after practicing on a limited basis this week, and his status did not change Saturday.Eddie did well [in practice] with his limited work, Packers coach Mike McCart

The voting panel for our third annual NFL QB Tier Rankings consisted of 42 league insiders -- 10 general managers, five head coaches, seven offensive coordinators, five defensive coordinators, eight personnel evaluators and seven other position coaches/executives.?I polled coaches and evaluators on 33 QBs, asking them to place each player into one of five tiers, with Tier 1 reserved for the very best and Tier 5 reserved for the very worst:Tier 1: Can carry his team each week. Team wins because of him. Tier 2: Can carry team sometimes but not as consistently. Tier 3: Legit starter but needs heavy run game/defense to win. Tier 4: Might not want this guy starting all 16 games. Tier 5: Do not think this guy should be starting.In the end, we averaged the tier rankings for each quarterback to produce a 1-33 ranking across four tiers (no starting QBs received enough Tier 5 votes to fall into the fifth tier), and gave the insiders anonymity so they could speak candidly.?Here are the 2016 NFL QB Tier Rankings, with a full voting breakdown at the bottom of the article. We start with two players who received unanimous Tier 1 status for the second consecutive year.Tier 1 | Tier 2?| Tier 3 | Tier 4TIER 1 (3 QBs TOTAL)T-1. Tom Brady | New England PatriotsAvg. rating: 1.00 | Change in rating:?0% |?2015 rank: T-1Brady opened last season with 22 TD passes and only two interceptions during the Patriots 8-0 start. The TD-INT ratio dipped to 14-5 the rest of the way as New England lost top wide receiver Julian Edelman while becoming desperate enough at running back to bring Steven Jackson out of semi-retirement at age 32. Its tough finding league insiders who see significant decline in Brady, but speak to enough of them and youll run across a few.He is going to be a 2 probably this year, but Id say right now he is a 1, an offensive coordinator said. I see him starting to slide a little bit physically. The thing that stands out to me is, the accuracy of his throws has really decreased. [Rob] Gronkowski and his receivers are making these unbelievable catches, ones that are low, that are outside, to make these plays.Others thought Brady was actually improving by leveraging a growing knowledge base, finding new ways to beat defenses. A different offensive coordinator said he thought Brady worked through issues that affected him a couple years ago as he modified his throwing motion. This coordinator thought Brady had regained accuracy as a result.Yeah, he is pretty old, but does he look old to you when he plays? one GM asked. He is in complete and utter control of everything, and that is a 1 to me. 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The veteran backup reported some pain in his knee after a workout Tuesday.Starks spent most of the past week out of town to attend his grandmothers funeral.The injury leaves the Packers in a difficult spot, considering that?Eddie Lacy has a left ankle injury that prevented him from finishing last Sundays game against the New York Giants. Lacy was listed as questionable on Fridays injury report after practicing on a limited basis this week, and his status did not change Saturday.Eddie did well [in practice] with his limited work, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Fridday.dddddddddddd Were making progress. So hopefully well continue to make progress.McCarthy also could use receivers Randall Cobb and Ty Montgomery out of the backfield, if necessary. They have combined for seven carries this season, and Cobb said this week that its possible he and Montgomery need to be on high alert for additional rushing duty.The Packers on Saturday activated defensive end Mike Pennel and cornerback Demetri Goodson off the suspended list. The Packers had an open roster spot after they released quarterback Joe Callahan on Thursday, and the other spot was created by releasing DT Brian Price, who likely will be added to the practice squad if he is unclaimed off waivers. ' ' '