{"id":804996,"date":"2026-03-10T18:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804996\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:04:16","slug":"packers-add-benjamin-st-juste-while-moving-on-from-another-cornerback-in-nate-hobbs-ap-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804996\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers add Benjamin St-Juste while moving on from another cornerback in Nate Hobbs, AP sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Green Bay Packers<\/a> are adding one cornerback in free agency while moving on from another just one year into a four-year contract, two people with knowledge of the moves said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Packers have agreed on a $10.5 million, two-year deal with Benjamin St-Juste<\/a>, and the club has informed Nate Hobbs<\/a> of a plan to release him just a year after signing him to a $48 million, four-year contract.<\/p>\n

The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because transactions can’t be become official until Wednesday, the first day of the NFL’s<\/a> new league year.<\/p>\n

St-Juste was on the field for about 35% of the Chargers<\/a>\u2019 defensive plays last season and also was a key special teams contributor during his lone year in Los Angeles. The 28-year-old has two interceptions over five seasons, the first four in Washington for the 2021 third-round draft pick.<\/p>\n

Hobbs injured his knee in training camp last year and was benched midseason after leaving the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> to join the Packers. The 26-year-old made five starts in 11 appearances and had a career-low two pass breakups.<\/p>\n

The Packers will designate Hobbs a post-June 1 cut, which will save about $8 million on the salary cap. Hobbs missed the wild-card loss to Chicago and said after the season he tore a medial collateral ligament Dec. 27 against Baltimore.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh agreed with running back Rico Dowdle<\/a> on a $12.25 million, two-year deal in what will be a reunion with new Steelers<\/a> coach Mike McCarthy. They were together in Dallas, where Dowdle became the first undrafted Cowboys<\/a> running back to rush for 1,000 yards in McCarthy’s final season in 2024.<\/p>\n

Dowdle signed with Carolina last year and followed a 206-yard outing against Miami with 183 yards rushing and a 36-yard touchdown catch against the Cowboys. Dowdle finished the season with 1,076 yards.<\/p>\n

The Steelers are waiting on what would be a much more significant reunion for McCarthy. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers hasn’t said whether he plans to return for a 22nd season, and second in Pittsburgh. The 42-year-old was with McCarthy for 12-plus seasons in Green Bay, and they won a Super Bowl<\/a> during the 2010 season.<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> agreed to a $24.5 million, three-year deal with former Baltimore safety Alohi Gilman<\/a> and an $11 million, two-year contract with receiver Tyquan Thornton<\/a>, who emerged as perhaps their best deep threat last season.<\/p>\n

Gilman fills a big need in Kansas City\u2019s depleted defensive backfield. Safety Bryan Cook is headed to Cincinnati, the Chiefs traded cornerback Trent McDuffie<\/a> to the Rams<\/a> and fellow cornerbacks Jaylen Watson<\/a> and Joshua Williams are signing elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The Buffalo Bills<\/a> and tight end Dawson Knox<\/a> agreed to a three-year contract extension that will save money under the salary cap. The seventh-year player was entering the final year of his deal and scheduled to count $17 million against Buffalo\u2019s cap.<\/p>\n

The New York Giants<\/a> have an agreement with cornerback Greg Newsome after losing starter Cor’Dale Flott to Tennessee on the first day of negotiations for free agents. New York also has a deal with safety Ar\u2019Darius Washington, the third player to follow new coach John Harbaugh from Baltimore after tight end Isaiah Likely<\/a> and All-Pro punter Jordan Stout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Minnesota is keeping two-time All-Pro long snapper Andrew DePaola. The 38-year-old is set for a seventh season with the Vikings. DePaola is the only long snapper to make three straight Pro Bowls (2022-24).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green Bay Packers are adding one cornerback in free agency while moving on from another just one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[1717,766,53,241,257,3029,7,345,4698,4814,32361,110,393,1014,262,58,2444,2443,5392,122,56,6,57,7152,505,4223,24175],"class_list":["post-804996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-alohi-gilman","tag-benjamin-st-juste","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-chargers","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dawson-knox","tag-football","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-isaiah-likely","tag-jaylen-watson","tag-jordan-stout","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-nate-hobbs","tag-national-football-league","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-rico-dowdle","tag-super-bowl","tag-trent-mcduffie","tag-tyquan-thornton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}