I touched on this during yesterday's play-by-play action of practice, but the Packers will more than likely keep four halfbacks on the 53-man roster this year.

Last Saturday's first preseason game against the Cleveland Browns should have been an indication of how deep the Packers are at halfback. The number one and two leading rushers from Saturday were Tyrell Sutton and Kregg Lumpkin who are fifth and fourth on the team's depth chart respectively.

Without a doubt, there's a lot of talent on the team at running back.

Just yesterday, Yahoo! Sports' Charles Robinson tweeted, "Unless he nosedives, they're going to try 2 find a way to keep undrafted RB Tyrell Sutton. They love his instincts & lower body strength."

Robinson is spot on in that observation. Sutton has value that is appealing to other teams. If the Packers happen to cut Sutton, some other team is likely to poach him off waivers and add him to their own 53-man roster.

The Packers don't exactly need three halfbacks, not many teams do. In fact, one of them is almost sure to be inactive on game days when teams are required to have 45-man active rosters.

But by keeping Sutton around, the Packers maintain a valuable commodity. General manager Ted Thompson recognizes the value that skill position players have. A running back, quarterback or wide receiver -- even if they're unproven -- oftentimes have more value than a player at another position.

It's possible the Packers do with Sutton what they did to acquire Ryan Grant two years ago, i.e. trade him right at the deadline to whittle rosters down to 53.

At the very least, Sutton and Lumpkin are practice squad candidates, but any team can sign someone off another team's practice squad at any time. The Packers risk losing them once they place them on their practice squad.

There's no doubt that Sutton only produced in a single preseason game and shouldn't be hailed as the Second Coming. However, his value to the Packers justifies keeping at least four halfbacks.