GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Here’s one way to measure how important tight end has become to the Green Bay Packers: This year, they’re committing more than three times the cash and more than twice the salary-cap space to the position than they did last year.
By signing Martellus Bennett to a three-year, $21 million contract and Lance Kendricks for two years and $4 million, the Packers have devoted a wealth of resources to the position.
Bennett, Kendricks, Richard Rodgers and Beau Sandland (who finished last season on the practice squad) represent $12.