Though Brian Gutekunst, in his third year as Packers’ personnel guru, had been heavily criticized in in the runup to the 2020 season (myself included), his decisions are looking better and better after the Packers’ beatdown of the Vikes.
Starting with the inside linebacker problem, Gutey didn’t pursue Blake Martinez, knowing he would command a high price as a free agent, and in fact the Giants gave him a three-year deal at $10.25 million per season.
Instead of going after the top free agent ILBs (Cory Littleton, Joe Schobert, Nick Kwiatoski), Gutey focused right away on Christian Kirksey, nabbing him for two years at an average salary of $6.