On Saturday, several hours after the deadline at 4:00 PM Eastern, the Green Bay Packers finally revealed their initial 53-man roster.
The team has a remarkably unorthodox makeup from a positional breakdown standpoint, keeping ten offensive linemen, four tailbacks, and seven cornerbacks.
Without further ado, here is the official 53-man roster.
Quarterbacks (2): Aaron Rodgers, Brett Hundley
Running Backs (5): Ty Montgomery, Aaron Ripkowski, Jamaal Williams, Aaron Jones, Devante Mays
Wide Receivers (5): Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams, Randall Cobb, Trevor Davis, Jeff Janis
(Geronimo Allison suspended for week 1)
Tight Ends (3): Martellus Bennett, Lance Kendricks, Richard Rodgers
Offensive Linemen (10): David Bakhtiari, Lane Taylor, Corey Linsley, Jahri Evans, Bryan Bulaga, Jason Spriggs, Kyle Murphy, Don Barclay, Lucas Patrick, Justin McCray
Outside Linebackers (4): Clay Matthews, Nick Perry, Jayrone Elliott, Kyler Fackrell
Inside Linebackers (3): Jake Ryan, Blake Martinez, Joe Thomas
Cornerbacks (7): Davon House, Damarious Randall, Quinten Rollins, Kevin King, Josh Hawkins, LaDarius Gunter, Lenzy Pipkins
Specialists (3): Mason Crosby, Justin Vogel, Brett Goode
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This means that the following players were released on Saturday:
QBs Taysom Hill, Joe Callahan
RB Kalif Phillips
WRs Michael Clark, Montay Crockett, Malachi Dupre, Max McCaffrey, DeAngelo Yancey
TEs Emmanuel Byrd, Aaron Peck
OLs Kofi Amichia, Thomas Evans, Geoff Gray, Robert Leff, Adam Pankey
DLs Calvin Heurtelou, Izaah Lunsford, Brian Price
OLBs Johnathan Calvin, Reggie Gilbert, Josh Letuligasenoa
ILBs Cody Heiman, Derrick Mathews, Jordan Tripp
CBs Donatello Brown, Daquan Holmes, Raysean Pringle
S Aaron Taylor, Jermaine Whitehead
In addition, a few players were placed on reserve lists to remove them from the 53-man roster while not being subject to waivers:
Reserve/suspended list: WR Geronimo Allison
Reserve/PUP list: OLB Vince Biegel, CB Demetri Goodson
Reserve/Injured: FB Joe Kerridge, LB David Talley