The Green Bay Packers have built their initial 53-man roster, then switched kickers, and signed 14 players to their practice squad. However, as general manager Brian Gutekunst would admit, roster-building is always a fluid process.

Right now, the Packers still have three available spots on the practice squad, so we will take a look around the league to find pieces who could help the team win games in 2024 and also build for the future.

S Jarius Monroe

He played most of his college snaps at cornerback, but projected as a safety in the NFL. The undrafted rookie spent his first training camp and preseason with the New York Jets, so he has an idea of the defensive system — Jeff Hafley and Robert Saleh worked together in San Francisco. Monroe had the most coverage stops among rookie safeties in preseason, after having an 81.5 PFF grade in his last season at Tulane.

He finished preseason with a 73.9 defensive grade, including 71.1 in coverage. The rookie allowed an 84.2 passer rating when targeted, with 63 snaps in the box and 48 as a deep safety. Monroe also played 17 special teams snaps.

Green Bay doesn’t have any safeties on their practice squad, and Zayne Anderson on the 53 is exclusively a special teamer. Therefore, adding a developmental safety to the practice squad makes total sense, especially after losing Anthony Johnson Jr. — who was claimed off waivers by the New York Giants.

The Packers haven’t added any external piece to the practice squad yet, but Jarius Monroe is the ideal candidate.

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TE Joel Wilson

This is funny because Wilson spent training camp with… the Packers. He had a solid preseason, showing intriguing ability as a versatile tight end, receiving and blocking. Green Bay already has Luke Musgrave, Tucker Kraft, and Ben Sims, plus Messiah Swinson on the practice squad, but Wilson looked better than Swinson and tight ends are usually useful special teamers.

There was an expectation that the Packers would carry four tight ends on the 53, but Tyler Davis went on IR, so having five total tight ends combining the active roster and the PS is a sound process.

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CB Caleb Farley

We had already mentioned Farley as a good potential waiver wire pick up, but the former first-round pick cleared waivers after all. The idea of adding him to the practice squad is even more enticing, because the Packers would have time to teach him the system and see how he’s going before promoting him to the active roster.

By not being claimed, Farley doesn’t have his original rookie contract anymore, so that would basically be a free bet trying to recoup a player who once was highly-touted, but suffered with injuries throughout his NFL career.

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