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The Packers decided to go in a new direction with their EDGE rushers this off-season Jermaine Whitehead Jersey , bringing in two new Smiths."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTShareTweetShareShareNFC North in Free Agency: Packers swap out edge rushersBrad Mills-USA TODAY SportsThis is the fourth and final installment of a series examining the free agent moves around the NFC North division.After last years dabbling in the shallow end of free agency, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst took off the organization’s water wings and waded deeper into the pool. He added key pieces to a defense that lacked depth last season, while cutting bait with some familiar faces.The new signings by the Packers changed the draft strategy of the team and how analysts might have looked at potential picks. There is still great advantage to adding a pass rusher in the draft, despite signing Za’Darius Smith and Preston Smith as edge rushers, but now the need is less dire if the right prospect isn’t there with one of the team’s first two picks at 12 or 30 overall.Both Smiths have sack numbers that are lower than one would like to see from stud pass rushers given the large sums of money they received, but their situations can be seen as a cause for the lack of production. Preston logged 53 pressures in 468 pass rushing stats last year, which ranks among the league’s best. As we’ve heard quite clearly this off-season, it’s about how well disrupt the quarterback that’s important.Za’Darius Smith put together 8.5 sacks last season Za’Darius Smith Jersey , but in limited action. There’s reason to think that perhaps the production was a flash in the pan, or alternatively, could mean that more opportunities for him to be disruptive will mean even greater sack production.The Packers also added a young safety in Adrian Amos. Not only was he taken from a division rival, but he helps plug a glaring weakness after Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was dealt to Washington last season. Eddie Jackson got a lot of the shine in Chicago, but his former teammate, Amos, is a skilled safety who allowed Jackson to do what he could in certain cases. Amos is a sound tackler who can provide run-game support in the box as well as cover deep.Bringing in new players weren’t the only moves the Packers made this off-season. They cut bait with long-time Packer Clay Matthews III by letting him walk in free agency and released Nick Perry just two years after signing him to a hefty extension in 2017. Matthews was an aging EDGE who probably wasn’t worth a new contract given that he’s mostly rotational pass rusher at this point. Perry, meanwhile Billy Turner Jersey , had one good year just in time to earn a fat extension, but around that, his time in the NFL has been marred by injury and spotty play. It was time to cut ties with the linebacker and start fresh. Gutekunst can now shift his focus to the draft without having urgent needs looming over the Packers’ two draft picks in the first round. Another EDGE? Adding a tight end in addition to re-signing Marcedes Lewis? An offensive lineman? All options are on the table.Major AdditionsZa’Darius Smith, EDGEAdrian Amos, SPreston Smith, EDGEBilly Turner, OLRe-signedMarcedes Lewis, TEGeronimo Allison Adrian Amos Jersey , WR (RFA)Departed in Free Agency/ReleasedClay Matthews, EDGE (Rams)Nick Perry, EDGE (unsigned)Randall Cobb, WR (Cowboys)Bashaud Breeland, CB (Chiefs)Jake Ryan, ILB (Jaguars) It’s Hockenson’s and Fant’s world at tight end this year, and everyone else is just living in it."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCSTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Combine Results: Iowa tight ends dominate the position workoutsBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsIf the two Iowa Hawkeyes tight ends are not the first two players at their position off the board in the 2019 NFL Draft, it will be a major surprise. Both Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson staked their claim as the top two tight ends on Saturday at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine Tramon Williams Jersey , with each player living up to the hype that has been coming their way since the conclusion of the college football season.Hockenson is currently seen as the better overall prospect, due to superior blocking abilities. Still, his athletic ability left nothing to be desired. At 6-foot-4 3鈦? and 251 pounds, Hockenson’s 4.70-second time in the 40-yard dash is very good. The same goes for his 37.5-inch vertical and 10-foot-3 broad jump. However, his agility numbers are the equal of many of the better wide receivers in this year’s draft class, with a 7.02-second time in the 3-cone drill and a short shuttle time of 4.18.Fant, meanwhile, is drawing praise as a move tight end who will primarily contribute in the passing game. And for as impressive as Hockenson’s workout was DeShone Kizer Jersey , Fant’s testing numbers were simply absurd. 6-foot-4, 250-pounders rarely run a 4.50-second 40, and they almost never put up a 3-cone time of 6.81 seconds. Both of those numbers are in the 95th percentile or above for tight ends, as were his numbers in the vertical (39 1鈦? inches) and broad jump (10-foot-7).Meanwhile, LSU’s Foster Moreau and Alabama’s Irv Smith both had solid workouts as well, though not quite as impressive as the two Iowa players’. There should be plenty of intriguing options for the Green Bay Packers if they choose to go draft a tight end early in the 2019 NFL Draft.TEs - 2019 CombinePlayerPositionCollegeHeightWeightArmHandBench40VertBroad3-Cone20 ShuttlePlayerPositionCollegeHeightWeightArmHandBench40VertBroad3-Cone20 Shuttle