CHICAGO — They funneled through the Solider Field tunnel with purpose, each with meaningful joy in their strides. Some slapped hands. Others laughed or exchanged knowing glances. But before they departed, seemingly all of these Green Bay Packers smiled and caught a piece of general manager Brian Gutekunst — a high-five, a handshake or dapped fist. When quarterback Jordan Love made his way through, Gutekunst stopped and slapped Love’s hand, then hugged him with both arms and patted the breast plate of Love’s shoulder pads.
“Good start,” Gutekunst said.
For one day, one unquestioned start — and one big exhale — the longest offseason in Packers history became a little more distant.