Green Bay Packers, Darnell Savage, Chandon Sullivan (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Year 1 of the Smith Bros. proved to be worth the money spent. Can the pair elevate the Packers defense into the top 10 hemisphere in Year 2?
On the first day of 2019 free agency, the Green Bay Packers changed the outlook of their pedestrian defense. Within hours of free agency opening, the Packers signed Za’Darius Smith, Adrian Amos and then Preston Smith to lucrative deals.
GM Brian Gutekunst didn’t stop there. Armed with two first-round picks, Gutekunst drafted an edge rusher, Rashan Gary, with raw talent but in need of some time to develop, and a safety, Darnell Savage, with the skill set the Packers haven’t seen since the retirement of Nick Collins.