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Best and Worst Moves the Green Bay Packers Have Made in Free Agency

March 25, 2015   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson couldn't have summed up his—and by extension the team's—offseason philosophy any better than he did at the NFL annual meeting Monday. 
"We have people that can evaluate players and we have people that can coach them,” Thompson said, per Packers.com's Vic Ketchman, when asked to address the holes at inside linebacker and cornerback caused by offseason personnel movement. 
“Do we want to keep this guy now or do we put our personnel people to work and find a younger guy?” Thompson said, highlighting the central question of his philosophy. 
The Packers did indeed keep some of their young draft-and-develop successes this offseason while allowing others to depart in free agency or cutting players like A.J. Hawk, Brad Jones and Brandon Bostick.
Overall, the Packers have had a solid, if quiet, offseason. Most importantly, Thompson has protected the cap (the Packers have about $21 mil...

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