Packers make egregious error as top edge rusher signs with NFC rival

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The Green Bay Packers are clearly only a couple of pieces away from emerging as legitimate Super Bowl contenders, and they should have been able to plug those holes in free agency.

Instead, the Packers have largely sat on the sidelines and watched as the best players on the open market have signed elsewhere, even with Green Bay having substantial cap room.

But on Monday, the Packers may have made their most egregious error yet, allowing edge rusher Azeez Ojulari to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles on one-year, $4 million contract.

Green Bay definitely needs another pass rusher, and Ojulari would have been a perfect fit. So why did the Packers not jump in on the…