GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One look around the NFL during the Green Bay Packers' bye showed just how much they miss the group of top-line players they lost in free agency last spring.
News of Martellus Bennett's tentative plans to retire after this season make what happened with Jared Cook look even more perplexing.
Meanwhile, linebacker Julius Peppers recorded sack No. 7.5 this season -- equaling his total from all of last season with the Packers -- for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, and safety Micah Hyde picked off his league-leading fifth pass for the Buffalo Bills.