The Green Bay Packers are a variety of needs that they need to address on their roster this off-season. While cornerback deservedly gets a great deal of attention among analysts, the fact of the matter is that Green Bay can help their current secondary improve by addressing their defensive line. Without Micah Parsons on the field in the last three weeks of the regular season, the Packers could not generate a consistent pass rush.

What is more, with Devonte Wyatt out for half the year due to a broken ankle, the Packers did not have a good run defense up the middle. As such, it is obvious that Green Bay will be looking for some quality interior defensive line depth this season.

And a possible solution could be the player they traded away to get Parsons.

The Green Bay Packers could reunite with Kenny Clark

Last week, Matt Okada of NFL.com released a list of players around the league who are believed to be eventual salary cap casualties, meaning that they are going to be cut by their current teams.

One of the names on this list was former Packers interior defensive lineman Kenny Clark, whom Green Bay sent to the Dallas Cowboys as part of the Parsons trade:

“After tradingMicah Parsons for Clark and two first-round picks, and emphasizing the importance of a better run defense, Jerry Jones and Co. might feel obligated to keep the 30-year old defensive tackle out of stubbornness.

“It’s worth noting he earned a 53.7 run grade from PFF in 2025 (40th out of 74 interior DL with 500+ snaps) and had just 21 run stops, fewest since his 2016 rookie season, according to NGS. Most importantly, however, the Cowboys are $30.1 million over the cap (third-worst in the league) and cutting Clark would free up all $21.5 million of his 2026 cap hit.

“The Cowboys also have Quinnen Williams and Osa Odighizuwa on the interior, who both carry cap hits over $20 million as well, with Williams guaranteed to stay as a cornerstone of the defense and Odighizuwa’s money far tougher to ditch this offseason. If Dallas doesn’t let Clark go, it’s going to be very hard-pressed to make the money work across the entire edge-of-contention roster.”

If Clark does end up getting cut by the Cowboys, he could certainly reunite with his former team in free agency. He would, probably, come at a reduced price considering his age and performance last year.

That being said, the Packers have consistently been getting younger every year, not older. Adding Clark back would be a deviation from what has become the norm.

At the same time, though, he would bring excellent leadership to the position and could still contribute in a reduced role.