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Photo credit: Mark Duncan // Associated Press
Practice squad wide receiver Jake Allen has officially been promoted to the 53-man roster. To make room for him, the Packers have placed Brett Swain on injured reserve. "The 6-foot-4, 196-pound Allen has spent a year and a half on the
practice squad and might have made the roster earlier had the Packers
not been so deep at receiver," writes Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Allen started out fast in training camp
but never really challenged Swain for the No. 5 spot." Allen is the tall, red zone type threat that Ruvell Martin was with the Packers. It doesn't appear Allen is as strong as Martin, though.
To take Allen's spot on the practice squad, the Packers signed a pair or wide receivers. They also released a player on the practice squad as well. "The team also signed
wide receivers Biren Ealy and Patrick Williams to the practice squad," reports Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com.
"One took Allen's spot on the eight-player squad; guard Stanley Daniels
was released to make room for the other." Williams was with the Packers in training camp while Ealy has actually played in four regular season NFL games in his career with the Tennessee Titans.
The Packers also worked out some other players on Tuesday. "In addition to Ealy and Williams, they also worked out WR Justin Brown
(Hampton), WR Logan Payne(Minnesota), TE Tom Crabtree (Miami of Ohio)
and TE Rob Myers (Utah State)," reports Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. It's noteworthy keeping track of the tight ends' names because of Jermichael Finley's injury. If he should happen to be out for a considerable amount of time or another tight end gets injured, the Packers might have to add some insurance to the practice squad.
Aaron Nagler of Cheeshead TV rips into Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports editor Garry Howard for his take on Brett Favre and how Packer fans should give him a standing ovation. "Garry, I don’t have a problem with you telling us how YOU feel about
it," writes Nagler. "It’s clear you still respect Favre (hell, I think it’s pretty clear
that I still do) but for you to use your platform to treat Packer fans
like a bunch of toddlers who need looking after ... is an abuse of your position, plain and simple." I agree with Nagler in that I will not be cheering for Favre on Sunday. But an abuse of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's sports editor's opinion? I think that's a stretch.
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