Doing so may not require testing the free agency waters, which has become a tired practice at this point and one the Packers are certainly fluent in.
Jared Cook.
Martellus Bennett.
Lance Kendricks.
Marcedes Lewis.
Jimmy Graham? The jury is still out.
This week, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported that the Packers are preparing for the upcoming offseason frenzy with the "belief" that Graham will be back in 2019. They're going to pick up his $5 million dollar roster bonus in March and allow him to return for another season to hopefully mesh with quarterback Aaron Rodgers.