This is the one you’ve all been ready for. The Minnesota Vikings are set to release Javon Hargrave on the primary day of the brand new league yr, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Green Bay Packers, determined for defensive position assist, can signal Hargrave, a former Jonathan Gannon defensive lineman, with out offsetting a compensatory draft choose in 2027, as long as he’s a avenue free agent (reduce from a workforce) and never a compensatory free agent (had his contract expire).
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Hargrave had a 68 grade on PFF last season, which is sweet for thirty fifth amongst 134 qualifying inside defensive linemen. PFF usually grades nostril tackles decrease than the opposite inside defensive position positions, and Hargrave performed the nostril for the Vikings in 2025, for perspective.
If the Packers goal him, he ought to give you the option to play nostril of their nickel units, however will most likely be a 3-4 defensive finish (actually only a three-technique) in base appears. Yes, Hargrave performed the nostril full-time with the Vikings, however Brian Flores runs a really stunt-heavy system that doesn’t ask nostril tackles to play as “true nose tackles,” if that is smart. Every different yr in his profession, Hargrave has been a three-technique, together with in his time in Philadelphia beneath Gannon.
If Hargrave is signed, you possibly can assume that each Hargrave and Devonte Wyatt would be the workforce’s beginning “ends” (once more, they’re actually simply two three-techniques) in base appears in 2026. He would fill one of many two holes on the Packers’ beginning lineup, leaving them to seek for a nostril deal with.
