General manager Brian Gutekunst maintains the Green Bay Packers were in “every conversation” with the top free-agent cornerbacks, but the conversation didn’t get to the offering stage for at least one of the top players.

Former New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler told SI.com that he received legitimate offers from three teams: The Houston Texans, Chicago Bears and Tennessee Titans. He took the five-year, $61 million deal from the Titans.

It appears the Packers weren’t one of the finalists.

Butler’s agent indicated nine different teams expressed interest early in the process. It’s possible the Packers were one of those early phone calls.

However, Butler didn’t take much time finding a new team, agreeing to a big deal with the Titans on the first day of the new league year.

The Packers were active in the cornerback market but passed on all the top players, including Butler, Trumaine Johnson, Richard Sherman and Aaron Colvin. Gutekunst and Bears’ transition-tagged cornerback Kyle Fuller did agree on a lucrative offer sheet, but Chicago quickly matched.

During the second wave of free agency, the Packers added veteran Tramon Williams.