{"id":86190,"date":"2025-08-31T11:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86190"},"modified":"2025-08-31T11:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:04:06","slug":"packers-trade-proposal-could-ship-pro-bowl-edge-rusher-to-the-afc-west-fans-shocked-at-the-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=86190","title":{"rendered":"Packers trade proposal could ship Pro Bowl edge rusher to the AFC West fans shocked at the idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\">\n<h3 class=\"c-headline c-headline--extra-large entry-title\">Packers Trade Proposal Sends Pro Bowl Edge To The AFC West<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2188454126-e1756520167788.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2188454126-e1756520167788.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2188454126-e1756520167788.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2188454126-e1756520167788.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Rashan Gary Green Bay Packers\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"3243\" data-img-load-time=\"3327\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0have a new edge rusher in the form of All-Pro,\u00a0Micah Parsons, after the team sent two first round picks and\u00a0Kenny Clark\u00a0to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for his services.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is currently set to start at defensive end in the Packers\u2019 4-3 scheme opposite former 12th overall pick,\u00a0Rashan Gary; with\u00a0Lukas Van Ness,\u00a0Brenton Cox Jr.\u00a0and\u00a0JJ Enagbare\u00a0set for rotational roles \u2013 particularly on third and other passing downs.<\/p>\n<p>However, whilst Gary remains the starter at this point in time, it would not be crazy to suggest that fellow ex-first rounder, Van Ness, who has reportedly made\u00a0significant strides\u00a0this past offseason, could ultimately end up being the preferred exterior pass rusher opposite the new signing, Parsons \u2013 at some point over the course of the ensuing season.<\/p>\n<p>As such, this trade proposal sends the former Michigan man, Gary, to the fairly edge-needy Arizona Cardinals, who desperately need to start winning in 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>Packers Proposal Sends Pass Rusher To The Cardinals<\/h2>\n<p>The Cardinals, with\u00a0Josh Sweat\u00a0and\u00a0Baron Browning\u00a0as their leading men at outside linebacker, are certainly in need of some additional talent coming off the edge. Yet unlike in previous years, the team is starting to enter a semi win-now mode for the potentially on-the-hot-seat head coach, Jonathan Gannon and general manager, Monti Ossenfort.<\/p>\n<p>Gary, who has played the majority of his pro career as an OLB in a 3-4 base defense, would slot in nicely opposite the free agent acquisition, Sweat, and could form a potentially dangerous partnership with the team\u2019s promising young accrual of talent on the interior in the form of\u00a0Darius Robinson,\u00a0Calais Campbell\u00a0and rookie first round pick,\u00a0Walter Nolen.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Does This Trade Makes Sense For Green Bay?<\/h2>\n<p>The Pro Bowler has undoubtedly been a good player for the Packers, but he has rarely been able to put together the consistency, game after game, to fulfill his immense natural talent showcased in fits and spurts on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Gary has never managed a double-digit sack season in six years in the NFL, and coming into the 2025 season, where he will turn 28 in December, the \u201cstill developing\u201d excuse can hardly be used for a player who was used in a backup capacity for his first two years in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Van Ness has shown signs that he can kick on \u2013 and if those signs turn into material displays come the first couple of months, Gary\u2019s role could diminish as the season goes on.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers save over $16 million in 2025 cap space by trading him prior to November\u2019s deadline, and given his pedigree and still impressive upside and borderline unique physical traits, he would command a reasonably competitive trade package \u2013 one that could at least start to rebuild the lost capital from the Parsons trade on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arizona Cardinals receive:\u00a0<\/strong>Rashan Gary<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Bay Packers receive:\u00a0<\/strong>2026 third round pick, 2027 fourth round pick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packers Trade Proposal Sends Pro Bowl Edge To The AFC West The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0have a new edge rusher in the form of All-Pro,\u00a0Micah Parsons, after the team&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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