Packers Media Roster Predictions: Hits, Misses, and Winners

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Now that the Green Bay Packers have their starting 53-man roster after making 22 player cuts yesterday, it’s time to see how well the media handled their roster predictions. Obviously, this is just a fun activity to see how close we all were; nevertheless, we can also clearly see who the surprise cuts were. Which players were almost unanimously selected by media members to make the roster, but who ended up getting cut on Saturday?

Yet more importantly – at least for bragging rights – who had the closest prediction?

So here it is. I’ve compiled a list of 18 beat writers, media analysts, and bloggers who posted public predictions for their Packers 53-man roster. In addition to their name and affiliation, I’ve included their number of correctly predicted players, the overall average of correct players, as well as which players were incorrectly predicted. I then totaled the number of misses by player to see who the big surprises were. Take a look:

2013 Packers Media 53-Man Roster Prediction Results
2013 Packers Media 53-Man Roster Prediction Results
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First of all, congratulations to Kyle “The Mayor” Cousineau over at Pocket Doppler! Not only did he accurately predict 50 out of 53 players, but he won a heads-up contest between himself and Tom “Backdeck” Knigge.

Kyle was also one of the few to project the release of ILB Terrell Manning. The only other two people to nail this surprise cut were our own Cory Jennerjohn and the staff writers at Acme Packing Company.

The most obvious surprises on Saturday were quarterback Vince Young and running back Alex Green. While none of us were really enamored with either of these players, we generally seemed to feel that the numbers and depth chart had basically secured their place on the roster.

As was mentioned, Manning became the third biggest surprise cut with TE Matthew Mulligan a close fourth. OLB Dezman Moses, WR Tyrone Walker, and TE D.J. Williams were all bubble guys who could have been argued either way. They weren’t really surprise cuts, but it also wouldn’t have been surprising to see them make the roster, either.

So there you have it! Another year down, another set of predictions blown out of the water by Ted Thompson. If there’s one thing to take away from this, it’s that special teams roles really do matter when it comes to the final roster. That’s something will all have to remember when we engage in this silly process of reading Ted Thompson’s mind next year.

(UPDATE: Due to my error, I accidentally used Rob Demovsky’s Aug. 22nd prediction instead of his Aug. 30th prediction. He only ended up missing Young, Green, Mulligan, and Manning, putting him at 49. Bump him up!)

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Chad Toporski, a Wisconsin native and current Pittsburgh resident, is a writer for AllGreenBayPackers.com. You can follow Chad on twitter at @ChadToporski

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7 thoughts on “Packers Media Roster Predictions: Hits, Misses, and Winners

  1. Alex Green already picked up by the Jets. Harrell…Green: apparently the Jets GM learned with the VIkings?

  2. Chad, how did you do vs. my Over/Under prediction for you?…Just a few thoughts,number one, was sorry to lose Patrick Lewis, who is a better center IMHO than EDS, thought we should have kept Manning and cut Palmer, and was not surprised Young was cut: slow release and inaccurate passer. Hope our offensive line is improved, albeit marginally…Like the defense, with additions of Jolly, Hyde, Palmer, Mulumba, Datone Jones, Boyd, and Banjo…it looks much stouter on the D-Line, and I believe Hyde was a great pick and Banjo should (but, initially will not) start…

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