Brooks wasn\u2019t a high-carry player for Green Bay in 2025, but his yards per carry (3.9) matched up with Wilson\u2019s 4.0 average, plus Brooks also contributes as a blocker and a special teams player, unlike Wilson. In today\u2019s NFL, it\u2019s tough to keep a backup running back on the roster who doesn\u2019t contribute anything to the kicking game in any way, much less pay a veteran with those limitations.<\/p>\n
As it stands now, the number two ball-carrier role for the Packers will likely come down to 2024 third-round pick MarShawn Lloyd, who has dealt with a series of minor injuries in his time with Green Bay, Pierre Strong Jr., a former fourth-round pick who was on the Packers\u2019 practice squad throughout the 2025 season, and Damien Martinez, a second-year player who was projected to be a top-100 pick in the 2025 draft<\/a> but ultimately was drafted in the seventh round.<\/p>\n Green Bay\u2019s internal options should give the Packers the freedom to decide whether or not they\u2019ll add more competition to the room on draft day, depending on the value on the board.<\/p>\n Green Bay will not receive a compensatory draft pick for Wilson leaving, as he will not count as a compensatory free agent. Restricted free agents who aren\u2019t tendered are classified in the same way as cap casualties in the comp pick formula. Teams that lose these players don\u2019t get rewarded for letting them walk, but teams that sign them aren\u2019t punished for adding them, either.<\/p>\n Another restricted free agent running back who hit the market this offseason was former Baltimore Raven Keaton Mitchell<\/a>, more of a change-of-pace back and returner. The Packers had a pre-draft workout with Mitchell back in 2023, so it would have made sense if they had kicked the tires on him, since paying him wouldn\u2019t offset one of their compensatory picks.<\/p>\n