Green Bay Packers free agency grades: Some are surprising
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Packers re-sign LB Nick Perry
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Details: One-year, $5 million deal. Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that the outside linebacker was re-signed by the Packers. The team didn’t exercise its fifth-year option on the former first-round pick, and that decision netted Green Bay $2.5 million. Perry has improved slowly (when healthy), and plays the run well. He had a very good postseason, so it’s surprising he didn’t get a little more interest. Grade: B+
Packers re-sign James Starks
Details: Two-year, $6 million deal. After talking with a few other teams, Starks will once again team with Eddie Lacy in the Packers’ backfield. Starks is a solid, slashing runner who fits in Green Bay, but I’d like to see the Packers think outside the box once in a while by getting a smaller, quicker back for coach Mike McCarthy to toy with. And changi