Grading Brian Gutekunst’s Free Agent Signings 2018-Present

Brian Gutekunst took over as general manager of the Green Bay Packers in 2018. Since then, the Packers have made the playoffs twice after winning back-to-back NFC North titles. In 2019, they reached the NFC Championship Game.

Gutekunst has turned the Packers around after two straight losing seasons in 2017 and 2018 and part of the way he did that was by signing some big ticket free agents, something his predecessor, Ted Thompson, rarely did.

Here is a look at all Gutekunst’s big ticket free agent signings over his three years as Packers GM. This list only includes offseason, big ticket free agent signings. It does not include instances where the Packers re-signed a player already on their…