The Green Bay Packers saw their pass rush struggle mightily in 2024 season. After entering the year with Rashan Gary, Preston Smith, Kenny Clark, Lukas Van Ness, and DeVonte Wyatt, the expectations were fairly high for this group.
However, as the season came to a close, Green Bay’s sack leader had a mere 7.5 sacks (Gary). Wyatt was second with five. That is expected to change in 2025.
Packers’ Rashan Gary Gets Huge Boost In 2025 Off-Season
According to Andrew Kulha of Clutch Points DeMarcus Covington joining the staff is a big time change:
It’s time to be honest about who Rashan Gary is for the Packers. They selected him with the No. 12 pick out of Michigan in the 2019 NFL Draft with the hopes that they could develop him into a superstar pass-rusher. He was raw at Michigan but extremely athletic and talented. Now, heading into his seventh NFL season, you could still say that Gary is raw but extremely athletic and talented.
He’s a true hustle pass-rusher who uses his athleticism to his advantage, but he’s never developed the tool-set to become elite. Right now, he’s a great No. 2 pass-rusher on a Super Bowl team, but the Packers are paying him like he’s a superstar.
Superstars get upwards of 15 sacks in a season. Gary’s highest sack total was 9.5 in 2021 and he had nine in 2023. Last season, he notched just 7.5 sacks. That’s not good enough, but perhaps Covington can help Gary unlock those few other pass-rush skills that can help him take the next step.
If Covington can unleash Gary’s full potential, his career could take a drastic turn:
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | IntTD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | FRTD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 2019 | 22 | GNB | NFL | DE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 23 | GNB | NFL | DE | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 24 | GNB | NFL | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 25 | GNB | NFL | ROLB | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 26 | GNB | NFL | LB | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 27 | GNB | NFL | DL | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 12 | PB |
| 6 Yrs | 90 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 226 | 129 | 97 | 39 | 91 | 0 | 34 | |||||
| 17 Game Avg | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 43 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 6 | |||||
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