GREEN BAY — Much of focus this offseason has been on the Green Bay Packers’ renovation project at outside linebacker — and with good reason, given the free-agent additions of Za’Darius and Preston Smith, the selection of first-round pick Rashan Gary and the decision to move on from Clay Matthews and Nick Perry.
Even quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been touting what that threesome could do in defensive coordinator Mike Pettine’s system.
“We brought in a couple of studs on the outside who look really good,” Rodgers observed toward the end of the offseason program. “And then the young kid, Gary, is explosive as well.