The Green Bay Packers introduced again an outdated good friend, Jonathan Ford, to the crew in 2025, after a slew of accidents to their line of defense. Ford, a 2022 seventh-round decide, was plucked from the Chicago Bears’ follow squad after spending the 2022 to 2024 seasons with the Packers. He by no means performed a regular-season snap with Green Bay on his first stint, however performed 30 snaps within the common season and 18 snaps within the postseason for the Packers in 2025.
Ford was a restricted free agent going into this offseason, and it was extremely unlikely that Green Bay was going to tender him on the $3.5 million proper of first refusal fee. It was reported earlier that Ford can be re-signing to the crew on a one-year deal, although, which we assumed meant that he’d be coming in nicely beneath the tender quantity.
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According to NFL reporter Aaron Wilson, it is going to be a a lot decrease determine. Ford goes to make a $1.145 million non-guaranteed wage in 2026 (if he makes the crew and sticks on the roster by way of the common season) and acquired only a $100,000 signing bonus to ink the deal. He additionally has $230,000 that may be earned by way of per-game energetic roster bonuses.
As it stands now, Ford will be a part of Devonte Wyatt (coming off a fractured fibula and tendon tears), Javon Hargrave, Karl Brooks, Warren Brinson, Jordon Riley (coming off an Achilles tear) and Nazir Stackhouse on the Packers’ inside line of defense. This contract actually doesn’t promise Ford a spot on the crew. Green Bay will in all probability look so as to add extra gamers at this place, both by way of free company or within the draft.