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Green Bay Packers: 4 Moves to Make Following 2021 Draft

By Paul Bretl

Jan 16, 2021; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) and wide receiver Davante Adams (17) against the Los Angeles Rams during the NFC Divisional Round at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 16, 2021; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) and wide receiver Davante Adams (17) against the Los Angeles Rams during the NFC Divisional Round at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Free agency has been quiet for some time now, and the NFL Draft is now complete. We really aren’t that far off from real football activities taking place for the Green Bay Packers with OTAs and Mini-camp on the horizon and training camp not taking place long after.

When it comes to the Green Bay Packers, it’s been an interesting offseason, to say the least. With limited cap space, they prioritized re-signing their own to make what hopefully ends up being one more Super Bowl run. Their only outside addition up to this point was long-snapper Joe Fortunato.

I did really like their draft class as I believe they were able to check several boxes, but the news of Aaron Rodgers’ frustrations dominated the headlines.

So with free agency and the draft behind us, we now begin to turn out focus from offseason activities to the 2021 season. However, there are still some items that Brian Gutekunst and the Green Bay Packers need to take care of. Sure, there are others to add to this list, but these are the big-ticket items.

Extend Davante Adams

I’ll admit, the Aaron Rodgers’ news throws an added wrinkle into this. If the Green Bay Packers trade Rodgers, could they look to move Davante Adams, who is in the final year of his deal? Maybe? I’m not going to try to guess how that is all going to unfold, but with so much unknown at this point, for this exercise, I’m going to continue to operate as if this is a top priority.

Adams has developed into a player that many would consider the best receiver in football and had a huge 2020 season, despite missing a few games. He led the NFL with 18 touchdown receptions and 98.1 yards per game. Adams would also tally nearly 1,400 receiving yards and catch 77 percent of his targets. I don’t really feel the need to have to go on about what Adams can do and what he means to this offense; we all know that.

With this being the final year of his deal, an extension will create cap space by lowering Adams’ $16.78 million cap hit this season–which is still needed, as I’ll discuss here shortly. And there’s the obvious that this move would keep one of the game’s top receivers in Green Bay for additional years, whether with Rodgers or Jordan Love.

As Gutey told us last January, when working through Kenny Clark’s extension, these things take time. So hopefully, that is all that is taking place here with Adams–time.

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