Official 2026 Free Agency/Offseason/Non-Draft Thread

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CheeseheadTV
@cheeseheadtv

After a disappointing first season health wise, The Packers are accepting their free agent miss from last offseason and moving on from CB Nate Hobbs, per @RobDemovsky

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St Juste was a part time player for Chargers last year after starting 4 years for Washington. Played 37% of offensive snaps, starting 2 games and 72% of special teams snaps.



11. Benjamin St-Juste, Los Angeles Chargers (76.3)

Thanks to a change of scenery from Washington to Los Angeles, St-Juste enjoyed a career revival in 2025. Despite not playing a full-time role in the Chargers' secondary, the fifth-year cornerback showcased how high his ceiling can be in the right system. St-Juste displayed quality zone instincts that allowed him to earn a league-leading 90.1 PFF zone coverage grade.

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Ryan Wood
@ByRyanWood

Benjamin St-Juste measurables per mockdraftable:

6-3 1/4: 98th percentile at CB
202 pounds: 84th percentile
78 5/8-inch wingspan: 89th percentile
32 5/8-inch arms: 87th percentile

A big, big, big corner.

[Vincenzo]

“Free agent cornerback Benjamin St-Juste is on the move to Green Bay.

St-Juste has agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal with the Packers, according to NFL Network.”

[texaspackerbacker]

Losing Quay is addition by subtraction. Losing Willis is unfortunate, but for the money he got, it had to happen. I'm thinking Ridder will be the next Willis. Losing Enagbare bothers me more than losing Quay, but he got $10 million for one year - that's too much. Bringing back Melton and Welch is good for both. I still wish they could keep Doubs, but the way money is being thrown around, he will undoubtedly get a ton too. We're loaded enough at WR that we can afford to lose him.

Being $30 million under the cap is NOT a good thing if that is the end of the story. That would be stupid. With that kind of money available, we ought to be able to sign a really high quality Corner - Lattimore for example. And we should still have money for something else if needed.

In addition to a top tier FA Corner, we should use at least one of our earliest draft picks for a quality Corner. The other positions mentioned wouldn't be bad to get, but they are not really positions of need.

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The Packers Wire
@ThePackersWire

Packers bringing back LB and special teamer Kristian Welch


Easton Butler
@Easton__Butler

The Packers are resigning CB/WR Bo Melton, per source.

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Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter

Comp update: Raiders are giving Quay Walker a three-year, $40.5 million deal that includes $28 million guaranteed, per agents Kyle McCarthy and Todd France.

[Fritz]

We LOVE this!

Clearly Guter has something up his sleeve. Is he going to sign a corner? Woolen from Seattle? Then maybe a lower-level nose tackle, someone who has been cut elsewhere?

He doesn't have many picks this year. Next year, depending on Doubs,Walker, and Walker, he'll have many picks. So pick up one higher-priced free agent, maybe a corner, and then drafta NT, corners, a tight end, maybe an offensive lineman, maybe a linebacker in case Franklin sucks?

[ThunderDan]

We LOVE this!

Other than the Banks move.

[Vincenzo]

Packers now with 30+ million in cap space.

We LOVE this!

[Joemailman]

Packers now with 30+ million in cap space.

[pbmax]

Elgton Jenkins has been released according to Adam Schefter*.

Also as Dan notes in the Gary thread, my theory about loading comp picks this year and so Gary's return of a 2027 pick from the Cowboys is wrong. Both the Gary pick and the comp picks are all going to be for the 2027 draft.

* nickname deleted, got the ESPN personality wrong

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Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter

ESPN Sources: former Ravens free-agent center Tyler Linderbaum reached agreement today on a record deal with the Raiders, who are awarding him with a three-year, $81 million deal that includes $60 million guaranteed and makes him the highest paid interior offensive lineman in NFL

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NFL
@NFL

Dolphins signing QB Malik Willis to a 3-year, $67.5M deal with $45M fully guaranteed. (via @rapsheet)

Nick Korte
@nickkorte

At $22.5M APY, OTC's 2027 compensatory free agents program is currently placing Malik Willis in the 4th round.

However, it is not giving him a snap count boost, and if he is the consistent starter, that pick could easily turn into a 3rd to the Packers.


Athletes First
@AthletesFirst

Kingsley Enagbare has agreed to a 1 year, $10M contract with the New York Jets

[pbmax]

I would rather get a 5th this year and have a body that might contribute; to getting a 4th next year and have a body that might contribute next year but won't do anything for the team this year.

I am getting the feeling that the Packers are going to do a soft reload this year (dead weight and money gone) and go nuts in 2027. If McKinney gets an extension (3rd contract alert) and they do something with Banks deal, they suddenly only look cap constrained this year.

The upshot of their moves, save Banks which was interesting but doesn't exactly fit in this scenario, the Packers are clearing space for 2027 which no longer seems hamstrung by the cap even with the Love and Parsons deals ballooning.

As for the 2027 pick, if they get the max four compensatory this year (even three), that might be all you want. It might be enough to see Gute trading up. This isn't a great draft class and it might not be the year for 11 pick Ted special.