Pencil in linebacker near the top of the Green Bay Packers’ biggest roster needs entering free agency, which begins this week. According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Packers will release veteran De’Vondre Campbell on Wednesday, the first day of the new league year, underlining the need for general manager Brian Gutekunst to add to the linebacker position in a big way this offseason.
Linebacker was going to be a need for the Packers regardless. But without Campbell, the Packers will be down to Quay Walker, Isaiah McDuffie and undrafted safety convert Christian Young as the only three linebackers on the roster entering free agency.