If you want to think of it this way, Clark is essentially on a two-year, $22.5 million contract with the Packers from a cash flow perspective. From there, Clark has what functions as team options of $20.8 million in 2026 and $19.3 million in 2027. You can see, quickly, how fast the jump in year-to-year dollars rise between the 2024-2025 split of his deal to the 2026-2027 half.

Think of this contract as a pretty cheap one-year extension with two expensive team options tagged onto the end. The Packers, however, can always renegotiate his salary and bonus down, as they have recently with aging veterans like Preston Smith, before the 2026 and/or 2027 seasons.

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Justis Mosqueda wrote:

Kenny Clark just feels really over hyped. Maybe it's because of what was asked of him? I don't know. I just don't really see him blowing people up consistently. He does get a decent share of double teams though. They must know something I don't.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

I respectively disagree. I think this new defensive scheme will accentuate his skills. I think we will be very happy we extended him.

Originally Posted by: Martha Careful