Green Bay Packers: Roster Predictions After Two Preseason Games

Offensive Tackle (3): David Bakhtiari, Bryan Bulaga, Alex Light

Practice Squad: Yosh Nijiman (R)

After waiving Jason Spriggs a couple of weeks ago, the top three tackles are pretty much locked. With a top-three duo in the starting lineup in Bakhtiari and Bulaga, the Green Bay Packers are in good shape in the starting group. Plus, the versatility that guys like Billy Turner have help greatly.

Light has done a nice job in camp as the swing tackle and is looking like a solid long-term option as the number three guy. He’ll likely never develop into a consistent starter, but if he can be a consistent backup with little drop off from the starter, that’s a valuable commodity.

Nijiman is extremely talented and has shown flashes of being a starter sometime in the future, but he needs a lot of refinement and is a perfect candidate for the practice squad.

Offensive Guard/Center (6): Corey Linsley, Lane Taylor, Billy Turner, Elgton Jenkins (R), Lucas Patrick, Justin McCray

Practice Squad: Cole Madison, Anthony Coyle

Corey Linsley and Billy Turner are already penciled into the lineup at center and right guard, but the battle at left guard remains in full swing as Lane Taylor and Elgton Jenkins fight it out.

Both have shown major positives in practice and in the games, and it’s likely Taylor’s to lose, especially since Jenkins can play all over the line. It might be beneficial for him to be a backup, at least to start, and be the first guy off the bench to fill in the interior.

Patrick and McCray are good, solid backups who can step in and be serviceable players, especially McCray, who right now is the de facto backup center.

On the practice squad, Madison is a wonderful story and was the first guy out when narrowing the roster down. He’s got the ability, and he’s shown it, he just needs more consistency. Coyle is essentially the younger version of Lucas Patrick. Steady, unspectacular, but a good body to have in case things go awry.