In 2025, the Green Bay Packers will be approaching free agency without a priority free agent, plenty of salary cap space, and needing to add veteran talent. One Super Bowl Champion from Philadelphia could be headed to the Midwest.
Packers Pegged To Poach Eagles’ Super Bowl Champion (Report)
One year after signing safety Xavier McKinney and running back Josh Jacobs in free agency, general manager Brian Gutekunst is in a position to make another splash in 2025.
Until free agency, Packers Wire will run through potential options, continuing today with highly-coveted edge rusher Josh Sweat in an attempt to identify the pros and cons of each potential target for Gutekunst.
Sweat, who spent seven seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, is one of the best defensive players available in the free agent class and plays a premium position.
Josh Sweat, the reigning Super Bowl champion, appears unlikely to be re-signed, according to ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler (h/t iHeartRadio’s Victor Williams). He has immediately become one of the biggest names during the 2025 free agency period:
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | IntTD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | FRTD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 2018 | 21 | PHI | NFL | DE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 22 | PHI | NFL | DE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 23 | PHI | NFL | DE | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 24 | PHI | NFL | LDE | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 45 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 8 | PB |
| 2022 | 25 | PHI | NFL | LDE/RDE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 26 | PHI | NFL | DE | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 27 | PHI | NFL | OLB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 8 | |
| 7 Yrs | 104 | 64 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 237 | 148 | 89 | 54 | 97 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 17 Game Avg | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 6 | |||||
