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The Packers UFA class is uninspiring. Green Bay can upgrade.
The Green Bay Packers’ 2025 unrestricted free-agent class is bad. This is good, because a young team won’t be losing much... if any, talent going into 2026. In the final post of our series making the case for the 2025 Packers free agent class, I will instead be making the case against bringing back anyone.
The Easy Walks:
RB AJ Dillon
Dillon was questionable to even make the team last year before his injury. The team now has three running backs they were comfortable with and that does not include 2024 third-round pick Marshawn Lloyd, who almost certainly will be in the mix next year. Even prior to missing all of last season, Dillon was one of the least explosive backs in the NFL, and was not efficient enough to make up for it.
CB Eric Stokes
Despite what some cherry-picked numbers during the second half of the season would tell you, Eric Stokes still is not good. The Packers even told us so when they benched him in the middle of this ‘renaissance’ despite injuries piling up in the back end. The straight-line speed Stokes once had has deteriorated due to lower-body injuries, and his struggles changing direction were always present. He lacks the stickiness to match up with most receivers at this point.
TE Tyler Davis
Davis was a favorite pet project for the staff over the past few years, but a season-ending injury and the existence of another TE3 on the roster in Ben Sims make him surplus to requirements. Green Bay may also add another body to compete with Sims. The staff has, somewhat bizarrely, really vouched for Davis before, but it’s hard to justify a roster spot on him when even cheaper options are available for his very narrow role.
CB Robert Rochell
Rochell has been in Green Bay for two years, but has played a grand total of two defensive snaps in that time. Most of his usage came as a special teamer, but even in that role, he was often an injury replacement to players higher on the depth chart.
OT Andre Dillard
Dillard was signed to be an emergency offensive tackle Green Bay thankfully never needed. In 2025 I expect Jordan Morgan to be the backup at both tackle spots in addition to starting at one of the guard positions. Dillard’s pre-season didn’t show a different player than the one we have seen struggle for the past few years, and he even found himself on the inactive list on occasion, including as a healthy scratch for the Packers playoff game.
Fringe Cases
CB Corey Ballentine
Ballentine has filled in at a semi-competent level for Green Bay over the past two seasons when injuries beat up the cornerback room. Where his value really came was on special teams, though, where he routinely was one of the top snap earners, playing on all of the four major units. The best case for him is...
