Packers' Nose Tackle Search Intensifies

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is NFL News Today. Subscribe to Keep Up With Every Headline, Every Game, Free Agency For Knows Tackles, Kicked Off Fast This Week, Two Top Targets For The Green Bay Packers, Kira's Tonga, and Roy Lopez, both former players under their new defensive coordinator, Jonathan Ganon, signed elsewhere right away. Tonga inked a three-year deal worth $21 million with the Kansas City Chiefs. Lopez agreed to a two-year pact for $11.5 million to stay with the Arizona Cardinals. Other Knows Tackles found homes on Monday, too. David Onyamada joined the New York Jets, Sheldon Rankins, re-signed with the Houston Texans, and Tim Settle, Fresh Off Foot Surgery, went to the Washington Commanders. The market moved quicker than expected for this position. Teams jumped on Knows Tackles early in the legal tampering period, signing them at a higher rate than other interior linemen. For the Packers, this leaves fewer quality options as the top 200 free agents thin out.

1:03The best remaining true Knows Tackles are DJ Reader, the Juan Jones, and possibly Javan Hargrave. Hargrave could hit the market by Wednesday if the Minnesota Vikings released him. He played the role full-time last year, and Knows Ganon's scheme from their Philadelphia days. Reader graded 68.9 on PFF, good for 30th among interior linemen. Teams hit 75.5, 10th overall. Hargrave was at 68.35th. Green Bay's need got bigger after trading Knows Tackle Colby Wooden for Limebacker, Zaire Franklin. Their top returner at the spot is undrafted rookie, Nazir Stackhouse, who logged just 88 snaps last season with a low 42.2 PFF. Grade. Options are drying up quick. D&N is brought to you by our sponsor. Some chase peace. I put my head in it, S-O-L-I, solelypillow.com.