Packers hint at securing Clark's fifth-year option

-- As one of the more significant components to the Green Bay Packers' defense, it's only right that Kenny Clark is eventually locked up for the foreseeable future.But for now, general manager Brian Gutekunst's focus may be on picking up Clark's fifth-year option.

"I would expect that to happen," Gutekunst said on Monday at his pre-draft press conference. "He's obviously a dominant player on the defensive front. I think the best is yet to come."

The Packers would have until the league-imposed May 3 deadline to pick up Clark's option, which would lock him in through the 2020 season.

Since the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was implemented in 2011, safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was the only…