Green Bay Packers handed out some new money prior to the start of the 2019-2020 NFL season. Dean Lowry received an extension that is worth three years, 20.6 million dollars to stay in Green Bay moving forward. Green Bay saw some promise out of Lowry last season, and he could have a bigger year in 2019. This is a sensible move for the Packers as they’re going to have a busy offseason in 2020 trying to figure out what pieces make sense for their team, and what do not. One could suggest that this probably means the end for Mike Daniels, but that’s pure speculation at this point.

It’s a three-year extension worth a little more than $20 million with a $6 million signing bonus, a source said. https://t.co/Qh0KSK3KqB

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 23, 2019

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst tried to make his life easier by giving Lowry an extension. Packers will have to work on paying Kenny Clark next offseason, and he will be the number one focus for the team. Clark is an absolute must to bring back and a stalwart on Green Bay’s defensive front. Blake Martinez and Kyler Fackrell are also free agents next season. The jury is still out if Fackrell found the Toon Squad’s special juice, or he’s actually a good football player. Martinez is one of the more underrated Packers on the team. This isn’t an outrageous extension, and I’m not worried about the cap space with the cap always going up. It is about time that the Packers actually work towards the cap instead of carrying a ton of space.

Could this mean the end of Mike Daniels? Again, we’ll have to wait and see, but I’ve been calling him this year’s Randall Cobb. We all love Daniels and like the way he plays yet, it feels like Green Bay might move on from him next season. They drafted Kingsley Keke who felt like a long-term Daniels replacement, they’ve paid Lowry already with Clark on deck this Spring and will they really try to pay another lineman in this mix? Who knows. Daniels does need a big year after a few tough ones, but if that happens, he will be considered one of the top free agents in 2020.

NOTE: I wrote this up earlier today before Daniels news broke. Surprising news. We’ll have reaction soon enough.

Happy to have Lowry here for the future of this team.

Charlie.