There's a lot of chatter out there about the Packers and Austin Hooper. But I'm not buying into it.
He's an overhyped TE who does many things o.k. but doesn't have any feature to his game that he can dominate at.
He and his representatives also believe that his asking price in free agency is going to reset the TE market.
Last thing I want to see is another overpriced/under-average performing TE coming to GB. And signing Hooper would probably mean signing just one player in free agency.
CHI extends Danny Trevathan, likely knowing that their limited cap resources would be insufficient to reach agreement with Nick Kwiatkoski.
I think GB has a benchmark as to what they will be willing to pay a free agent ILB, and that both Cory Littleton and Joe Schobert will exceed that benchmark.
I've advocated for Kwiatkoski for more than 3 months at this point and I think he will be the primary target in free agency.
I also believe that Gute will add a veteran DL in free agency as well, but he won't target any of the high priced/top ranked DL. He will look for a role player/run stuffer that ranks as more of a 2nd level signing, so I don't expect someone signed in the first 7-10 days of free agency.
DT names that I have been reviewing are Beau Allen, Xavier Williams, Akeem Spence, David Onyemata, Maliek Collins, and Tyeler Davison.
Also, after the draft and leading up to training camp, I think they will have a window to finally get a deal done with Kenny Clark.
It may involve releasing Lane Taylor if they feel they will have enough depth at IOL after the draft, AND/OR, they could negotiate an extension with David Bakhtiari (a year early) to reduce his 2020 cap number and free up additional space to get a deal done with Clark before the regular season starts.
Would also like to see Tyler Ervin, Will Redmond, and Marcedes Lewis brought back as well.
That's my free agency wish list as that day approaches this next week.