OK, let's jump right in. Sherman had a torn Achilles last season, that's a bad injury, worse than an ACL from what I can tell. Then he had some kind of surgery recently on his other Achilles. He turns 30 in a couple weeks. That's a tough sell. You can't rule out anything, and if he can be had on the cheap he could be worth a look-see. But I'm not sure when he's going to be ready to do football stuff. He ruptured his Achilles on Nov. 9, that's only four months ago. I'd think he has a ways to go before he can practice.

Haven't heard anything on any of them. I thought they would have done something by now too, but then again, they don't have to do anything yet. Maybe they're waiting until they actually need the money before approaching anyone about an extension/pay cut. They surely have a lot of different scenarios worked out, so they're just waiting until they have to make a move to do it. There's also a week until free agency starts.

Yeah, the more you look at it, the more it seems likely Burnett will leave. I'm not sure what kind of contract Reid is in line for. They have Clinton-Dix, Josh Jones and Brice at safety. As for trading up, I did some research on that this week, a fourth-rounder probably moves them from 14 to 12 (maybe 11?), a third-rounder probably gets them in the top 10. So if James is going to go in the top 10, would you give up a third-rounder to move up to get him? That's a lot. A fourth, maybe, especially since they have two of them. But they'd have to be convinced he can play that nickel spot and be a difference maker there.

Really no idea. I haven't done a lot of draft research, but it sounds like at least for now there's not much chance of Ward being there. I can't say I've seen or heard anything about Landry going in the top half of the first round, but you never know on these things. But no, we've got no history on Gutekunst, and even if we did, you never know who a GM is going to like a lot in any given year.

It's over the length of the contract, but all three guys you mentioned are in the last year of their deals. The reason for extending any of them would be to lower their pay and cap number this year. The player gets guaranteed money, but that money is spread over two or three caps with an extension, so it creates some extra cap room this year. Along with the guaranteed money, the Packers also could lower the guy's base salary so that the bonus and salary this year are lower than his salary was going to be. For instance, Nelson is scheduled to make $10.25 million salary and roster/workout bonuses this year. They could give him a $5 million bonus and a $2 million salary, so he'd make $7 million this year, plus maybe incentives. If they added a year to his contract, then only $2.5 million of the bonus would count on this year's cap, so his cap number would be $4.5 million.

Not sure. He was a high draft pick. Didn't do anything last year but now has a chance to go through the offseason program and all that.

I'm skeptical about big difference maker. He's lost a lot of speed. But he does have a great chemistry with Rodgers, off the charts really. That could be really valuable, for instance, in the red zone. But I wouldn't say he'd be a big difference maker, a guy teams have to double or anything like that. Might be able to put up his share of red-zone TDs and convert third downs, though, and there's plenty of value in that.

They very well might have. It's not something they're going to tell the media if they have. If they do approach anyone about a pay cut, they probably need to be willing to cut him if he says no.

They almost surely have several different structures in mind for Rodgers' contract, depending on how much money they need on this year's cap. They can structure it so they pick up $8 million, $9 million in cap room if they want, or they can structure it so it's basically break even. So they have flexibility there. I'd think they'll have to structure it to pick up some cap room this year, though, they just don't have a lot to work with if they're going to sign a cornerback who can start in the nickel and a starting tight end and possible stopgap starters at guard and maybe tackle.

I'm thinking they have to sign a CB who can start in their nickel, either outside or in the slot. That means a guy like those you mentioned, or Jacksonville's Aaron Colvin, or any of several other guys.

I'm guessing -- just a guess -- Gutekunst will do some maneuvering. He talked at the combine about value areas in the draft, so if he thinks the back of the second round is one of those, maybe he'd do something like trade a D3 and D4 to get a second second-round pick.

Overall you're right, for instance the WR class is thin, and I didn't see much for pass rushers. But the cornerback class doesn't seem too bad.

He's visiting the team today, no word if they're talking contract. Stay tuned.

Not sure I buy that. I don't mean to minimize your point, the things you mention I'm sure matter to some guys. How many people actually prefer living in a colder climate? But the biggest recruiting tools in the NFL are money, the quarterback and facilities. The Packers have all three of those. So this is still an attractive place for players even if it's social life and climate can be liabilities.

That's a tough one. He's scheduled to make $6.76M in salary and bonuses this year. There's a pretty decent chance he'll start the season on PUP -- not a sure thing, but a real possibility -- which means he'd miss half the season. He's had a couple serious injuries the last few years, so he has a lot of miles on him. That's working against him. But they don't have anyone ready-made to replace him. A lot probably depends on what they do at RT in free agency and the draft. He does give them insurance if Murphy or Spriggs or whoever doesn't pan out as a starter. But if they badly need cap room to sign someone, he'd be one of a couple places where they could pick up a lot of cap space. I really don't have a strong sense of which way that's likely to go. Depends who's on the roster two months from now.

Wilkerson was cut by the Jets and not subject to waivers because he's vested, so he can sign immediately with another team.

I talked with one scout from the NFC West a couple weeks ago and he still likes Graham. Then last week I talked with another from that division, and he likes the Seattle's backup, Luke Wilson just as much, and Wilson is a free agent and will cost half as much as Graham. (Graham doesn't block at all, and the scout thinks he takes snaps off; Wilson isn't great blocker but at least tries, and he runs well). Everybody is talking about that backup TE from Philly, Trey Burton, as a sleeper free agent, but I'm wondering if Wilson wouldn't be a good choice.

As I said, I've only talked to two scouts about draft picks, so not a lot to go on. Based on those conversations, I'd say Ward first, James second, Davenport third, Landry fourth.

They can create room in a lot of ways. As mentioned earlier, they can structure Rodgers' contract to pick up cap room, maybe $8M or $9M if need be. They can pick up cap room with contract extensions/pay cuts or waiving from among Nelson, Cobb, Matthews and Bulaga. If they really want to, they can go to someone like Bakhtiari and convert some of his '18 pay into a signing bonus to create room, though I'm sure they want to avoid that if possible.

Sorry, having some issues with ScribbleLive, one of the questions didn't post so I posted it again, it's after the answer instead of before.

Sorry, ScribbleLive is locking up and posting things multiple times. I'd say it would be Allison and maybe Clark as the next guys up. Maybe Davis, but he could hardly get on the field last year so not sure that's going to change. I also wonder if they'd at least try to sign a free agent if they cut either Nelson or Cobb. But they'd have to be thinking that Allison and maybe Clark could replace whoever was cut.