The Inexperienced Bay Packers have excessive expectations for the 2024 season after the way in which their 2023 season wrapped up.
After beginning 3-6, they ripped off six wins of their last eight common season video games, then they upset the Dallas Cowboys within the wild-card spherical of the playoffs and held a late lead over the San Francisco 49ers within the divisional spherical earlier than falling quick.
Whereas their offense seems loaded with expertise, there might be some minor query marks on the defensive facet of the soccer.
On Thursday, they introduced on their official Twitter account that they’ve signed defensive lineman Keonte Schad.
Packers signal DL Keonte Schad.
— Inexperienced Bay Packers (@packers) August 22, 2024
Schad began his faculty soccer profession at Ellsworth Neighborhood School earlier than transferring on to the College of Minnesota and Oregon State College.
Whereas at Oregon State, he was an All-Pac-12 honorable point out.
He went undrafted in 2022 and ended up with the New Orleans Breakers of the now-defunct United States Soccer League (USFL) in 2023, the place he was second within the league with 7.5 sacks.
In 2024, Schad went to the Houston Roughnecks of the United Soccer League (UFL), the place he had 19 tackles, one deal with for loss and 0.5 sacks.
Final yr, Inexperienced Bay had some hassle stopping the run — they have been twenty eighth in speeding yards allowed, and in that playoff loss to the 49ers, they allowed Christian McCaffrey to go off within the second half and end with 98 speeding yards and two speeding touchdowns.
Continued progress from quarterback Jordan Love and their younger, promising large receivers is probably not sufficient for them — they are going to probably additionally want continued progress from their protection as a way to meet the excessive expectations that encompass them.
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