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Green Bay Packers: Grades for free agency signings

By Brady Busha

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - DECEMBER 30: Sherrick McManis #27 of the Chicago Bears and Adrian Amos #38 react after an incomplete pass to Stefon Diggs #14 of the Minnesota Vikings turns the ball over on downs in the fourth quarter of the game at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - DECEMBER 30: Sherrick McManis #27 of the Chicago Bears and Adrian Amos #38 react after an incomplete pass to Stefon Diggs #14 of the Minnesota Vikings turns the ball over on downs in the fourth quarter of the game at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 09: Brian Gutekunst Genral Manager of the Green Bay Packers speaks to the media during a press conference introducing Matt LaFleur as head coach at Lambeau Field on January 09, 2019 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

Grading the Green Bay Packers’ free agency signings so far.

Getting closer to the weekend, there’s been more action in 2019’s free agency period in Green Bay than there has been in nearly a decade. You can’t please everybody, but the way Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst spent Tuesday morning and afternoon signing checks and making moves, it’s a fair assumption to say the majority of Packers fans are happy with his decisions.

Common gripes among Packers fans throughout 2018 were that the defense didn’t get enough pressure, cover well enough, or make the stops on third down. Another complaint was that Aaron Rodgers couldn’t remain upright, largely due to the abysmal play of the interior offensive linemen.

Brian was watching. “Gutey” was listening.

But the new Packers GM knows that a team isn’t built with one splash signing. Or at least, he’s learned it since last year, considering the result of signing Jimmy Graham.

RELATED: Full list of Packers’ remaining free agents

Learning year over year is more than Packer fans have seen in recent memory. And now there’s a trio of physical, young, productive defenders, and a versatile offensive lineman ready to don the green and gold.

Let’s take a look at each signing, and quantify each with a letter grade.

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