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The Green Bay Packers roster has a few soft spots if you look closely enough, but none of them feel as exposed—or as uncomfortable—as edge rusher. Everything else can be debated, schemed around, patched with creativity. This one feels more like a missing piece you can’t quite fake your way through for 17 games. The Biggest Roster Hole Aaron Schatz of ESPN sizes up the…
The Minnesota Vikings don’t have a receiver problem at the top. That part is fine. Maybe even better than fine. Justin Jefferson is still doing what he does—making defensive backs look like they’re reacting a half-second too late to everything. And Jordan Addison is the kind of second option teams usually spend years trying to find, then quietly thank themselves for locking in early with…
If you assume Aaron Rodgers is back under center for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the roster starts to look, well, fine. Not flashy. Not broken. Just solid in that way teams like to pretend is more stable than it actually is in October. There’s enough competence across the depth chart that you’re not staring at obvious disaster zones. A lot of “serviceable.” A lot of “can…
The Houston Texans have no issue at the top of the edge rush food chain. That part is loud, fast, and honestly a little unfair to offensive tackles. Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter together put up 27 sacks last season, and when they’re on the field, it looks like a problem offenses spend the week trying to survive rather than solve. But football doesn’t…
The Kansas City Chiefs don’t have a quarterback problem, a coaching problem, or even a scheme problem. They’ve still got Patrick Mahomes doing things that make defensive coordinators age in real time. But the wide receiver room? That’s where the edges get a little frayed. The Biggest Roster Hole Aaron Schatz of ESPN sizes up the biggest roster holes for each NFL team going into…