Green Bay’s defense ranked 11th in points allowed last season, a drop-off from its sixth-place finish in 2024 but understandable given some of the injuries the unit endured down the stretch.<\/p>\n
Defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt<\/a> broke his fibula and tore a ligament in his ankle<\/a> on Thanksgiving, and two weeks later All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons<\/a> tore his ACL<\/a>. They’ll both recover and be worked back into the fold, but others on the defense face uncertain futures.<\/p>\n Quay Walker<\/a>, Cooper’s partner at interior linebacker and the only Packer to log more tackles in 2025, is an impending free agent. Pass rusher Rashan Gary<\/a> posted a since-deleted goodbye message<\/a> on social media, after which multiple outlets reported his Instagram account had been hacked<\/a>. Regardless of however the faux pas came about, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported that all options remain on the table and that Gary has been the subject of trade talks. There’s also defensive depth pieces such as edge Kingsley Enagbare<\/a> and offensive contributors like wide receiver Romeo Doubs<\/a> and offensive tackle Rasheed Walker<\/a> hurtling toward the open market.<\/p>\n Cooper, level-headed as can be, will take in the next week of free agency chaos with faith in the club to maneuver through it in the best way possible.<\/p>\n “At the end of the day, you’ve got to trust the organization,” Cooper said. “You’ve got to control what you can control. It’s business, man. It’s tough things that happen throughout the process, and you just have to get over it and it’s just got to be the next thing. Got to get back focused and be there for the team and do what you need to do.”<\/p>\n With any luck, that faith will be rewarded with a roster capable of making a fourth consecutive playoff run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Green Bay’s defense ranked 11th in points allowed last season, a drop-off from its sixth-place finish in 2024…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[1227,2998,7,41,345,2514,2513,88,6,609,4267,428],"class_list":["post-798811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-bay-packers","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-edgerrin-cooper","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-greenbay","tag-greenbaypackers","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-packers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116189021568519791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798811","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=798811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}