Packers connected to Commanders free agent with 8 career Pro Bowl selections
The Green Bay Packers need help along the edge and one analyst has pegged the team as an ideal landing spot for a two-time Super Bowl champion who played for the Washington Commanders last season.
Packers connected to Commanders free agent with 8 career Pro Bowl selections originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Green Bay Packers made a significant subtraction from their edge rushers room this offseason and have yet to bring in a replacement.
That edge rusher was Rashan Gary, who the Packers traded to the Dallas Cowboys last month. While Gary disappeared in the second half of last season, there's no denying the Packers still need to replace his 7. 5 sacks.
Making matters even worse for the Packers, they may not have superstar linebacker Micah Parsons for as many as four games as he recovers from a torn ACL suffered late last season. In an effort to do that, CBS Sports' Garrett Podell suggests that the Packers sign eight-time Pro Bowler and former Washington Commanders edge rusher Von Miller, who he believes is best suited for Green Bay. Here's what Podell said about a Miller-Packers connection: Miller makes plenty of sense on the Packers, given Micah Parsons' situation.
Parsons is recovering from a torn ACL. Miller would be an ideal addition to hold down the fort at the edge rusher spot opposite former first-round pick Lukas Van Ness until Parsons gets back. Once he does, Miller could be a situational pass rusher for the Packers, a team whose +1500 odds to win the Super Bowl are the seventh-best in the NFL, according to DraftKings Sportsbook.