When the Green Bay Packers made the first free agent news on legal tampering day on Monday, the NFL world was in shock. In all, Brian Gutekunst signed the first two players of the day, landing a pair of street free agents in a bid to bolster two of the team’s biggest need positions with quality but lower-risk players who will not hurt the team’s compensatory pick calculation for 2021.
Then, as the next few hours ticked by, the league seemed to lose its mind. Money flew around like crazy in the first few hours of the negotiation window, as usual, but trades were flying as well, including a pair that featured Pro Bowl or All-Pro receivers.