The free-agency period entails a storm of reports regarding new contracts, with all of them painted in the light most favorable to the sources for those reports — the players' agents.

Needing depth in the secondary, The Packers are signing former Las Vegas cornerback Nate Hobbs to a four-year deal. Hobbs has often played the nickel position while with the Raiders, but the Packers apparently are willing to move him outside and pair him with former Raiders teammate Keisean Nixon.

By agreeing to big contracts with guard Aaron Banks and cornerback Nate Hobbs at the start of NFL free agency on Monday, the Green Bay Packers