Every departure in free agency means a new opportunity for someone else. That\u2019s certainly the case in Green Bay.<\/p>\n
Romeo Doubs is a Patriot? That means more reps for Matthew Golden. Elgton Jenkins joins the Browns? That\u2019s good news for Sean Rhyan, and by extension Anthony Belton, both of whom take advantage of the domino effect on the offensive line created by Jenkins\u2019 departure.<\/p>\n
Even Rashan Gary\u2019s departure via trade (not free agency) should be good news for young pass rushers Barryn Sorrell and Collin Oliver, and even Lukas Van Ness should benefit.<\/p>\n
The question is whether or not these players will be able to take advantage of their new opportunities.<\/p>\n
Chances to make a big impact only come along every so often, but each of these players has been handed a golden opportunity, if you\u2019ll pardon the pun in Matthew\u2019s case. Rhyan, in particular, has already enjoyed the windfall of Jenkins\u2019 departure, inking a deal worth up to $39 million dollars to be the Packers\u2019 new starting center.<\/p>\n
And just as important as each of these moves is for the individual, the Packers as a team need each of these players to step up in a big way. You don\u2019t let Romeo Doubs walk unless you\u2019re absolutely certain Matthew Golden can get the job done, and the same goes for every other player now looking at an expanded role.<\/p>\n
Can they get it done? The Packers\u2019 fortunes in 2026 and beyond will depend on the answer.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time for Matthew Golden to take on a bigger role.<\/p>\n
Gary had a good but not great run with the Packers, which is a pretty accurate summation of where the team has been essentially since he was drafted.<\/p>\n
St-Juste is probably more of a special teams signing, but he fits well on Gannon\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n
In one of the wildest developments of the free agency news cycle, Maxx Crosby won\u2019t be a Raven after all.<\/p>\n
Someone\u2019s going to want that back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every departure in free agency means a new opportunity for someone else. That\u2019s certainly the case in Green…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[52136,7,41,345,2702,2514,2513,6,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-806433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-cheese-curds-daily-green-bay-packers-news-and-links","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-green-bay","11":"tag-green-bay-packers","12":"tag-green-bay-packers-news","13":"tag-greenbay","14":"tag-greenbaypackers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-packers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116210754171176894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806433","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=806433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}