You can argue that Brian Gutekunst is just a protégé of Ted Thompson all you want, but the 2018 offseason has been different than past years. The Packers are reluctant to splurge all of their cap space in free agency, but that doesn’t mean Gutekunst is carrying on Thompson’s stingy legacy. Before the offseason officially…
New general manager Brian Gutekunst will not be graded on a curve despite this being his first offseason leading Packers’ transactions. He will have the best gigs in the league as long as the Packers do not have an owner chirping in his ear and the best quarterback in football. The latter, at least, ensures…
Randall Cobb would be wise to take a pay cut and play the last remaining year on his contract with Aaron Rodgers. This would do his market value justice as he heads into next offseason as a free agent. However, as we all know you can’t mess with the pockets of a professional athlete as…
Brian Guteskunst needs to take a hard look at the list of free agent corners for 2018. The Packers picked up a familiar face in Davon House house last year, but there was other talent at that position. Aj Bouye and Stephone Gilmore are just a couple names that come to mind. The Packers played…
The trouble lying beneath the Packers’ infrastructure did not come to fruition until former GM Ted Thompson stepped down. Even the casual bystander knew there needed to be a major overhaul on defense. That issue was addressed with the hiring of Mike Pettine. What we didn’t know was that Mark Murphy would hire internally for…
The search for free agents started for a lot of us as soon as the Packers were out of playoff contention. It likely started for the Packers front office once their hierarchy was established. The Packers tried to find a vertical threat at tight end last offseason. And, putting it lightly, Marcellus Bennett did not…