Green Bay Packers Re-Sign or Let Go & Prediction: Tyler Lancaster
By Paul Bretl
As we continue taking a look at each of the Green Bay Packers’ 14 unrestricted free agents, up next is interior defensive lineman Tyler Lancaster.
In my Re-Sign or Let Go & Prediction series, I have been taking a look at each of these free agents, giving my thoughts on why the Packers could choose to re-sign them, why they could let them walk, and at the end, I’ll make my prediction.
Below you can find the rest of the articles from this series.
Why the Green Bay Packers would re-sign Tyler Lancaster
Well, for one, the interior defensive line position is very thin at the moment. The only players under contract for the 2022 season are Kenny Clark, TJ Slaton, Dean Lowry, and Jack Heflin.
Hopefully, Heflin and Slaton could take on larger roles, but there is obvious risk involved with leaning heavily on a second-year UDFA and a second-year fifth-round pick. Whereas with Lancaster, he does have 1,443 career snaps, according to PFF ($$).
Lancaster is also one of those players where his contributions may go unnoticed. He has just 21 career pressures over four seasons with Green Bay, but getting after the quarterback isn’t what he’s asked to do. Instead, Lancaster is tasked with doing the dirty work in helping against the run, taking on double-teams in the middle, and eating up space.
Lancaster will never fill the stat sheet, but he does help create opportunities for his teammates to make plays–every team needs this type of skill-set in their defense. Also, it’s not as if he is going to break the bank in free agency either.