The Packers took one contract question off their training-camp table Monday, agreeing to terms with defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt on a three-year, $57 million extension, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The deal includes a $20 million signing bonus and kicks in for the 2027 season.
Wyatt was already under contract for 2026 — he’ll play out the fifth-year option of his rookie deal at $12.94 million this fall — so the extension effectively secures Green Bay’s most disruptive interior rusher through the end of the decade. ESPN’s Rob Demovsky reported the sides had been working toward a number as the roster prepared to report, and getting it done before camp opens removes the kind of lingering standoff the Packers have wanted to avoid with their homegrown players.
A 2022 first-round pick out of Georgia, Wyatt has appeared in 57 regular-season games and grown into one of the league’s better pass-rushing three-techniques, the kind of penetrating tackle who collapses a pocket from the inside. The bet here is on that trajectory continuing — and on health.
That last part is the wrinkle. Wyatt played just 10 games last season after breaking his fibula and tearing ankle ligaments in the Thanksgiving Day loss to Detroit, an injury that ended his year and clouded his market. Green Bay is paying him as if the tape from before the injury is the real Wyatt, wagering that a first-round athlete two years removed from a breakout is worth committing to now rather than letting him hit free agency.
For general manager Brian Gutekunst, the move fits a familiar pattern of extending core players a year early and keeping the defensive front intact. With veterans set to report this week, Wyatt now arrives at camp with his future settled instead of his contract hanging over it.
