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Early inactivity no surprise but Packers can still get in the free-agency game

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brian Gutekunst still has some Ted Thompson in him when it comes to free agency.

Remember when the former Green Bay Packers general manager went four straight years (2013-16) without signing an unrestricted free agent from another team?

Don't expect Gutekunst to start taking vacations in mid-March, but he's working on his second straight free-agent period with little or no activity. That shouldn't come as a big surprise given what he was up against with the Packers' salary cap, but he said shortly before free agency that "we won't be able to do a lot, and there'll certainly be some restrictions, but if the right guy's there, I think we'd be able to do what we need to do.