been enforced properly or adequately of late.
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