Maybe you haven’t heard this one, but Patriots quarterback Tom Brady hasn’t been around for the team’s offseason program, including the all-important Organized Team Activities. But he hasn’t been a complete stranger to his workplace.

However it plays out, the Packers have no reason to give Rodgers a ticket to the open market whenever someone makes more money than him. And if Rodgers insists on that, the Packers need to simply say to him, You’re under contract for two more years, and we will tag you for the next two years after that.

And that’s really the lesson for all quarterbacks to learn, as a result of the Rodgers deal from 2013. When committing for seven years, the market will at some point pass you by. So, you know, don’t commit for seven years.

With defensive coordinator Vic Fangio back to run things on that side of the ball, Nagy’s been spending a lot of time working on installing an offense that will produce better results than the one that finished 29th in points and 30th in yards last season. Nagy said that the finished product should bear more than a slight resemblance to the one he had a hand in putting together with the Chiefs.

Nagy told Dan Pompei of The Athletic that he estimates the offense in Chicago will have a 70-80 percent similarity to the one in Kansas City.

It will be different in some regards, which is only fair to our coaches on offense and the ideas they have, Nagy said. But the identity is going to be the same. It will feel very similar to Kansas City’s. We’re in the lab now. That’s the fun part. All the coaches are giving their ideas and thoughts. Coach [Andy Reid] always said he had 51 percent of the say. So ultimately, he had final say. Now I have that. There are plays I liked that Coach [Reid] didn’t like, so now those plays are in.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster has put another legal issue behind him.

The district attorney’s office in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has dropped a misdemeanor marijuana charge against Foster after he completed a diversion course, according to Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee.

Foster could still be subject to league discipline under the substance-abuse policy, despite having the charge dropped.

They left at like 3 in the morning and got there at 9 o’clock at night or something like that, Storm said. … You just kinda shrug your shoulders at that guy.

So maybe it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone that Perez cared deeply about a friendly game of pool or that once he had the starting job, he looked for every edge he could find, right down to the type of footballs the Lions used.

The tight end position can be productive on a Packers offense that figures to bounce back in 2018 with a healthy Aaron Rodgers returning at quarterback.

Well the tight end position in this offense is difficult. I think that goes understated, frankly, coach Mike McCarthy said this week. The volume of responsibility is significant.

General manager Brian Gutenkunst also announced several front office promotions and assignments on Friday, including the naming of veteran executives Jon-Eric Sullivan and John Wojciechowski to be co-directors of player personnel. They will replace Gutekunst, who was promoted from that position in January to replace Ted Thompson.

What makes it really cool is that they’re really good players, Darnold said. They’ve experienced ball and they understand what’s going on on the field all the time, at all times. It’s amazing to be able to learn from them. After that play with Jamal, to be able to talk about it with them is something that is really cool, to be able to do that right after the play and get that feedback.

Darnold has had to make several adjustments since coming to the Jets, including calling plays in the huddle — something he hadn’t done much of at USC. He also says the increased pace of the game is evident, even in practice.