The Green Bay Packers know they have to be active in free agency if they want to get back into the playoff picture, but Rob Demovsky of ESPN doesn't think they will break the bank to get players signed.

Demovsky thinks the Packers will use the same strategy they used last offseason and sign mid-level guys that can help rather than putting all the eggs in one basket and getting one star.

“The Packers don't have many of their own free agents who are must-sign players, so that gives GM Brian Gutekunst even more freedom with his $35 million in cap space. The question is, does he make one big signing or a handful of lower-priced moves? In his first offseason as GM last year, he went the midlevel free-agent route with Jimmy Graham ($10 million per year), Muhammad Wilkerson ($5 million) and Tramon Williams ($5 million). Given the multitude of holes on his roster, perhaps he'd go for quantity once again.”

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Even though Demovsky doesn't think the Packers are going to be big spenders, Gutekunst said to Ian Rapoport that they are ready to open up the checkbooks and spend some money to improve the team.

“I’d like to be really active,” Gutekunst said. “It's a small market so we like to be part of a lot of the conversations. If the opportunity presents themselves, I think we'll be ready to pull the trigger. I'm excited to get to it. The draft is how we build our team, but our team is ready to move in the free agent areas more than we have.”