Packers eye Edwards
Productive veteran linebacker has ties to McCarthy
By TOM SILVERSTEIN
Posted: March 9, 2007
The Green Bay Packers have three starting linebackers with whom they're perfectly comfortable and could easily come to camp with the same group they had a year ago.
The Packers appear to be interested in free agent linebacker Donnie Edwards.
Buy a link hereBut the opportunity to add a well-respected veteran who long has been among the top producing linebackers in the National Football League appears too much to pass up, especially one who has ties to Packers coach Mike McCarthy.
Donnie Edwards, an 11-year veteran who has led the San Diego Chargers in tackles all five seasons he has been there, is on the Packers' radar and could wind up visiting soon, according to an NFL source. Various media reports have indicated that the Packers are involved along with the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
The 33-year-old Edwards began his career with the Chiefs in 1996. McCarthy was an assistant with Kansas City during Edwards' time there.
Kansas City appears to be the front-runner for Edwards, and is thought to be offering the most money. However, the Chiefs spent a lot of money on free agent linebacker Napoleon Harris (six years, $24 million) and might re-sign starter Kawika Mitchell, so they might not have enough for Edwards.
The Packers' interest in Edwards is somewhat curious given they like their starting trio of Nick Barnett, A.J. Hawk and Brady Poppinga. The 6-foot-2, 227-pound Edwards has mostly been a middle linebacker in a 3-4 defense and an outside linebacker in a 4-3, so it's unclear where he would fit in.
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