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Significant Defensive Development for the Green Bay Packers

There is a great deal of hope around the Green Bay Packers going into the 2024 season. The only thing that came of Jordan Love’s first season at center was that the squad finished in the top eight spots in the league.

The front staff is aware that expectations will be much higher for the upcoming season. The role of defensive coordinator is vacant on the club, and the future coordinator will probably have little freedom. The supporters of the Packers are eager for their defense to excel. The Packers have some outstanding players on defense, despite the fact that they were inconsistent in the previous year. Today, one of those studs received recognition.

The Green Bay Packers claim that:

Packers of Green Bay DL The Pro Bowl Games have selected Kenny Clark, the league announced today. He takes over  Francisco 49ers

Nov 21, 2021; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Green Bay Packers nose tackle Kenny Clark (97) and Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) in action at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports

 

After being an injured replacement in 2019 and an initial selection in 2021, Clark is making his third trip to the Pro Bowl. In 2018, he was also designated as an alternative. Clark and Henry Jordan (1960–1961, 1963, 1966) are the only defensive tackles from the Packers to have appeared in three or more Pro Bowls.

In 2023, Clark started all 17 games in the regular season and finished with a career-high 7.5 sacks (ranked third on the team), nine tackles for a loss (a team high), two forced fumbles, three passes defensed (tied career high in 2018), and 16 quarterback hits (ranked third on the team). In 2023, he was second on the team with 50 NextGenStat QB pressures.

For years, Clark has been a pillar of this defense.

Clark is making his third appearance in a Pro Bowl. Clark was an injured replacement in 2019 and an initial selection in 2021. In 2018, he was also designated as an alternative.

He joins Henry Jordan as the only other defensive lineman from the Packers to have appeared in three or more Pro Bowls (1960–61, 1963, 1966).

UCLA product Clark was chosen with the No. 27 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. At the age of 28, he still appears to have enough of energy left to provide the Packers with many more years of outstanding performance.

 

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