The Green Bay Packers have several contract extensions that will be completed during the following few years. Jordan Love, on the other hand, will almost certainly retire this offseason. That has been extensively publicized during the offseason. According to recent sources, at least one more contract extension is in the works.
According to Richard Louis from Dairyland Express:
Green Bay: Packers Looking to Extend Kenny Clark has been in Titletown since he was taken in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. The former UCLA standout is the whole deal up front. He possesses the strength, awareness, and quickness to be disruptive in the backfield.
Clark concluded his eight-year career with 379 total tackles, 47 tackles for loss, and 34 sacks. Additionally, the 28-year-old is coming off a career-high 7.5 sacks.
Clark is entering the final year of a four-year, $70 million contract he signed in 2020, so it’s understandable why the Packers want to keep him.
Rashan Gary and Clark are Green Bay’s two defensive stalwarts. Clark does damage in the midst of the line, while Gary screams from the edge.
Freddie Boston of FanSided noted what the Packers have been doing recently:
The Packers may already be planning for life without great defensive tackle Kenny Clark, who will enter his eighth season in 2024. Clark is a three-time Pro Bowler who is coming off one of his best seasons, but his long-term future in Green Bay remains unknown.
Clark has one year remaining on his contract and will turn 29 in October. Aside from quarterbacks, the Packers rarely sign players to a third deal. Davante Adams did not receive a third contract. Neither did Clay Matthews, Corey Linsley, Bryan Bulaga, or Greg Jennings—the list goes on. Green Bay did sign David Bakhtiari to a third deal, but he only played 19 games due to injuries.
Clark has the team’s highest cap hit of $27.49 million this season, which the Packers might reduce by handing him a long-term agreement.
The Packers have expressed an interest in the rookie defensive line class. Two players to keep an eye on are Michael Hall Jr. from Ohio State and Khristian Boyd from Northern Iowa.
According to The Athletic’s Zac Jackson, the Packers will host Hall for a Top 30 visit. He is a potential second-round pick who could compensate for some of the Packers’ interior pass-rush ability that would be lost without Clark. According to Dane Brugler of The Athletic, among defensive tackles in this year’s class, Hall had the second-best pass-rush win rate.
Boyd shared a photo from Lambeau Field last week, and Green Bay had previously met with him. According to Justin Melo of The Draft Network, Boyd spoke with the Packers at the East-West Shrine Bowl.
It will be intriguing to see how two contradicting reports about DT Kenny Pickett’s future play out.
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