Down Eddie Lacy and now with Adrian Peterson in New Orleans to become a Saint, leaving one less veteran running back on the market, the Packers remain at a standstill in their backfield.

Making an appearance to discuss the workout video recently posted by former Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles' agent, NFL.com reporter Mike Garafolo said Tuesday on NFL Network that Charles was still being linked to several teams. One of them being the Packers.

"I know there's been some chatter about (Charles) potentially joining the Green Bay Packers."

Garafolo essentially confirmed the rumors spread throughout the month of March after Charles was released by the Chiefs at the end of February. It wouldn't be the strangest of signings considering the Packers brought in social media pariah Martellus Bennett and he ended up with a deal, however, would it make sense?

Charles tore the ACL in his left knee in 2011 and then the ACL in his right knee four years later. Ready to bounce back in 2016, his comeback was shortened due to complications with his right meniscus and ultimately, he finished his season injured reserve.

Between his troublesome impairments, Charles put together a triple-threat string of 1,000-yard seasons from 2012 through 2014. He was paid as a top-five running back and he was producing like one without any form of reasonable doubt.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Charles after Green Bay's 38-28 win on Monday Night Football, 2015. (Photo: USA TODAY Sports)

But the Packers wouldn't be getting the once elusive, master-of-a-runner with the football that Charles once was. They'd be getting a 30-year old who has played in eight games over the past two seasons and hasn't played in a full 16-game season since 2012.

Not the best idea for a team who is year in and year out one of the more battered clubs in the league. Best idea? No, but after seeing Peterson's $3 million dollar deal with the Saints, it could be a cheap idea with a low risk and high reward.

Staying true to the rumors and pursuing Charles would just leave the Packers with one less draft pick to be used in their backfield and instead, equipping another position with far more value.

The pick that the Packers could use on a running back may go towards a cornerback in a deep defensive class. It could go towards an edge rusher that could help round out the Packers' pass rush, an evident positional weakness in 2016.

Even if general manager Ted Thompson and co. still decided to aim for a running back, the ideal course of action would be to do so in the mid-to-late rounds. Finding a tailback who fits Thompson's mold as well as Green Bay's style of offense would reap the same reward of the Packers taking a tailback in the early rounds.

No matter where they select said running back, he'll have the same opportunities carrying the ball as the next guy. In a pass-heavy offense with someone who is widely considered as the top dog at the quarterback position in Aaron Rodgers, that sentiment isn't too far-fetched.

The Packers ran the ball just 366 times last season which ranked as the fourth-fewest in the league. On the flipside, they passed the ball 656 times, which also ranked as the fifth-most in the league.

Even with someone of Le'Veon Bell's caliber at their disposal, the Packers have a plan on offense; that plan doesn't involve a workhorse at running back. But using their 29th overall selection in Thursday night's NFL Draft to select Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon or Stanford's Christian McCaffrey wouldn't be the worst route.

It's important to note that the Packers haven't taken a running back in the first round since they took Brent Fullwood with the fourth overall selection in the 1987 NFL Draft.

By the end of the night, it'll depend on Thompson's board. Players that are projected to be drafted in the first round aren't always going to be the best players available in Thompson's mind, nor are they going to be guys that best fit Thompson's ideology of someone who can come in and contribute.

It's a round-by-round carousel of talent in a deep defensive class, as mentioned above. A deep crop of defensive standouts that may give the Packers the luxury of drafting the best player available in round one as opposed to drafting by need.