(From Steelers Now’s Brendan Howe): Per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, the Green Bay Packers are releasing cornerback Nate Hobbs with a post-June 1 designation. Earlier in the morning, Matt LaFleur’s team brought on Benjamin St-Juste, making Hobbs, formerly of the Las Vegas Raiders, expendable.
The Packers had signed Hobbs, 26, to a four-year, $48 million deal last offseason. He spent the first four years of his career with the Raiders, playing under new Steelers defensive coordinator Patrick Graham for three of them. The familiarity with Graham could make Hobbs an option for Mike McCarthy’s team, which lost James Pierre to the Minnesota Vikings on Monday.