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Green Bay Packers: Potential roster cuts for Packers to target in free agency

By Kenn Korb

Sep 13, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bears tight end Martellus Bennett (83) runs past Green Bay Packers free safety Micah Hyde (33) during his touchdown reception in the second half at Soldier Field. Green Bay won 31-23. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 13, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bears tight end Martellus Bennett (83) runs past Green Bay Packers free safety Micah Hyde (33) during his touchdown reception in the second half at Soldier Field. Green Bay won 31-23. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 30, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Baltimore Ravens defensive end Chris Canty (99) against the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium. The Ravens won 33-27. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 30, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Baltimore Ravens defensive end Chris Canty (99) against the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium. The Ravens won 33-27. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports /

Potential cut: Chris Canty, 3-4 DE (BAL)

2015 statistics: 9 games played, 281 snaps (26.61 percent of team totals), 19 tackles, 1 sack, 1 pass defensed

Pro Football Focus rankings: 76.3 (overall); 74.8 (run defense), 73.8 (pass rush), 60.3 (coverage)

Canty is a player I’ve been looking at for years to possibly join the Packers’ defensive line rotation. He’s someone who somehow manages to be a useful contributor every year but perpetually sits on the roster bubble.

Canty ended up being cut by the Ravens last season because of that before eventually re-signing on a cheaper contract; unfortunately for him, he could meet the same fate this season as well, with the Ravens having one of the more complicated cap situations in the league.

Should that happen, he would be a welcome addition for the Packers. Canty would fit well as a rotational piece on the defensive line, and his addition would be much-needed due to the aforementioned issues of with Pennel and the overall lacking depth of the position at the moment.

He would be an upgrade over B.J. Raji for about the same likely cost; providing Canty with those snaps that would go to someone like Raji would be a cheap yet effective move.

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