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Yet at the same time, "It's a young man's game. We all know that," he said.
Waiver claims could be down this year because even less will be known about other teams' players, and teams may be more inclined to stick with who's been in-house.
With the current roster at 80 and 69 players potentially sticking around (53 active roster plus 16), the Packers might only be moving on from 11 players if they keep all decisions internal.
"I think it's going to take all 69 through the season because with the rules as they are now, the ability to bring street free agents in, it's more cumbersome," Gutekunst said. "The guys on your practice squad, at some point during the year, I would expect those guys to be on the field helping you."
2. Practice is going to be different starting next week.
LaFleur said the final week of training camp will resemble more of a regular-season weekly schedule to get the team a taste of what will be the routine over the next four-plus months.
There will still be some competitive periods involving the first units going against one another, but scout-team work for both sides of the ball will be thrown in as well to start preparing specifically for Week 1 against NFC North rival Minnesota.
"It will transition into more of a game-week schedule," LaFleur said. "I just want our players and coaches to feel that rhythm."