An oddity on the Green Bay Packers’ 2016 roster has been the lack of tight ends on the team. This is a franchise that is just a few years removed from carrying five such players, when they had Jermichael Finley, Andrew Quarless, Ryan Taylor, D.J. Williams, and Tom Crabtree all on the roster to start the 2011 season.
This year, the Packers have largely rolled with just two healthy tight ends. They did start the season with three - Jared Cook, Richard Rodgers, and Justin Perillo - but Cook’s injury and Perillo’s release when Cook returned to the lineup have left the Packers mainly with two.