SADNEW..Five Green Bay Packers Who Won’t Be

Back in 2024

surprised a lot of experts in 2023 and with Jordan Love stating to live up to his immense physical talent, the Pack are a team to watch moving forward. But the roster does need some fixing.

Entering the offseason, the Packers are projected to have about $8 million in cap space available. Obviously some contract restructures and cap tweaking will make that number bigger. But some hard decisions will have to be made, some free agents will be allowed to walk and cuts will happen. Here’s our look at five Packers who won’t be back with the team in 2024

Savage looked like a potential All-Pro after a stellar rookie season in 2019. He followed that up with a solid showing in 2020, but hasn’t been the same player since. The 26-year-old is hitting free agency this offseason and he hasn’t been good enough for the Packers to make re-signing him a priority. He was decent in 2023, but just below the level where Green Bay has to retain him. Pro Football Focus gives him a grade of 66.3 for the year.

The Packers do need to address the safety position this offseason. Luckily, there should be plenty of options on the market. Rookie Anthony Johnson Jr. might be the answer at one spot, but Green Bay will still need to find another starting-caliber player. Savage hasn’t played well enough to come back, unless it’s on a cheap, prove-it deal. He can likely get more elsewhere.

The Packers drafted Deguara in the third round back in 2020 and, boy, that didn’t turn out how they wanted it to. He was supposed to be a utility tight end/H-back in the mold of San Francisco’s Kyle Juszczyk. That didn’t happen. Deguara caught 25 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns in 2021 and that was the high point of short career. In 2023 he has eight catches for 65 yards and his playing time has diminished rapidly.

Green Bay wasted a pick on Deguara as Matt LaFleur could never turn him into a useful, versatile piece for the offense. Maybe Deguara can catch on elsewhere in a normal tight end role, but a change of scenery is needed.