{"id":886312,"date":"2026-05-09T05:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/886312\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:06:27","slug":"packers-could-fill-biggest-remaining-roster-need-with-3-time-pro-bowler-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/886312\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers could fill biggest remaining roster need with 3-time Pro Bowler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Packers could fill biggest remaining roster need with 3-time Pro Bowler<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Green Bay Packers<\/a> addressed the edge rusher position at the start of Day 3 of the 2026 NFL Draft with the selection of Dani Dennis-Sutton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dennis-Sutton joins an edge rusher group led by Lukas Van Ness<\/a> and, obviously, Micah Parsons<\/a> when he returns from a torn ACL suffered in December last year.<\/a>\u00a02025 fourth-round pick\u00a0Barryn Sorrell<\/a> is also still in the fold at the position.<\/p>\n

Though Van Ness, Dennis-Sutton, and Sorrell could be solid contributors to the Packers’ pass-rush in 2026 and take some pressure off Parsons, Green Bay<\/a> has yet to effectively replace Rashan Gary<\/a>, whom they traded to the Dallas Cowboys this offseason.<\/a><\/p>\n

As a result,\u00a0ESPN’s Aaron Schatz<\/a> still believes edge rusher is the most pressing need on the team’s roster after the draft.<\/p>\n

“What happens to the Packers’ defense if Micah Parsons, who suffered a torn ACL in December, is not ready for Week 1?\u00a0The other starting edge rusher is slated to be Lukas Van Ness, who had just 1.5 sacks in nine games last season. The top backups are fourth-round rookie Dani Dennis-Sutton and Barryn Sorrell, who had 1.5 sacks while playing 16% of the Packers’ defensive snaps as a rookie last season. This is a team that really needs to explore the remaining free agents in the veteran edge rusher market,” Schatz said.<\/p>\n

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Green Bay still has $18 million in cap space<\/a>, and using some of that money on an experienced pass rusher to pair with Parsons would be a logical move by general manager Brian Gutekunst. Banking on Van Ness, who has been incredibly disappointing so far in his career, and two raw talents in Dennis-Sutton and Sorrell aren’t great gambles for a Packers team that has Super Bowl aspirations in 2026.<\/p>\n

That said, Green Bay’s edge rusher solution could come in the form of a former No. 1 overall pick who has yet to find a new home in free agency after spending the 2025 season with the Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Packers should sign Jadeveon Clowney<\/a> to address biggest remaining need<\/p>\n

Clowney quietly had a productive 2025 in a rotational role in Dallas. The three-time Pro Bowler tallied 8.5 sacks and 40 quarterback pressures<\/a> in 227 pass-rushing snaps, and played nearly all of his snaps outside the tackle<\/a> as a traditional edge rusher.<\/p>\n

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Pairing Parsons with a battle-tested veteran like Clowney would give the Packers’ pass rush a spark, and with the 33-year-old being more suited in a complementary role, his presence would still open the door for Van Ness, Dennis-Sutton, and Sorrell to earn playing time.<\/p>\n

Clowney would also be a fantastic fit in Jonathan Gannon’s defense. Though Gannon’s base scheme is a 3-4 defense, the new Packers defensive coordinator will also mix in other schemes<\/a>, such as a 4-3. That bodes well for Clowney, who stated in an April interview that he has the ability to play in every defensive scheme.<\/p>\n

“I have played in every scheme,\u201d Clowney said in an interview with Click2Houston.<\/a> “Ain\u2019t no scheme I can\u2019t play in, 3-4 to 4-3 to whatever damn scheme that you had. I think I\u2019ve proved that I can play in them all and not just play in them, but also dominate in the schemes and do my job at a high level. I just came off a great season, looking forward to doing it again and continuing to prove to people and show the balance.”<\/p>\n

Overall, the Packers won’t be able to elevate into one of the upper-echelon teams in the NFC if the pass rush is lackluster once again. Signing Clowney wouldn’t be a blockbuster move, but the South Carolina product would bolster the edge rusher room and provide more sack production in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Packers could fill biggest remaining roster need with 3-time Pro Bowler originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[13351,1970,257,6756,40257,14661,7,41,345,2514,2513,4893,3998,491,6,428,3996,31641],"class_list":["post-886312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-bay-packers","tag-aaron-schatz","tag-barryn-sorrell","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dani-dennis-sutton","tag-dennis-sutton","tag-edge-rusher","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-greenbay","tag-greenbaypackers","tag-jadeveon-clowney","tag-lukas-van-ness","tag-micah-parsons","tag-nfl","tag-packers","tag-rashan-gary","tag-van-ness"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116542883980447697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886312","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=886312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}