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2026 league year begins for Packers with start of NFL free agency

Green Bay has 18 potential free agents

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GREEN BAY – The new league year is almost here for the Packers and the rest of the NFL.

As Green Bay moves another day closer to the 2026 season, NFL clubs may enter into formal agreements with outside free agents beginning at 3 p.m. Central on Wednesday, following the two-day negotiating window that begins Monday.

After reportedly re-signing offensive lineman Sean Rhyan, linebacker Nick Niemann and running back Chris Brooks in recent days, preventing all three from becoming free agents, the Packers have 18 players with expiring contracts, including seven unrestricted free agents who will count towards the compensatory formula if they sign elsewhere in the coming days and weeks. The contracts of 11 others voided last month.

Five of those players – quarterback Malik Willis (1), tackle Rasheed Walker (22), receiver Romeo Doubs (28), linebacker Quay Walker (44) and defensive end Kingsley Enagbare (76) – made NFL.com's list of top 101 free agents last month.

In addition to veterans with expiring deals, the Packers have seven restricted free agents who will require one of the three free-agent tenders to remain with the team: first round, second round or right of first refusal.

All three tenders give the Packers the ability to match any offer sheet a restricted free agent executes with another NFL team. If Green Bay declines to match an offer sheet to a player with a first- or second-round tender, it would receive draft-pick compensation corresponding to the tender the player received.

Here's the full list of Green Bay's pending free agents. This will be updated throughout the offseason as deals are announced by NFL clubs:

Unrestricted free agents (7)

WR Romeo Doubs

LB Kingsley Enagbare

LB Quay Walker

OT Rasheed Walker

QB Malik Willis

Restricted free agents (7)

Exclusive rights free agents (4)

CB/WR Bo Melton

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