Overview
- The Packers signed McDuffie to a one-year, $4.85 million extension reported July 12–13, 2026, that keeps him under contract through the 2027 season.
- The deal includes a $1.5 million signing bonus and a $750,000 roster bonus payable if McDuffie is on the roster at the start of the 2027 league year.
- McDuffie’s cap charge climbs to $4,725,000 in 2026 and will be $5,100,000 in 2027 with most 2027 salary non-guaranteed aside from prorated bonuses.
- The Packers view McDuffie as affordable depth and core special team help rather than a projected starter after they hired Jonathan Gannon and added Zaire Franklin.
- McDuffie is a 2021 sixth-round pick who played all 17 games in 2025, logged 505 defensive snaps and a career-high 302 special-teams snaps, giving Green Bay experienced insurance if the new linebacker configuration does not work out.