GREEN BAY, Wis. - Green Bay Packers general Brian Gutekunst waited until the wide receiver free-agent market was picked through quite a bit before settling on veteran Devin Funchess as a supplement to his mostly young receiving corps.
Funchess might have had an immediate impact this year given his production with Carolina from 2015-18, but the Packers will never know because Funchess has chosen to take the COVID-19 opt-out option available to every NFL player under the collective bargaining agreement.
Players have until at least Aug. 4 to declare that they won’t play in 2020 and Funchess became the first Packers player to do so.