Back in May this author predicted the opening day 2015 Green Bay Packers roster – Version 1.0 as it was posted on ALLGBP.com at the time. That article predicted a surprising 16 new faces would make the team – a 30% turnover rate from the previous season.
Today we revisit that May prediction and update it with the advantage of hindsight. Our revised predictions, by way of Version 2.0, looks to update who makes the final-53 in 2015 and are detailed below.
Here was the projection in May – Version 1.0:
2015 Offense (24)
QB – Aaron Rodgers, Scott Tolzien and Brett Hundley
HB – Eddie Lacy, James Starks
FB – John Kuhn, Aaron Ripkowski
WR – Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, Davante Adams, *Jared Abbrederis, Jeff Janis and Ty Montgomery
TE – Andrew Quarless, Richard Rodgers, and Kennard Backman
OL – David Bakhtiari, TJ Lang, Corey Linsley, Josh Sitton, Bryan Bulaga, JC Tretter, *Don Barclay, Matt Rotheram
2015 Defense (26)
DL – Datone Jones, Letroy Guion, *B.