What good are those quick clips from training camp if you can’t get excited about a 10-year veteran moving with the quickness of a rookie in a simple drill? There are players on the field around the league, and the time to be excited about the upcoming season is upon the football world.
The Green Bay Packers took the field for the first time Wednesday, complete with every tradition, including the bike rides to the practice field. It didn’t take long for a reliable veteran to turn heads once he got on the field for some drills.
Kenny Clark is shown in the clip below exploding through a simple pass-rushing drill. Entering his 10th season, Clark looks fluid and fast on day one of training camp.
KENNY CLARK 😤 #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/yL38uzpCmU
— SleeperPackers (@SleeperPackers) July 23, 2025
Packers Pro Bowler Kenny Clark looks ready for a bounce-back season
Last season, Clark had a down year. He posted just 37 tackles, one sack, and just five QB hits, the lowest marks of his career since his rookie season. Despite playing all 17 games, the production just wasn’t there for the 2016 first-round pick.
It’s only one training camp drill, so we won’t overreact too much, but Clark does need a bounce-back season in 2025. The team struggled with its pass rush last season, and his absence in that regard played a role. After all, there aren’t many nose tackles in the NFL anymore who are as effective at rushing the passer as Clark.
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Nonetheless, it’s not as though Clark is too far removed from the 2023 season that saw him record career highs in sacks and QB hits while matching his career highs in tackles for loss and pass deflections. If that one clip does anything, it reminds Packers fans of the guy who has been dominant in the trenches for Green Bay for the better part of a decade.
Clark doesn’t turn 30 until early October, by the way. He’s hardly a lumbering vet at this point in his career. Instead, he’s got enough in the tank to prove he’s still one of the league’s top interior defensive linemen.