The Green Bay Packers: Homing in on final unsigned free agents?
Jarrett Bush. Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports photograph
With the unsigned Jarrett Bush, Matt Flynn, John Kuhn and Jamari Lattimore, the Green Bay Packers have four free agents who still have plenty of skill to play at the professional level, it just may not be in Green Bay in 2015.
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Head coach Mike McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson have said repeatedly they want their own guys back and have demonstrated time and again this offseason that they mean it.
It all started a couple of days before the official start of free agency when Ted Thompson announced the re-signing of highly coveted wide receiver Randall Cobb.
Just hours before the start of Free Agency, the Packers struck again by re-signing the best right tackle ready to hit the market – Bryan Bulaga.
Don Barclay. Raymond T. Rivard photograph
Not long after that, the Packers swooped down and re-signed offensive lineman Don Barclay and quarterback Scott Tolzien and then just this week got defensive and re-signed linemen Letroy Guion and B.J. Raji.
Now with just the four free agents mentioned above left waiting for a deal, the Packers have positioned themselves for a comfortable draft where the needs aren’t as severe.
Sure, the Packers still need to address the defensive line, inside linebacker and cornerback, but they now have options for the draft that lessen the immediate needs and will allow Ted Thompson to work the draft like he has done so well in the past.
But what of the four Packers free agents still on the market?
Do the Packers have an interest in re-signing any or all of them? Is their experience and comfort level with these players enough to bring them back or do they let them walk?
Only Ted Thompson has those answers, but we’ll take a stab at how we feel he will move forward … turn the pages for a look at each of these players.
We’ll start with …
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