INDIANAPOLIS – Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has a big decision to make on one of his more disappointing draft picks. May 1 – the Friday after the NFL Draft – is the deadline for Gutekunst to pick up the fifth-year option on 2023 first-round pick Lukas Van Ness.
Sean Rhyan is among the Green Bay Packers’ pending free agents this offseason, but retaining the backup offensive lineman should hardly be a priority. After serving as the starting right guard in 2024, Rhyan struggled mightily making the switch to center to fill in for the injured Elgton Jenkins last season.
The Green Bay Packers are going to be saying farewell to several familiar faces this off-season. Some players, like Rasheed Walker and Romeo Doubs (among others), are likely going to depart in free agency.
As NFL rules have changed, defensive backs' job descriptions have transitioned. Here is our best attempt at identifying the premier DB performer in each NFL franchise's history.
By now, just about everyone anticipates the release of Green Bay Packers center Elgton Jenkins this offseason. The two-time Pro Bowler turned in a mediocre, injury-riddled 2025 campaign and the team will save nearly $20 million in cap space by cutting him.
Not long ago, the Green Bay Packers were shocked to receive the resignation of special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia. The timing of his decision to step down was, of course, less than ideal.
It wasn’t the season you expected from 2025 first round pick Matthew Golden. What started out as a great story being the first WR taken in the first round by the Packers since 2002, turned out to be less than spectacular.
The Green Bay Packers have not yet aligned themselves with the 2026 salary cap as free agency approaches in less than three weeks. They have several paths to create room, including the widely anticipated release of veteran interior offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins, a move that would clear $20 million in cap space for 2026.
When the Green Bay Packers proposed a rule change in the NFL a year ago, it created a frenzy. Mostly doing what the NFL wanted, then Packers CEO and president Mark Murphy tried to ban the tush push.
The Green Bay Packers have not had a good recent history of being able to retain (or wanting to retain) defensive coordinators in recent history. Following the nine-year run that Dom Capers had in Green Bay, the Packers have gone through three different defensive coordinators: Mike Pettine, Joe Barry, and Jeff Hafley.
The Green Bay Packers are not necessarily heavy spenders in free agency, but general manager Brian Gutekunst has said the team has the financial flexibility to make moves if the front office wants to.
The Green Bay Packers are likely not to re-sign starting left tackle Rasheed Walker once he becomes a free agent next month. After, essentially, three years protecting Jordan Love‘s blindside, the former seventh round pick is probably going to be replaced on the Packers offensive line by 2024 first round pick Jordan Morgan.
NFL insider Ian Rapoport believes Packers QB Malik Willis will eventually sign a deal worth $30 to 35 million per year in free agency this offseason. “If Justin Fields gets $20 million a year, what does Malik Willis get?
INDIANAPOLIS – For years, former Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson treated free agency like a check-engine light. It was something easily ignored, for better or worse.
The different elements of the NFL offseason are fun to discuss in isolation. It’s enjoyable to try and predict who the Green Bay Packers might sign in free agency, or who they’ll draft each year, but I think it’s even more worthwhile and instructive to do all of it together.
This is NFL Scouting Combine week, so most eyes around the NFL world will be in Indianapolis over the next few days — not only to take a look at top prospects, but also to discuss the majority of impactful topics in football leading up to the new league year in March.
The Green Bay Packers have a very specific type of player they tend to go after. Even if the free agent profile can be a little looser than what the team does in the draft, the Packers will naturally lean on athletic players, with solid character, and specific traits based on the position.
Defensive end Kingsley Enagbare will be an unrestricted free agent in March unless the Green Bay Packers sign him to a new contract before then. The Packers
The big event in the NFL this week is the Scouting Combine, but you don’t have to look too far ahead on the calendar to see the start of NFL free agency.
On Monday, NFL.com’s Greg Rosenthal released rankings of the top 101 free agents in the NFL. Quarterback Malik Willis topped the list. ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky quoted a tweet about the rankings and pointed out that he’d been mocked for praising Willis months earlier.
After years of average play at the punter position, the Green Bay Packers have stumbled upon a goldmine in Daniel Whelan. In just a few short seasons, Whelan has become one of the Packers’ best players, and the result have been game-altering.
Per J.L. Canfora, the Chiefs and Patriots are among the teams interested in Packers LT Rasheed Walker ahead of free agency. The Browns were another one of the teams connected to Walker due to their needs on the offensive line.
In 2019, the Packers took Elgton Jenkins in the second round of the NFL Draft. For the most part, Jenkins has remained a standout on the offensive line.