The Green Bay Packers became a good young team faster than expected in 2023, Jordan Love’s first year as a starting quarterback in the NFL. But the step to become great didn’t come in 2024, leaving behind a sense of frustration.

After the season, general manager Brian Gutekunst indicated that it was time to ramp up the sense of urgency and fight for championships, so this is a pivotal offseason for the Packers to go from playoff contender to a true Super Bowl contender in the NFC.

A smaller part of that is keeping their own free agents—it’s not a shiny group, and Green Bay has already re-signed some of them. The biggest challenge is to add blue-chip players to a roster that is balanced, but lacks true stars.

But after years of financial trouble, the Packers are finally in a comfortable cap situation, entering the new league year with $42 million of projected cap space—and almost $30 million available to spend after procedural moves.

The legal tampering period kicks off on Monday, March 10, at 12 p.m. ET, and the new league year officially starts on Wednesday, March 12, at 4 p.m. ET. In this window, players are allowed to negotiate and agree to deals with teams, but official signings can’t be done before Wednesday afternoon.

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Packers 2025 Free Agency Moves

Signed players:

• The Packers are expected to sign guard Aaron Banks to a four-year, $77 million deal.
• Green Bay is also adding cornerback Nate Hobbs with a four-year, $48 million contract.
• The Packers are finally adding a wide receiver, signing former Chiefs second-round pick Mecole Hardman.
• The Packers brought back linebacker Kristian Welch.

Re-signed players:

• Linebacker Isaiah McDuffie signed a two-year, $8 million contract.
• Kicker Brandon McManus signed a three-year, $15.3 million contract.

Tendered players:

The Packers have tendered all of their six exclusive-rights free agents. The salary depends on the players' experience in the NFL.

• S Zayne Anderson – $1.03 million
• P Daniel Whelan – $1.03 million
• RB Emanuel Wilson – $1.03 million
• WR Bo Melton – $960k
• DE Arron Mosby – $960k
• T Kadeem Telfort – $960k

The only untendered player was restricted free agent tight end John FitzPatrick. That means he became an unrestricted free agent and can sign with any team—including signing back with the Packers for a lower salary.

Released players:

Nobody so far.

List of Packers' unrestricted free agents

• C Josh Myers – signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the New York Jets.
• CB Eric Stokes – signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.
• DT TJ Slaton – signed a two-year, $15.1 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals.
• LB Eric Wilson – signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings.
• RB AJ Dillon – signed a one-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
• CB Corey Ballentine – signed a deal with the Indianapolis Colts.
• CB Robert Rochell – signed a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs.
• T Andre Dillard
• TE Tyler Davis
• TE John FitzPatrick

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