GREEN BAY, Wis. – While Justin Simmons and Julian Blackmon remain available in NFL free agency, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst sounds like he’d rather draft Xavier McKinney’s sidekick than spend money on another veteran safety.
“You can do whatever you like. There’s just going to be, obviously, consequences to that, not only within this year but then in future years,” Gutekunst told reporters at the NFL Annual Meeting last week. “I feel really good about our roster right now. Our numbers are higher than they’ve been usually going into this time. Certainly, I think we have a number of players that are entering the prime of their career.