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Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that not only will Packers tight end Bubba Franks not regain his starting job, but there's a chance that he won't even make the Packers' 53-man roster.

That's quite a fall for the 29-year-old Franks, who was the Packers' first-round draft pick in 2000 and was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2001, 2002, and 2003.

But Demovsky reports that Donald Lee seems to have a strong hold on the starting tight end spot, and the Packers may decide that they don't feel like paying a $1.4 million salary to a backup tight end who isn't much of a special teams contributor.

Franks' biggest problem last season was dropped passes, and he didn't help his chances of making the roster when he dropped an easy pass in the Packers' preseason opener.

If anything could save Franks' job, it's that the Packers lost their top backup to Lee, Tory Humphrey, to a season-ending leg injury on the first day of training camp.

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