{"id":180066,"date":"2025-07-04T05:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/180066\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T05:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:19:10","slug":"green-bay-packers-advised-to-sign-three-time-pro-bowl-defender-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/180066\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers advised to sign three-time Pro Bowl defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers didn\u2019t have much to complain about last season. Their offense ranked eighth in scoring, and the defense took another step forward too, allowing the sixth-fewest points in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>But as any coach will tell you, what happened last year doesn\u2019t matter now that a new season is around the corner. While Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has worked hard to upgrade the roster, some NFL analysts still believe there is room for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25221291-best-landing-spots-top-defensive-free-agents-nfl-training-camp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bleacher Report\u2019s Matt Holder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bleacher Report\u2019s Matt Holder<\/a> believes the Packers should sign three-time Pro Bowl pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLukas Van Ness hasn\u2019t lived up to his predraft billing so far, yet he\u2019s scheduled to be the Packers\u2019\u00a0starting defensive end\u00a0opposite Rashan Gary this season. It wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea for the Packers to add Clowney to create competition for Van Ness during training camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report on Jadeveon Clowney to Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n<p>Clowney was set to play a second season with the Carolina Panthers, but they released him earlier this summer. Now the former No. 1 overall pick is seeking his seventh NFL team.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, he\u2019s still productive. Last season, he recorded 5.5 sacks across 14 starts. That may not be top-tier production, but it\u2019s clear that Clowney can still get sacks. Plus, there\u2019s always the chance that he has a bounceback season, like when he had 9.5 sacks in 2023 with the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>Clowney, 32, will eventually find a new home before the season starts, and the Packers would be a good fit for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/nfl-defense-rankings-2025-evaluating-183452625.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL defense rankings 2025: Evaluating all 32 defenses;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL defense rankings 2025: Evaluating all 32 defenses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green Bay Packers didn\u2019t have much to complain about last season. Their offense ranked eighth in scoring,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[2945,260,7,41,345,2514,2513,4893,3998,6,428,3996],"class_list":{"0":"post-180066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-brian-gutekunst","9":"tag-carolina-panthers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-green-bay","12":"tag-green-bay-packers","13":"tag-greenbay","14":"tag-greenbaypackers","15":"tag-jadeveon-clowney","16":"tag-lukas-van-ness","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-packers","19":"tag-rashan-gary"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114793281508258928","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}