Most of the preseason storylines concerning the Packers have centered around the team’s youth movement. That does make some sense, considering that the Packers are, by one measure, the youngest team in the entire NFL.
But if the Packers are going to go anywhere in 2023, they’ll also need contributions from their veterans. Players like Kenny Clark, Preston Smith, and David Bakhtiari no longer offer the team youth and potential; but even as established players, they have a huge role to play this year, and their ongoing development will have a lot to do with that.