Packers Announce Signings of Six More Draft Picks
The Green Bay Packers have signed six more players from their 11-man draft class. The signings were announced by the team Monday afternoon.
The signings included all three wide receivers—J'Mon Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Equanimeous St. Brown—as well as guard Cole Madison, defensive tackle James Looney and linebacker Kendall Donnerson.
Moore, Valdes-Scantling and St.Brown—all 6-3 or above in height—were drafted in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds respectively. Madison was one of Green Bay's three fifth-round selections, and Looney and Donnerson were both taken in the seventh round.
The Packers signed punter J.K. Scott and long-snapper Hunter Bradley, giving them a total of eight draft picks signed and under contract for the 2018 season and beyond.
Cornerbacks Jaire Alexander, Josh Jackson and linebacker Oren Burks—the Packers' first three consecutive selections—are the only remaining unsigned players from their class. That's likely due to the fact that there are many more stipulations to take into account with early-round selections as opposed to mid or later-round picks in terms of finance.
The Packers' rookie pool will cost them roughly $8.2 million, per Over the Cap, however, only the top-51 contracts will count towards the salary cap. So they should only be spending in the range of $4-$5 million on rookie deals.
The Packers also signed linebacker Greer Martini and tight end Ryan Smith, two undrafted rookies who took part in Green Bay's rookie orientation camp on Friday and Saturday.
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Comments (29)
Lare
May 07, 2018 at 01:09 pm
By my count, the Packers currently have 85 players on their roster allowing for a couple openings after the remaining 3 drafted players sign. I'm guessing they'll bring in another punter and/or kicker to take some of the wear & tear off the legs of Crosby & Scott during training camp.
Do like the new rookie contract slotting process much more than the old days when many top rookies waited until the last minute or held out of camp to make sure they got every penny they could.
Oppy
May 07, 2018 at 01:24 pm
Yup. Camp leg would be a benefit for sure
croatpackfan
May 08, 2018 at 02:36 am
Packers have 87 signed players on the roster:
http://www.packers.com/team/roster.html
Rest of 3 player is ubsif+gned draft picks from rounds 1, 2 and 3...
Check on the right source...
croatpackfan
May 08, 2018 at 02:40 am
I apologized to all of you, but page does not allows me to correct mistake(s)...
It is not "ubisif+gned" but unsigned!
Al, please check what is going on with editing comment and correction. It said that I can not post same comment twice, due to anti-spam policy...
dobber
May 08, 2018 at 07:15 am
It's the embedded link.
When you edit:
1. make your changes in text
2. delete the link
3. Post
4. Go back into the editor
5. paste your link back into the message
6. Post
This should allow you to edit a post with an embedded link.
Oppy
May 07, 2018 at 01:24 pm
If Greer Martini chalks up a sack, I sincerely hope he whispers "Shaken, not stirred" into the QB's earhole before he gets off the turf.
Oppy
May 07, 2018 at 01:33 pm
Downvote? No accounting for taste. That's why we have vermouth.
Oppy
May 07, 2018 at 01:33 pm
I'll be here all week! Tip your waitress.
dobber
May 08, 2018 at 07:16 am
My waitress was a cow...
holmesmd
May 08, 2018 at 08:52 am
You mean COW?! Hahaha;)
dobber
May 08, 2018 at 08:56 am
So many possible meanings to that one!!!
TKWorldWide
May 08, 2018 at 09:55 am
Did you get the milk for free?
dobber
May 08, 2018 at 10:29 am
I'll just leave this one here...
youtube.com/watch?v=riBWIbeATIQ
MITM
May 07, 2018 at 04:59 pm
Theres definitely a troll that lurks on this site for sure - not just by definition of the word as it applies to the internet but also almost certainly by physical appearance as well.
Lare
May 07, 2018 at 05:33 pm
Haters gonna hate.
TKWorldWide
May 07, 2018 at 05:11 pm
“One” is the new “none”!
dobber
May 08, 2018 at 08:57 am
I gave you a dislike because, by extension, you had -1 dislikes until that point...and that's just silly.
Oppy
May 07, 2018 at 07:37 pm
I love thedown voters, who cares. It was a great excuse for a joke
Oppy
May 07, 2018 at 09:29 pm
deleted duplicate post
Bure9620
May 08, 2018 at 01:52 am
What if Greer Martini's sack dance is him shaking an air Martini???? There would be no need to watch anything else ever again.......
dobber
May 07, 2018 at 07:25 pm
Cleveland...now GB East.
https://www.profootballrumors.com/2018/05/browns-claim-p-justin-vogel-wa...
hodge555
May 08, 2018 at 05:20 am
Where he will be re-teamed up with his favourite gunner, Jeff Janis.
MITM
May 07, 2018 at 10:47 pm
I actually prefer Kendricks to Fleener.
holmesmd
May 08, 2018 at 08:54 am
I think Fleener has been more offensively productive than Kendricks?! Kendricks didn’t do much of squat last year and he wasn’t close to as good as Cookie was for the Raiders! SMH
dobber
May 08, 2018 at 07:18 am
Another TE who can't block? Sure, sign 'em up!
Bure9620
May 08, 2018 at 01:53 am
So if Greer Martini is ejected or is penalized for the new targeting rule, does that then count as a Dirty Martini.......??.
Oppy
May 08, 2018 at 03:43 pm
Will he take the ejection with grace?
Probably not. He'll likely be salty.
Bure9620
May 08, 2018 at 06:07 pm
He'll look like he bit on a cocktail onion
keatonjefferson
June 22, 2020 at 02:22 pm
Where he will be re-teamed up with his favourite gunner