The Green Bay Packers have altered their roster by a pretty significant margin over the last few seasons. Trades and free agency has ushered in a new era in Green Bay.
However, could there be one more signing on the way? One that has fairly close ties to home?
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According to Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report:
Linebacker is another position where the Packers are hoping to get big contributions from a collection of young players.
The move from a 3-4 front to Jeff Halfey’s 4-3-based defense is going to require the Packers to have more off-ball linebackers who can be on the field. With De’Vondre Campbell leaving in free agency, Quay Walker is the only locked-in starter.
From there, the Packers are likely going to be hoping that Edgerrin Cooper is ready to play sooner than later. The second-round pick is an ultra-athletic prospect, but it can take time for a linebackers to nail down the finer points of the position at this level.
If Cooper isn’t ready to take on a huge role right away, the Packers could be relying on Isaiah McDuffie to take on more snaps than he’s seen before.
There are multiple veteran linebackers who could help stabilize the room for them moving forward.
Kwon Alexander could be a nice fit and Anthony Barr is still looking for a home. Neither would be long-term solutions but could afford Cooper a longer runway to playing time.
Green Bay may need to address the depth at linebacker position sooner rather than later if their young rookies don’t pan out. However, it feels like only underperformance or injury would be the only reasons the Packers reach out for veteran help at any position this season.
