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The Green Bay Packers tenure for outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus did not last long. The 31-year-old former first rounder announced his retirement from football last week. “I decided I’m hanging up the cleats and I’m looking forward to the next chapter in my life,” Mercilus said via Instagram post. When the Packers signed Mercilus in…


This week we’re checking in on arguably the most critical position group on the Green Bay Packers defense: the outside linebackers.  A relentless pass rush can single-handedly win games. No facet of the defense is more important, and having too many pass rushers is still not enough.  Not to say that the OLB is one…