As always, the Green Bay Packers have an interesting offseason in front of them. There are multiple high-profile players that are in need of a big contract. The likes of Aaron Jones, Corey Linsley, Robert Tonyan (Restricted), and the need to extend the great ones like Davante Adams and Jaire Alexander. Russ Ball is probably balls deep in one hundred spreadsheets how to make this thing work. Therefore, there will be departures. And one of them seems to be Linsley. He made comments to the media that felt more like a goodbye than anything else.

First Team All-Pro center and impending unrestricted free agent Corey Linsley: "I feel like I put out some good film and did the best that I could this year and hopefully if the Packers don't re-sign me, hopefully another team will."

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) January 25, 2021

Traditionally, Green Bay doesn’t give out third contracts to their offensive lineman. David Bakhtiari broke that mold this winter, but Bak is a freak of nature. The list of linemen that didn’t get a third contract from Green Bay, and who also did not perform well is a long list. The likes of T.J. Lang, Josh Sitton, Marco Rivera, Mike Wahle. The jury is still out on Bryan Bulaga but he missed six games last season with an injury. Linsley will fall into that category of not giving guys a third deal.

Some might freak out about this. ‘Aaron Rodgers is losing his center, could that mean they’re trading him?!’ Probably a headline that we will see on First Take in mid-March. Yes, Rodgers and Linsley have a good relationship. But Rodgers and his likely replacement Lucas Patrick have a good relationship too. Rodgers helped with Patrick’s confidence in 2018. There is a great story about those two. Patrick had a solid year at right guard and can be great again at the center position. Green Bay has a future star in Jon Runyan Jr. that fill in for Patrick at the guard position.

Packers will be alright up front. I know y’all will freak out but it’s going to be okay without Linsley.

Charlie.