After the signings of Aaron Banks and Nate Hobbs, the Green Bay Packers' free agency spending is most likely over, at least in terms of additions of genuine consequence.
The move to bring in Banks in particular surprised plenty in the Packers community, but based on general manager Brian Gutekunst's historical approach to free agency, perhaps a marquee addition on the offensive line should not have been a shock.
There is a clear strategy when it comes to Gutekunst's free agency transactions, at least when he has had money to spend. For every single big-money free agent he has signed since 2019, a thread can be connected to either a failed premium draft pick from years prior, a once-productive veteran being ushered out, or in some cases, both.