The Green Bay Packers will be fine tuning their roster ahead of the 2024 NFL season in an attempt to take them from a playoff caliber team to a championship caliber team. 2023 proved one major thing for the Packers and the rest of the league: a rebuild is not in their future.
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David Kenyon of Bleacher Report highlighted how this move could happen:
Trade offer: Jonathan Allen for 2024 second-round pick (No. 41) and 2024 fifth-round pick (No. 168)
Are the Washington Commanders going to embrace an even larger teardown? And exactly how discontented is Jonathan Allen?
Those answers will shape the reality of this hypothetical.
Nevertheless, both questions are fair to ask. Washington dealt edge-rushers Montez Sweat and Chase Young near the 2023 trade deadline, and Allen’s frustration hit a breaking point with an understandable midseason rant after an ugly loss to the hapless New York Giants. He recently said he doesn’t want to be part of another rebuild, either.
All of that context may lead to Washington dangling Allen in a trade, and the Green Bay Packers should quickly pick up the phone.
Despite the team’s surprise playoff bid, Green Bay’s defensive line lacked bite for much of 2023. Four different teams rushed for 200-plus yards on the Packers, which is just miserable.
Flipping a second-round pick for Allen—an immediate, unquestioned upgrade—would be a sensible move rather than hoping a Day 2 pick quickly pans out. Green Bay has quarterback Jordan Love in a low-cost contract and can open the needed cap space for Allen by moving on from oft-injured lineman David Bahktiari.
Getting Kenny Clark A Running Mate Would Be Huge For This Defense
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Following the departures of Dean Lowry (Minnesota) and Jarran Reed (Seattle) in free agency, Clark was tasked with leading one of the youngest positions on the roster. There was only one other defensive lineman on the Packers’ roster with an NFL start, T.J. Slaton with two.
During the base defense, Clark lined up against offensive tackles more often this season at the five-technique spot in order to accommodate the 6-foot-4, 330-pound Slaton and 2022 first-round pick Devonte Wyatt. For the eighth straight year, he led the Green Bay defensive linemen in tackles (44) and applied pressure on passing downs.
The 7 1/2 sacks Clark recorded moved him into ninth place in Packers sack history, passing Bryce Paup, who had 34 career sacks.
Getting a body like Jonathan Allen paired with Clark on the defensive line would immediately make them one of the best defensive lines in the NFL. Not to mention address the need to stop the run on defense.
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