After the draft was over, Green Bay Packers GM Brian Gutekunst told us that the team would be looking into both the linebacker and quarterback positions.
We all know how good Kenny Clark is, and I do believe that Kingsley Keke is poised for another big step forward.
Dean Lowry is fine, TJ Slaton is a fifth-round rookie, so expectations should be tempered, and Tyler Lancaster is a replacement-level player.
According to Over the Cap, the team has $5.08 million in available cap space, not a ton, but it’s not like any of the players I’m suggesting are going to break the bank either.
The Packers also still have ways to create cap space, whether that be a Davante Adams extension or cutting players like Josh Jackson or Oren Burks, which would save them a few million dollars.
Will the Green Bay Packers still address the interior defensive line? We will have to wait and see, but I certainly think they should.
The Green Bay Packers signed Damon “Snacks” Harrison late last season, and he saw the field for only 30 total defensive snaps during Week 17 and the playoffs.
From 2014 to 2018, Harrison ranked first by PFF’s run-stop percentage metric, which measures the rate at which a player makes a play against the run that constitutes a loss for the offense.
We didn’t get the opportunity to see much of Harrison in the playoffs, but perhaps over the course of the season, we will see some of that previous form in a limited role.