NFL Futures Market: NFC North

With most impact free agents already signed, it's time to evaluate where each team stands in the divisional pecking order heading into the draft.

Chicago Bears

Returning: WR Alshon Jeffery (franchised), DB Tracy Porter, DB Sherrick McManis, TE Zach Miller, DT Mitch Unrein, RB Jacquizz Rodgers

New additions: LB Danny Trevathan, T Bobby Massie, LB Jerrell Freeman, DL Akiem Hicks, OL Ted Larsen, OL Manny Ramirez, fourth-round pick

Lost: RB Matt Forte, LB LaRoy Reynolds, LB Shea McClellin, TE Martellus Bennett

Putting aside Forte's value as a franchise icon, he's an older running back and Jeremy Langford established himself as an interesting option at the position last year. The Bears lost nothing else of much value.

And what did they get? The two best cover linebackers on the market; a couple interesting offensive-line pieces, including one that moves Kyle Long back to guard, where he belongs; and, in Hicks, a lineman who can play the run and the pass. It was a big haul for a defense that desperately needed it and an offensive line that has been subpar routinely in this millennium.

Biggest remaining holes: Defensive line, cornerback

Hicks is an upgrade, but the youth on the defensive line has not played up to draft position yet. Will Sutton and Eddie Goldman deserve more snaps and time to improve, but the team should have some better backups in place to support that. John Fox's personal binkie Mitch Unrein isn't really getting it done.

Kyle Fuller's first two years haven't been so hot, and Tracy Porter is the only other corner in Chicago approaching decent. It's not like the Bears aren't trying, but their defense had a lot of holes last year.

Minnesota Vikings

Returning: DB Marcus Sherels, DB Terence Newman, G Mike Harris, TE Rhett Ellison, DB Andrew Sendejo

New Additions: OL Alex Boone, LB Emmanuel Lamur, RT Andre Smith, S Michael Griffin

Lost: WR Mike Wallace, CB Josh Robinson, S Robert Blanton

The Vikings had major problems last season: they couldn't protect Teddy Bridgewater, and their receivers didn't play to Bridgewater's strengths. So letting Mike Wallace go was a nice start on the offseason, but the Vikings didn't stop there. Boone and Smith were brought in to help supplement center John Sullivan and tackle Phil Loadholt, who both missed all last year to injury. Matt Kalil may have a starting spot somewhere, but they can paper over the other weak positions.

Having the entire offensive flow go through Adrian Peterson negated the positives in Bridgewater's skill set, but with these pieces in place, he might actually be able to run a play-action pass without getting run over by two rushers.

But, um, about that other hole…

Biggest remaining holes: Wideout

Stefon Diggs, Jarius Wright, Charles Johnson, and Cordarrelle Patterson—that's the top of an actual NFL team's depth chart at wideout. Maybe Vikings general manager Rick Spielman doesn't want to deal with divas after his Percy Harvin experience, which makes some sense considering that experience. But there's got to be more of a plan in place here.

If the Vikings don't leave the first round with Baylor wideout Corey Coleman or TCU wideout Josh Doctson, they'd better have both been off the board already. This is the team's lone pressing need at this point, and it needs addressing.

Green Bay Packers

Returning: RB James Starks, LB Nick Perry, K Mason Crosby, DL Letroy Guion

New additions: TE Jared Cook

Lost: CB Casey Hayward, QB Scott Tolzien, DT B.J. Raji (retired)

The Packers did what they always do during free agency: hide in the coat pile in the closet and wait until it ends.

Sometimes they are able to find bargains by walking out into the party at the right time, and that may be the case again with Jared Cook. Cook is a lifelong underachiever, but that comes with the territory when you swear a blood oath to Jeff Fisher's passing game. We've seen many worse players do well with Aaron Rodgers.

Hayward's a pretty good player, but after drafting defensive backs with their first two picks in 2015, the Packers are well-equipped to absorb that loss.

Biggest remaining holes: Inside linebacker, wideout

The Packers, normally very shrewd drafters, appear to have rolled snake eyes on Davante Adams. Adams struggled with physical play at the catch point, and his falling down on the job was a big part of the problem last year.

Inside linebacker is an area the Packers have ignored almost by design. They throw the occasional middle-round pick at the position but otherwise treat it like Carolina treats safeties. Except the Panthers have a plan to hide those safeties, and the Packers have no such strategy with their bad middle linebacker play.

Detroit Lions

Returning: LB Tahir Whitehead, DL Haloti Ngata, QB Dan Orlovsky, CB Crezdon Butler, TE Tim Wright, LS Don Muhlbach

New additions: WR Marvin Jones, OL Geoff Schwartz, DB Johnson Bademosi, S Tavon Wilson, DL Stefan Charles, S Rafael Bush, WR Jeremy Kerley

Lost: WR Calvin Johnson (retired), S Isa Abdul-Quddus, LB Travis Lewis, CB Rashean Mathis (retired)

Look, your stock is going to go down when you lose Calvin Johnson. That's just how life is.

The Lions didn't do badly in free agency, and they probably would've improved slightly had Johnson stayed. But he didn't. Schwartz represents an honest stab at fixing an offensive line that had growing pains last year. Jones is a really good receiver who keeps wideout from being a total black hole. The Lions were able to keep most of their better free agents, with only Abdul-Quddus fleeing for more money.

Biggest remaining holes: Secondary

Darius Slay had a breakout year in 2015, and Glover Quin is a stalwart at safety. But outside of those two, the Lions don't have much settled in the secondary. Rashean Mathis' retirement further amplifies how little its youngsters have done.

One way to look at Rafael Bush is to say that he's a young player who had some promise at one point. Another is to say that he came over from a legendarily bad Saints defense. Quandre Diggs, Nevin Lawson, and Alex Carter haven't shown a lot so far, either.