What has Rashan Gary been up to lately for the Green Bay Packers? If you go by statistics only, the answer to that question would be cardio. Lots and lots of cardio.

Gary, the 12th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, started the season off looking rejuvenated. He was given a new “running mate” in superstar pass-rusher Micah Parsons and that clearly made his life so much easier.

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Opposing offenses were so worried about sliding protections over to Parsons that Gary was given plenty of one-on-one opportunities. He feasted on those opportunities to the tune of 7.5 sacks in seven games. He appeared to be on track for the first double-digit sack season of his career, and perhaps, he was on track to finally live up to his potential for the Packers.

That was how this 2025 season started for Gary. He was on fire, but he’s been ice cold since November.

He hasn’t gotten a sack since October 26 and his pressures have dropped off a clip as well. In fact, he went three-straight games without a quarterback hit and he’s notched only three over Green Bay’s past three days.

Gary has been lauded as a great run defender, but he hasn’t notched a tackle for loss since that late October game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he has just seven on the season.

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Simply put, he’s fallen off a cliff, and this is despite the fact that he’s working across from arguably the best pass-rusher in the league.

Consider the fact that Gary is scheduled to have a cap hit of $28 million next season and $31 million in 2027 and there’s reason to believe the Packers could decide to move on from him this offseason.

In fact, beat reporter Matt Schneidman of The Athletic thinks the Packers may prefer the cap savings.

“LaFleur said earlier this season that Gary has never been a high snap-count guy. He’s making $24 million per year. That’s alarming,” Schneidman wrote in a recent mailbag article. “There are 227 players with at least half a sack since Week 9 and Gary isn’t one of them. His pressure percentage over that span ranks tied for 38th. You could partially excuse stretches of futility in the past because he was the main guy teams were worried about, but there’s no excuse now, given how much teams are devoting to Parsons. I wouldn’t be surprised if Gary is even released to free up cap space (doing so before June 1 would free up about $11 million, according to Over The Cap), but that might require Lukas Van Ness to show any sign of being a worthy No. 2 pass rusher.

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Schneidman actually uncovered two problems for the Packers in his answer. The first is Gary’s lack of production compared to his high pay. The second is the fact that former No. 13 overall pick Lukas Van Ness has been on a milk carton for most of his career.

He showed flashes of getting “it” earlier this season right along Gary, but he’s been hurt for half of Green Bay’s games and it’s starting to feel like he’ll never really put it all together.

That’s two Top 15 picks at pass-rusher that may have been waisted by general manager Brian Gutekunst. He made up for those picks and more by trading for Parsons, but as we start heading into playoff football, even a player as good as Parsons won’t be able to win games alone for Green Bay’s defense.

The Packers need Gary to step back up and make some plays. If he can’t do it now, with a superstar across from him, he may never be able to do it.

If that’s the case, he absolutely should be on the chopping block this offseason.