Gutekunst said the Packers’ inability to add outside talent doesn’t mean it was a quiet offseason.
“The way I look at it,” he said Monday, “is we were able to kind of sign the No.
For a team coming off consecutive 13-3 seasons that ended with losses in the NFC championship game, improvement is still necessary.
Gutekunst acknowledged the lack of free-agent additions could affect this week’s draft, starting with the Packers’ first selection with the 29th overall pick in the opening round.
But I do think it probably alters it slightly, and maybe gives a little bit more weight to the guys that could help us in the right now.
“But that’s a little bit of a risky game because you really don’t know until you get them here, until you get them in your system and you see how they adapt to what Matt and the coaches are trying to do with them.
Bakhtiari tore his ACL in late December, three days before the Packers traveled to Chicago for their Week 17 finale against the Bears.
The Packers signed King to a one-year, $5 million deal in March.
Though the Packers haven’t yet, Gutekunst said the team will pick up cornerback Jaire Alexander’s fifth-year option by the May 3 deadline.