Packers Linked to Trade for $20 Million Edge Rusher, Former No. 1 Pick
The Green Bay Packers have been excellent on defense this season, despite the fact that their top pass rushers have struggled.
Green Bay has been reaping the benefits of forced turnovers, leading the NFL with 17 takeaways through Week 7, which has led to a differential of +6 that is good enough to tie the team for third in the league. However, relying on turnovers to carry the defense is a precarious position in which to be, and the Packers know they need to get better rushing opposing quarterbacks off of the edge to help keep the defense as productive in the latter part of the season as it has been to this point.
That is not to say that Green Bay hasn’t been crowding QBs in the pocket. The Packers have amassed 20 sacks on the season, which is good enough to tie them for 7th thus far. However, the players the franchise is paying to rack up those numbers haven’t been playing up to the level of their contracts.
Because of that fact, Seth Walder of ESPN suggested a trade pitch on October 23 in which the Packers deal for Jadeveon Clowney of the Carolina Panthers.
