GREEN BAY, Wis. – Mike McCarthy might have to add some new wrinkles to his playbook after the Green Bay Packers added a pair of proven and productive tight ends to their offense during the opening days of free agency.

If McCarthy plans to use Martellus Bennett and Lance Kendricks together on a regular basis, it would represent a significant change from what the Packers’ play caller has done in recent years.

Last season, only one team in the NFL ran fewer plays with multiple tight ends on the field than the Packers, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Green Bay did so on just 112 plays, tied with the Broncos for the second-fewest multiple tight end snaps. (The New York Giants ran the fewest, with 62.) By comparison, the Titans led the NFL last season with 409 such plays.

Of course, by the end of last season the Packers had only two tight ends – Jared Cook and Richard Rodgers – on their entire roster. With Cook on the way out, having been replaced by Bennett, and the addition of Kendricks to go along with Rodgers, McCarthy should be able to use his tight ends together more often if he so chooses.

Together, Bennett and Kendricks combined for 105 catches, 1,200 yards and nine touchdowns in the regular season last year.

“I think we both have our own assets,” Kendricks said in an interview on the Packers website shortly after he signed. “He’s a very good down the field catcher. He’s a big target and I can work the seams, as well. With both of us out there, I think we’ll be able to create mismatches and things we’ll be able to take advantage of. There are so many weapons on this offense and to be able to contribute to it is a great feeling.”

But it would represent a significant change. In each of last four seasons, the Packers have ranked in the bottom four in the NFL in plays run with more than one tight end on the field. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Packers also ran the second-fewest such plays in 2015 (96), the fourth fewest in 2014 (226) and third fewest in 2013 (191). Not since 2009, when the Packers had Jermichael Finley and Donald Lee as their top two tight ends have they ranked in the top 12 in plays with multiple tight ends on the field.

Those numbers might come as a surprise considering McCarthy is a former tight end himself.

“I know they love their tight ends and I know they love getting the ball to their tight ends,” Kendricks told Packers.com. “I think they’re excited to be able to utilize me because I played in so many different formations. I kind of line up all over the place. I think they’ll find something I’m really good at or a few things I’m really good at and they’ll be able to utilize that and implement that into the system.”