Throughout the start of the 2020 offseason and even dating well back into 2019, fans of the Green Bay Packers have had a clear expectation of general manager Brian Gutekunst: that he would release tight end Jimmy Graham.
The move makes sense in every business sense, after all. Graham was the highest-paid tight end in the NFL last season in terms of his salary cap number, and his level of play was nowhere near that value. With that combined with the fact that the Packers could save $8 million in salary cap space for 2020 by releasing him this offseason, the consensus has been that it is a matter of when, not if, Graham receives his walking papers.