THE FINAL 53 is really 55 players right now

Apparently the suspended players do NOT count as part of the official 53 man roster, so the packers actually get to keep 55 for now. 6 players wind up on Injured Reserve and out for the season including Desmond Bishop and LB Vic So'oto. 4 players are on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list including OT Derek Sherrod and LB Frank Zombo which means they will have a chance to find a spot of the 53 man roster sometime near mid-season. So really 65 of the 90 who came to training camp are still Packers. Here is the current 53 (55) man roster as the morning 9/1/12:

2QB: Rodgers, Harrell 
5RB: Benson, Starks, Green, Saine, Kuhn, 
6WR: Jennings, Nelson, Cobb, Jones, Driver, Boykin
4TE: Finley, Williams, Crabtree, Taylor
7OL: Bulaga, Sitton, Saturday, Lang, Newhouse, Dietrich-Smith, Barclay
6DL: Pickett, Worthy, Raji, Daniels, Wilson, Merling
9LB: Matthews, Hawk, Smith, Perry, Walden, Moses, Francois, Manning, Jones, Lattimore
11DB: Woodson, Williams, Burnett, Bush, Hayward, McMillian, Jennings, House, Shields, Richardson, Ross
3 Specialists: K Crosby, P Masthay, LS Goode

LB Erik Walden comes back after Week 1 
DL Mike Neal after Week 4.

There are 6 players on this roster that I thought would be cut but only four names that I missed. I am calling it 49/53 and it looks like some things could change soon.


The following information is from JS Online:
 
Green Bay - The Packers' 53-man roster is complete - for now.

By 11 a.m. Saturday, they could have some new additions based on any waiver claims they might have put in. After 11 a.m. they can start signing players to their practice squad.

Here's a look at the roster:

OFFENSE (24)

WR (6) Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, Donald Driver, James Jones, Randall Cobb, Jarret Boykin

ANALYSIS: No surprises with the top five. Diondre Borel and Tori Gurley never did enough to warrant a spot. Boykin was a huge surprise. He caught everything, ran great routes and would have been claimed on waivers if they cut him. He'll mostly be on the scout team this year, but he'll give the defense great looks every day.

OL (7) Marshall Newhouse, T.J. Lang, Jeff Saturday, Josh Sitton, Bryan Bulaga, Evan Dietrich-Smith, Don Barclay.

ANALYSIS: There's no way they can go with seven guys for the six weeks Derek Sherrod is on the physically unable to perform list. You can bet they put in waiver claims for at least one lineman they hope to add to the roster. Barclay may or may not make it based on whether they add one or two linemen.

TE (4) Jermichael Finley, Tom Crabtree, D.J. Williams, Ryan Taylor

ANALYSIS: No surprises here. Crabtree has to recover from his shoulder injury and Williams didn't play Thursday night because of an ankle injury.

QB (2) Aaron Rodgers, Graham Harrell

ANALYSIS: Graham Harrell hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth.

RB (5) Cedric Benson, Alex Green, James Starks, Brandon Saine, John Kuhn

ANALYSIS: Too many people are writing off Starks. He'll be in the mix when it's all said and done. Marc Tyler probably will go on the practice squad and be available if someone goes down. Starks isn't that far away from being back from a turf toe injury.


DEFENSE (26)

DL (6) Ryan Pickett, B.J. Raji, C.J. Wilson, Mike Daniels, Jerel Worthy, Phillip Merling,

ANALYSIS: Merling may be holding a spot until LB Erik Walden comes back after Week 1 or Mike Neal after Week 4. Both nose tackles, Raji (ankle) and Pickett (calf) have injuries, so it's a bit of a gamble to let Daniel Muir go. But in an emergency Wilson can line up in the middle.

LB (9) Clay Matthews, Nick Perry, A.J. Hawk, D.J. Smith, Robert Francois, Terrell Manning, Jamari Lattimore, Brad Jones, Dezman Moses

ANALYSIS: Walden will be back after Week 1 and Manning may be holding his spot. If Desmond Bishop were healthy this would be Ted Thompson's best linebacker corps. It still might be. The OLB position has been upgraded considerably from last year.

CB (11) Tramon Williams, Jarrett Bush, Charles Woodson, Morgan Burnett, Sam Shields, Davon House, Casey Hayward, Brandian Ross, M.D. Jennings, Sean Richardson, Jerron McMillian

ANALYSIS: Richardson was kept on his potential. He's very raw and will have to fight to be on the game day active list. His special teams play will help him a lot. Ross quietly had a solid camp and was steady on special teams. Expect Bush to start at CB and either McMillian or Jennings at nickel safety. The safety position is really young. Burnett might as well be in his second year given he missed most of his rookie year with an injury. Burnett, Jennings, Richardson and McMillian have a combined three years of NFL experience.

SPECIALISTS (3)

K Mason Crosby
P Tim Masthay
LS Brett Goode

ANALYSIS: Status quo.

SUSPENDED (2)

LB Erik Walden, one game

DE Mike Neal, four games