Packers Reacts Results: Fans think Kenny Clark deserves extension

85 percent of Green Bay fans hope that defensive tackle Kenny Clark is extended.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Green Bay Packers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

We had three questions for you this week, which I thought were going to lead to closer outcomes. Instead, the vast majority of you fell to one side of these debates. Hey, at least we’re all going down on the ship together if we’re wrong!

Let’s get into the poll results.

Most Packers fans believe that Green Bay has the best quarterback situation in the NFC North, and I can’t blame them. There’s the possibility that both the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings will be starting rookie quarterbacks this year, as long as Sam Darnold doesn’t win the Vikings’ job. The Bears have already named Caleb Williams as their starting quarterback, which shouldn’t be surprising considering that he was picked with the first overall selection in the 2024 NFL Draft.

The only other expected veteran starter in the division other than Love is the Detroit Lions’ Jared Goff, who just received a four-year, $212 million extension with the team, including $113.6 million in fully guaranteed money and $170 million in “total guarantees.” He will carry a cap hit of $69.6 million in just two seasons in just the second season of that four-year extension — per Spotrac. Good luck with that.

Only about one-fifth of Packers fans believe that 2023 starting right tackle Zach Tom will be the team’s starting center in Brazil in Week 1, despite the report from ESPN’s Rob Demovsky that Green Bay views Tom as a potential Hall-of-Fame caliber center. I was optimistic that returning starter Josh Myers, who has not lived up to the hype of a second-round pick thus far in his career, would be pushed at the position following Demovsky’s report. When offensive line coach Luke Butkus stated clearly that Myers was going to be maybe the only Packers player who wasn’t going to be cross-trained, noting that he was “obviously” Green Bay’s center, I feel as though he pointed us in the direction of the writing on the wall. Myers is in a contract season, as his rookie deal will expire at the end of the year. It will be interesting to see if the Packers attempt to sign him to an extension in 2024.

Speaking of extensions, 85 percent of Packers fans want defensive tackle Kenny Clark to be extended. Like Myers, Clark is also in the final year of his current contract. The assumption is that Clark will bring home around $13 million per year on an extension, which is a lot for a non-All-Pro who is pushing 30 years old — but Clark has been pretty consistent throughout his NFL career. Now that Green Bay is transitioning to a penetrating-style defense, Clark’s strengths at the nose tackle position should only be more emphasized on the field.