General manager Brian Gutekunst has decisions to make ahead of free agency. The focus is primarily on the upcoming unrestricted free agents, but that’s not all he has to worry about.
As well as the unrestricted free agents, Green Bay also has a number of restricted and exclusive rights free agents.
We’ll focus on the latter today.
Exclusive rights free agents have played no more than two accrued seasons. The Packers have far more control here. If the Packers sign an ERFA to a tender, the free agent can’t then negotiate with other teams, which differs from restricted free agents.