The Green Bay Packers were always high on tight end Mitchell Henry, just not high enough to put him on the 53 coming out of training camp.
After turning in a surprising camp, the grand plan was to put Henry on the practice squad while giving the roster spots to Richard Rodgers, Andrew Quarless and sixth-round pick Kennard Backman.
That plan failed when the Denver Broncos claimed Henry. The undrafted rookie from Western Kentucky played in two games for the Broncos this season. They released him on Tuesday.
The same day, the Packers promoted tight end Justin Perillo to the active roster and used his practice squad spot for cornerback Kyle Sebetic. That seemingly left no room for Henry.
Well, not so fast.
The Packers signed Henry to the practice squad on Friday. They created a spot for him by releasing tight end Tom Annen.
Why are we making such a big deal about a practice squad tight end?
Henry seemingly has more upside than Quarless or Perillo.
He played in a run dominated offense in college and, as such, didn’t get a lot of opportunities to show his skill as a pass catcher. Henry can block fine, but he showed he can also make plays in the passing game during camp, much to the surprise of everyone.
We’ve hammered this point home over and over.
Richard Rodgers: garbage.
Andrew Quarless: mediocre on his best day.
Kennard Backman: no idea, doesn’t get any snaps.
Justin Perillo: limited skill set.
The Packers haven’t had a good tight end since Jermichael Finley got injured. Henry is probably not Jermichael Finley, but he’s at least someone with potential.
But but but but he’s white?
Richard Rodgers is not “garbage.” You are way off on this call.
Truth.
Before, they may have been high on him , but now they’re 5,280 feet high on this guy. Let’s see if his insider scoop on the Donkeys helps at all.
There was the “rumor” going around that the Packers may have interest in Vernon Davis.
That’s the one signing rumor I’ve seen that would make sense. Well, if it wasn’t just a partial year rental. More importantly, I’m not sure if his drop in production is due to injury or having Tat-man Carruthers throwing the ball into the dirt in hus direction.
Richard Rodgers is garbage? Hey, remember last year when you wrote an article that suggested Burnett should stay on the sidelines. Then compared him to AJ Hawk!
Sorry, but you don’t know shit about player evaluation and certainly not enough to call him “garbage”.
No shit. All credibility in the article lost when the words “haven’t had a good tight end since Jerkmichael FinMe got injured” were typed. Guy was an overhyped bag of shit that had about 3 good games.
RR is going to piss all over Monty’s bullshit this season.
They should have re-signed Colt Lyerla. He is much better than the garbage TE’s on this roster.
If he were “much better than the garbage TE’s on this roster” then he probably wouldn’t be a street free agent-plenty of teams will take talent even if a airline’s lost-and-found worth of baggage comes with them, see: Dallas Cowboys.
Could’ve drafted Travis Kelce a few years ago like I wanted/ suggested and this would all be a mute point.
moot*
Simple because something doesn’t make a sound doesn’t mean it ails to have value, Helen Keller for example.
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Fuck you DickRodge is garbage, boy shows up in the clutch. Dudes getting better every year we’re just not a TE oriented passing offense.
It’s embarassing to read articles like this. jermichael finley was garbage himself. his hands were made out of butter and for his size, his blocking abilities were terrible. i’d have RR over finley anyday.