Each winter, Acme Packing Company breaks down the Green Bay Packers’ roster from the previous year by position to examine the team’s performance and needs in the offseason. We continue with a look at the outside linebackers.
No part of the Green Bay Packers’ roster received more attention last offseason than outside linebacker. The team made its two biggest free-agent splashes at the position while also investing its highest draft pick in a decade there as well. Those moves played a critical role in improving the defense from one of the NFL’s least-intimidating units into a capable force for most of the year.