The Green Bay Packers are going into this season fully expecting to compete in the NFC. If they start the 2024 season the way they finished last year, they certainly will. This off-season Green Bay got both younger and more talented in multiple areas of weakness.
However, they may not be done.
Green Bay Packers Pegged To Land 30-Game Defender For Defense
According to Alex Kay of Bleacher Report:
Packers Receive: S Darrick Forrest
Commanders Receive: 2025 seventh-round pick
While the Green Bay Packers look relatively set at most of the critical positions and just plugged a massive hole at the No. 2 quarterback spot by trading for Malik Willis, they still could use some more defensive help.
The secondary seems particularly suspect after the preseason slate, which showed a clear lack of veteran assets at safety. Rookies Javon Bullard and Evan Williams are oozing potential and Anthony Johnson Jr., a seventh-rounder last year, should make the roster, but the team could benefit from another proven body to augment offseason acquisition Xavier McKinney.
Darrick Forrest, a starter in the Washington Commanders’ secondary for a good portion of the 2022 campaign and the first five contests of 2023 before going down with injury, could be up for grabs in the hours leading up to final cuts.
With Washington looking particularly deep at safety following the acquisitions of Jeremy Chinn and Quan Martin, he could be a tough cut for the squad. Rather than lose the 2021 fifth-rounder for nothing, the Commanders may want to offer him to Green Bay for a late-round pick.
Forrest is a talented safety who possesses schematic versatility and produced well on the field in a major role prior to his injury. He’d provide the Packers with a great insurance option who can contribute on special teams as well.
These are the Safeties the Packers brought with them on the 53-man roster:
- S: Xavier McKinney
- Javon Bullard
- Evan Williams
- Kitan Oladapo
- Zayne Anderson
If the Packers feel compelled to bring in more starting experience (Forrest has started 16 games in his career), this could be a low risk, high reward type of move.
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