Darrius Shepherd

Shepherd spent the last two seasons with the Packers, finishing last on the team in yards per route run each year. The Chiefs have a thin wide receiver corps behind Tyreek Hill, with uncertain roles for Mecole Hardman, Demarcus Robinson and Byron Pringle. Still, something truly unforeseen would have to transpire for Shepherd to make an impact this season.

Shepherd will stay with the Packers heading into 2020 after finishing the 2019 season on their practice squad. The 24-year-old saw action in six games with the team in 2019, most notably finishing with negative-9 yards and a muffed punt in the return game in Week 6's game against the Lions.

Shepherd's struggles on punt return are well-documented, as he finished with negative-9 yards, muffed a punt in Week 6 and allowed the ball to bounce to the two-yard line in Week 8. That was enough to cut him and bring back Tremon Smith. The Packers had a lot of faith in Shepherd coming out of training camp as an undrafted rookie, so they hope he can develop into a more-dependable asset at some point.

The Packers signed Shepherd as an undrafted free agent hoping he'd shape up as a return man, but his performance wasn't explosive enough to overcome the demerits. He muffed a punt in Week 6 that the Lions recovered deep in Green Bay's territory, and he has negative-9 yards on the punt return this year while he doesn't hasn't returned a kick further than 25 yards. The Packers promoted Tremon Smith from the practice squad to take over as the team's main returner.