Going into the 2020 season, the Green Bay Packers knew they had five key players in the final year of their deals. The five were running back Aaron Jones, cornerback Kevin King, center Corey Linsley, tackle David Bakhtiari and defensive lineman Kenny Clark.
They knew at least four of them would be in line for big money (King being the probable exception). They also knew that their salary cap situation would be very tight and, in all likelihood, they would only be able to extend two of them, maybe three with some major reshuffling.
So Brian Gutekunst, Matt LaFleur and Russ Ball, the Packers’ three headed brain trust in charge of assembling this team, got together and set a priority list.