If the Green Bay Packers are going to be in contention for the NFC North in 2025 — and they expect to be — they will need a number of young players to take the proverbial next step and become asset starters. One player, in particular, who needs to step up his game and become the player the Packers envisioned when they drafted him is former first-round pick Lukas Van Ness.
Van Ness has already been in the NFL for two seasons, and in 34 games, he has just seven total sacks and 16 quarterback hits. The Packers drafted Van Ness with the belief that he could be a consistent threat and difference-maker off the edge, and he's yet to become that.