GREEN BAY, Wis. -- On Monday, we concluded our ranking of the entire Green Bay Packers’ roster as it stood at the end of the season.
The rankings were based on 2013 individual performance.
Now, let’s look at some bigger picture trends based on those rankings, subjective as they were.
Average rank for offensive players: 31
Average rank for defensive players: 35.3
Average rank for specialists (kicker, punter, long snapper): 18.7
Average rank for 2013 draft class: 36
Offensive players in the top 20: 13
1. RB Eddie Lacy
2. LG Josh Sitton
3. WR Jordy Nelson
4. QB Aaron Rodgers
10. RG T.J. Lang
11. WR Randall Cobb
12. WR James Jones
13. TE Jermichael Finley
14. LT David Bakhtiari
15. FB John Kuhn
17. Jarrett Boykin
19. QB Matt Flynn
20. C Evan Dietrich-Smith
Defensive players in the top 20: 5
5. DT Mike Daniels
6. CB Sam Shields
7. CB Tramon Williams
8. OLB Clay Matthews
16. LB A.J. Hawk
Specialists in the top 20: 2
9. K Mason Crosby
18 P Tim Masthay
Rookies in the top 20: 2
1. Lacy
14. Bakhtiari
Second-year players in the top 20: 2
5. Daniels
17. Boykin
Upcoming free agents in the top 20: 6
6. Shields
12. Jones
13. Finley
15. Kuhn
19. Flynn
20. Dietrich-Smith
Notes: The offensive and defensive averages reflect where the Packers finished in the rankings on each side of the ball. They ranked third in total yards per game, third in passing yards, seventh in rushing yards and tied for eighth in points. On defense, they ranked 25th in yards allowed, 24th against the pass, 25th against the run and tied for 24th in points allowed. ...The Packers got better performance out of their 2013 draft class than they did from their 2012 class, which had only one player (Daniels) ranked better than 30th. The other second-year player in the top 20 (Boykin) was undrafted. … With six unrestricted free agents among the top 20, there will be some difficult decisions to make, and that group doesn’t even include DT B.J. Raji (who was 27th in the rankings).