The Packers release of Mike Daniels is surprising

Jim Owczarski of JSONLINE gives us his thoughts on why the Packers released Mike Daniels on the eve of Packers training camp.

Here is what Tom Silverstein of JSONLINE wrote about Daniels earlier this year. Read more here: "Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst didn’t need to say it because his actions spoke louder than words.

But he said it anyway after adding four major pieces to his defensive front seven this offseason.

“Not a coincidence, there’s no doubt,” Gutekunst said of the athletic traits of free agents Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith and draft picks Rashan Gary and Kingsley Keke. “These are big men with length and power and speed. I felt we needed to get bigger in the front, and we have. Those are the body types we’re looking for.”"

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