GREEN BAY, Wis. – Over the past three seasons, Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith is 10th in the NFL with 26 sacks.
And that’s with Smith not contributing at all this season.
Smith was superb in 2019 and 2020, a driving force behind the team’s run to back-to-back NFC Championship Games. During those two seasons, he was third in the NFL with 26 sacks, second with 60 quarterback hits and 11th with six forced fumbles.
A back injury limited him to one practice in training camp – with no live snaps that day – and just 18 snaps in the opener.