The Philadelphia Eagles traded for safety Kevin Byard with the Tennessee Titans, but they are not done yet. According to Dianna Russini, from The Athletic, general manager Howie Roseman still wants to reinforce the defense, so he is looking at off-ball linebacker options. The Green Bay Packers may have the answer.

De'Vondre Campbell.

The Packers are 2-5, and their youth movement might be accentuated before the trade deadline. If Green Bay's general manager Brian Gutekunst wants to go a step further on a rebuilding plan, trading veteran pieces would be a solid move. And, considering the Packers drafted off-ball linebacker Quay Walker in the first round last year, moving an older player from the same position makes sense.

Campbell is probably not as good as he was in 2021, when he had a career year — generating his highest PFF grade, 84.7, and making the first-team as an All-Pro. But he is still a reliable linebacker. Over the last two years, his PFF grades are 75.6 in 2022 and 73.9 through seven games this season.

Those numbers are all better than he had been for the Atlanta Falcons and Arizona Cardinals before arriving in Green Bay. And they are also better than Zach Cunningham and Nakobe Dean — Nicholas Morrow has been the Eagles best off-ball linebacker in 2023.

After the 2021 season, the Packers decided to reward Campbell with a five-year extension, so he's under contract through 2026. But the deal is pretty affordable to be acquired if the Eagles want to do so.

There are no guarantees left to be paid, and the Eagles would absorb just the proration of the base salary and per game bonuses in 2023. As the Packers restructured Campbell's deal to create cap space, his base is the veteran minimum.

So, the Eagles would pay Campbell just $817k this year. They would have basically three team options after that: $10.75 million in 2024, $8.875 million in 2025, and $8.875 million in 2026.

By moving him, the Packers wouldn't open much cap space before 2025 — $817k in 2023 and $2.8 million in 2024.

But the difference would be real after that: $12.5 million in 2025 and 2026, plus $657k in 2026 — a void year for his deal. It would also give the Packers more draft capital to continue their rebuilding process.

Cleaning the sheet

The Packers have spent much money between 2019 and 2022, trying to win a championship in the twilight years of Aaron Rodgers' career. That generated a high usage of future cap space, and now the team isn't able to reinforce the roster around Jordan Love.

Technically, as this year's team isn't good anyway, it's smart to deal away veterans and accelerate future hits. The more they do that, the earlier the team will have a clean cap sheet to invest again.

Losing De'Vondre Campbell would be impactful for the defense, for sure. The options behind him are Isaiah McDuffie and Eric Wilson, who are ideally just special teamers. However, Campbell hasn't been good enough to be a long-term priority, and the Packers need to understand the phase of their roster construction.

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