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The\u00a0Green Bay Packers didn’t have much to lose\u00a0this past offseason in terms of expiring deals.\u00a0Cornerback Eric Stokes\u00a0went to the Las Vegas Raiders, while\u00a0defensive tackle TJ Slaton\u00a0signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, and those were the big departures.<\/p>\n
ESPN made a list of the top 25 pending free agents for next offseason, and three of them are Packers players \u2014 which shows the impact Green Bay can have going away. Bad news: They will not be able to keep everyone. Good news: They will receive compensatory draft picks in 2027 as a consequence.<\/p>\n
The three players mentioned are linebacker Quay Walker, left tackle Rasheed Walker, and wide receiver Romeo Doubs. Above, let’s discuss what ESPN reported and what the Packers should do with each player.<\/p>\n
What Jeremy Fowler reported:\u00a0<\/strong>The Packers opened dialogue on an extension with Walker in the preseason but hit an impasse. It wouldn’t surprise if Green Bay tries again. He’s the type of player the Packers would try to keep.<\/p>\n What Jeremy Fowler reported:<\/strong>\u00a0The expectation is that Walker hits free agency, where big money awaits even average tackles (Dan Moore Jr.’s four-year, $82 million deal with Tennessee last March is a prime example). One NFC executive says Walker is better than Moore and will get “paid paid” as a result. He’s a consistent three-year starter on a good team, and the Packers have found him to be a hard worker.<\/p>\n What Jeremy Fowler reported:\u00a0<\/strong>Green Bay could bring him back, but that might be a challenge this close to free agency. He has played his way out of a bargain deal, serving as Green Bay’s No. 1 receiver throughout the first 10 weeks. Though teams don’t consider Doubs the type of field stretcher who must be double-teamed consistently, he gets open, he’s tough and he’s sure-handed.<\/p>\n Artemi Panarin is beginning to shake off his early season struggles.<\/p>\n With a newly shaven head, the star Russian wing has posted nine points \u2014 three goals and six assists \u2014 in the last four games after assisting on four goals in the Rangers\u2019 7-3 win over the Lightning on Wednesday night at Benchmark International Arena.<\/p>\n Just like that, Panarin leads the Rangers in points (16).<\/p>\n \u201cI think when he\u2019s at his best, the puck follows him around,\u201d head coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday after an optional morning skate. \u201cHe finds a way to have it a lot. I thought the last game he had it a lot. There are probably a number of reasons for that, but that\u2019s what the game looks like when he\u2019s at his best. I think he\u2019s a threat off the rush. I think he has an uncanny ability to delay or slow the play down and allow the rush to go by him and then create opportunity. I think he\u2019s getting better as far as supporting the play in the offensive zone. We\u2019re trying to encourage him to be a little bit closer to his linemates, and I think he\u2019s doing a better job there.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought his line had more offensive zone time. I think that line has the ability to create offense in a number of different ways. They\u2019re going to be dangerous off the rush because they\u2019re talented, but they can build that grind game and they can be dangerous there also, because they\u2019re talented. But that takes collective effort there, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re trying to help them. But I thought the line in general had a strong game last game.\u201d<\/p>\n Artemi Panarin battles Jake Guentzel for the puck during the Rangers\u2019 7-3 blowout road win over the Lightning on Nov. 12, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n Despite looking rather disconnected through the first few weeks of the season, Panarin has collected four multipoint games through the first 18 contests \u2014 including one three-point game and two four-point efforts.<\/p>\n The Rangers have a record ofare 4-0 every time Panarin has collected multiple points in a game this season.<\/p>\n \u201cMy confidence [is] OK now,\u201d Panarin said after his two-goal effort on Monday against the Predators. \u201cBetter than before.\u201d<\/p>\n Igor Shesterkin saved 33 of the 36 shots he faced in his sixth win of the season.<\/p>\n In a move he said was largely due to matchups, Sullivan shifted Will Cuylle up to play with J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad toward the end of the second period and through the third.<\/p>\n \u201c[Lightning coach Jon Cooper] wanted that match with [Nikita] Kucherov, [Jake] Guentzel and Brayden Point,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cWe just felt like that\u2019s a tall task for a young kid [Gabe Perreault] that hasn\u2019t played a whole lot in the league. If that was going to be the match, we thought it made more sense to have a guy like Will play with J.T. and Mika in that circumstance. Some of it was just based on the feel of the game, but some of it was just from a matchup strategy standpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n The Rangers signed Spencer Martin to a two-year contract Wednesday before putting the 30-year-old goalie on waivers. If he clears, Martin will be assigned to Hartford.<\/p>\n Appearing in nine games for the Hurricanes last season, Martin posted a 3-4-1 record with an .846 save percentage and a 3.89 goals-against average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0Green Bay Packers didn’t have much to lose\u00a0this past offseason in terms of expiring deals.\u00a0Cornerback Eric Stokes\u00a0went to the Las Vegas Raiders, while\u00a0defensive tackle TJ Slaton\u00a0signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, and those…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t