The 2022 offseason has been nothing short of interesting for the Packers and that did not change during the first week of free agency.

From the salary cap to the Davante Adams trade, it feels like the Packers and their fans have been through the wringer. But overall, the Packers have done a pretty good job of navigating through the frenzy that is free agency.

Packers' losses in free agency (so far)

• WR Davante Adams: traded to the Raiders
• G Lucas Patrick: signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Bears
• WR Equanimeous St. Brown: signed with the Bears; details currently unknown
• LB Oren Burks: signed, two-year $5 million deal with the 49ers
• OLB Za'Darius Smith: released
• OL Billy Turner: released
• Corey Bojorquez: released

The Packers lost some pretty big pieces in free agency, most notably Adams. It's hard to blame the Packers for the loss of Adams, however. Green Bay offered Adams more money than Las Vegas and he still turned them down. Maybe they should've extended Adams before his contract expired. That could've changed things. But the bottom line is he chose the Raiders over the Packers. That's out of their control, for the most part.

The next big name is Smith, but the Packers have Rashan Gary to replace him. Gary had a very solid 2021 season and looks ready to take over. Turner started 54 games over the last four seasons and Lucas Patrick started 28 over the last two seasons.

The special teams changes continued with the release of Bojorquez, as well.

These moves are big blows to the Packers. But they are the moves that have to be made when there are cap issues. The good news is they now have a good amount of draft picks to help replace these guys.

Packers' retainments/additions in free agency (so far)

• WR Allen Lazard: Green Bay tendered Lazard with a second-round tender
• LB De'Vondre Campbell: signed a five-year, $50 million deal with Green Bay
• CB Rasul Douglas: signed a three-year, $21 million deal worth up to $25.5 million with Green Bay
• TE Robert Tonyan Jr.: signed a one-year deal with the Packers; details currently unknown
• LB Krys Barnes, TE Dominique Dafney, C Jake Hanson, T Yosh Nijman, LB Randy Ramsey, WR Malik Taylor: all tendered as exclusive rights free agents
• P Pat O'Donnell: signed a one-year, $1.625 million deal with the Packers

This list doesn't include the extensions of Aaron Rodgers and Preston Smith since they weren't technically retained or added. Both players had contracts entering the offseason, they were just modified.

The return of Campebell and Douglas for multiple years is a great chance to build around what is now a solid foundation for Joe Barry's defense. There's optimism that Tonyan Jr. is healthy for the start of the season and Lazard is an underrated receiver on this team. Both are important targets for Aaron Rodgers -they've caught a combined 24 touchdowns over the last two seasons- so it was important to keep them.

O'Donnell is a much more reliable player than Bojorquez, who struggled in the cold weather. Byrnes has been a starter at inside linebacker over the last two years and Nijman has value after starting eight games in 2021. All of these decisions have reason and logic behind them, which is always a good sign and starting point.

These moves allow the Packers to have playmakers on all three levels of the defense and Rodgers gets to keep two key targets. And the special teams continues to receive upgrades

We haven't even started talking draft, either. Overall, things look pretty good.

Final Grade (so far)

Honestly, the Packers' free agency hasn't been bad in terms of the process. Adams, the worst part of the offseason, was more bad luck. We knew the cap casualties were coming, so they weren't really a negative. It was only a matter of who goes when and how much does Green Bay save.

The retained players are solid moves. If Douglas, Campbell, and Gary play like they did last year, this defense is easily a top-10 defense. Possibly even top-5.

The Packers have done a lot of positive things this offseason. And they have plenty of draft to continue to do more positive things moving forward. That usually signifies a good offseason at this point.

Grade: B

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