The Green Bay Packers reduced its roster from 90 to 53 players on Tuesday, but nothing was more surprising than the move they agreed to on Monday, trading a seventh-round pick to acquire quarterback Malik Willis from the Tennessee Titans. That created a scenario where both Sean Clifford and Michael Pratt were waived, and Clifford is actually expected to be back on the practice squad.

So, let's roll with our over reactionary takeaways about the Packers initial 53-man roster.

QB2 is still an issue

It's fair to say that Malik Willis showed some signs of life this preseason, but it's still preseason. And when he had to play in regular season games, Willis was really bad. There is zero evidence that he is better than Desmond Ridder, for example, who ended up being waived by the Arizona Cardinals.

It might be a decent bet by Brian Gutekunst, because Willis' ceiling is in fact higher than the other options the Packers had, so investing a seventh-round pick to get him is not exactly a big issue.

But if Jordan Love goes down with an injury, the backup quarterback situation still doesn't inspire confidence.

Sure enough, any team that loses the starting quarterback will have a tough time. But if it's a short-term injury, a capable backup like Jameis Winston or even Ryan Tannehill who's still a free agent would help get a win or two, and it might decide the team's future in week 18.

The Packers made a mistake in 2018 when they traded for DeShone Kizer. He also had talent but failed in the NFL. Malik Willis can be a different story, but he might not, and the Packers don't seem to have a plan beyond that.

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Running back depth

The AJ Dillon outcome was certainly not one we were expecting. Moving him to the injured reserve because of a stinger was likely, but the expectation was that the running back would be designated to return throughout the season. He is out for the entire year now, and it's the worst possible outcome.

Now, the Packers will still have to pay his salary — even though it's a relatively small one — and he won't play.

Green Bay starts the season with Josh Jacobs, Emanuel Wilson, and MarShawn Lloyd on the 53, but it's unclear when the rookie will be able to play because of a hamstring injury. Maybe they just elevate Nate McCrary or Ellis Merriweather from the practice squad for the first couple of games, but it's a challenging situation, and the Packers could certainly go ahead and add another player at the position.

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Rich Bisaccia has too much weight in the decisions

The Green Bay Packers are paying Rich Bisaccia the highest salary for a special teams coordinator in the NFL, but his power goes beyond that. He has a voice to add pieces to the roster that is unusual to an assistant coach, and that's how much the Packers as an organization value him. But is this warranted? Green Bay hasn't even been an average special teams unit under Bisaccia.

Sure, Keisean Nixon was a good addition, but it was more luck than process — Nixon had six kickoff returns and zero punt returns over three years with the Raiders, so Bisaccia didn't know he was good at that when they initially signed him.

Last year, the Packers drafted kicker Anders Carlson in the sixth round in part because Bisaccia had a previous relationship with his brother, Daniel, and that decision of course didn't work out.

On roster cuts, the move to keep Zayne Anderson instead of Anthony Johnson Jr. was questionable. We don't know how much it was Bisaccia or the front office, but the decision was certainly taken considering more short-term special teams-oriented and less what these players can become in the NFL — which is usually a bad process.

Insights about how new Packers QB Malik Willis played for the Titans

Green Bay traded a seventh-round pick to acquire the quarterback