The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers will look to be one of the top teams in the NFC during the 2024 season. The two teams met in the 2024 playoffs and the Packers got the best of Dallas. However, that hasn’t stopped the two teams’ expectations from being through the roof this year.
As it turns out, the Cowboys feel as though a former Packers linebacker could help those expectations.
The Dallas Cowboys Bring In Former Green Bay Packers Defensive End
Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Kenny Clark (97) celebrates his key sack of Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1) on third down with Green Bay Packers linebacker Jonathan Garvin (53) late in the fourth quarter of their game Sunday, October 17m 2021 at Solider Field in Chicago, Ill. The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 24-14.
Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Kenny Clark (97) celebrates his key sack of Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1) on third down with Green Bay Packers linebacker Jonathan Garvin (53) late in the fourth quarter of their game Sunday, October 17m 2021 at Solider Field in Chicago, Ill. The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 24-14.
According to Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk:
A good UFL season may help defensive end Jonathan Garvin get another chance in the NFL.
Garvin is working out for the Cowboys, his agents told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
In the UFL this season, Garvin was a contributor to a dominant Birmingham Stallions defense that shut out San Antonio in the UFL championship game.
A 2020 seventh-round pick of the Packers, Garvin spent three seasons in Green Bay and was a solid special teams contributor. A combination of pass rushing and special teams ability could earn him a roster spot in the NFL this season.
Jonathan Garvin Played Three Seasons For Green Bay
Oct 24, 2021; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers linebacker Jonathan Garvin (53) reacts after the Washington Football Team missed a field goal in the second quarter during their football game Sunday, October 24, 2021, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.
Oct 24, 2021; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers linebacker Jonathan Garvin (53) reacts after the Washington Football Team missed a field goal in the second quarter during their football game Sunday, October 24, 2021, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.
For the first three years of his career, the former seventh-round pick out of Miami remained on the Packers roster. It was in 2021 that he contributed the most to his team’s defense, when he accumulated 19 tackles and 1.5 sacks during 40 percent of the defensive snaps he was involved in. In the 2022 campaign, the lineman’s defensive snaps were cut in half, and he was released last July by the Packers.
While Garvin didn’t get an NFL gig in 2023, he ended up resurfacing with the Birmingham Stallions of the UFL. With 3.5 sacks and 20 tackles, he had an impressive season for the eventual league champs.
Garvin still has plenty of upside at the age of 24.
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