Lukas Van Ness

No. 90 · 4th season

Three quiet years in, the Packers still aren't done with Lukas Van Ness

The fifth-year option is a small line in a contract, but it says something loud. The Green Bay Packers had three seasons to watch Lukas Van Ness up close — three seasons that, by most accounts, didn't go the way anyone drew it up — and they still picked up the phone.

Van Ness plays edge rusher, which means his whole job is to make the quarterback's life miserable. He hasn't done enough of that yet. The first three years were quiet in the wrong way.

And yet. The Packers extended his runway anyway, buying one more year of belief in what they think he can become. That kind of patience isn't automatic — teams cut ties with players who disappoint. Green Bay chose not to.

Now Van Ness has something most players in his position don't get: a clear answer. They haven't moved on. The question is whether he will.

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