Corey Linsley is as good as gone. The sooner that Green Bay Packers fans accept that, the better. It’s a shame, because Linsley was (deservedly) the NFL’s first-team All-Pro center and the Packers’ Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee in 2020, but the realities of the league and the team’s financial situation in the year 2021 make his return a virtual impossibility.
The Packers, recognizing that this was a strong possibility even before the COVID-19 pandemic threw the salary cap into disarray, have been getting their house in order to handle Linsley’s departure for the better part of two years now.