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Packers Must Get More Out of Their ‘Most Underappreciated’ Player

SI Feed·Bill Huber·6 months ago
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The Green Bay Packers are a good team with a good roster but without a lot of star players.

Maybe linebacker Edgerrin Cooper can become the next game-changing player.

NFL.com selected one underappreciated player from each of the 32 teams. Tom Blair selected Cooper.

“Rashan Gary is gone, (Micah) Parsons and Devonte Wyatt are coming off season-ending injuries and there’s a new coordinator (Jonathan Gannon) and middle linebacker (Zaire Franklin) in the house,” Blair said toward the end of his explanation. “Cooper has the chance to prove he can be a steadying hand in Green Bay as he moves through his third professional season.”

Cooper had a brilliant rookie season. He not only led all rookie defenders but he led all off-the-ball linebackers with 13 tackles for losses as a rookie.…

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