Fox Sports predicts Packers land massive defensive lineman in free agency

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 07: Defensive tackle Calais Campbell #93 of the Arizona Cardinals looks on before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at State Farm Stadium on December 07, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. The Rams defeated the Cardinals 45-17. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Fox Sports just dropped their updated top-100 free agents in the 2026 class, which includes recent cap casualties like Tyreek Hill and Bradley Chubb - who were recently released by the Miami Dolphins. Five Green Bay Packers made their top-100 list, which they claim is tied for the most from one single team, along with the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.

Here's how the Packers' supposed top-100 free agents rank, along with Fox Sports' predictions on where these players will land:

• #9: Malik Willis, QB (prediction: Dolphins)
• #17: Rasheed Walker, T (prediction: Patriots)
• #22: Quay Walker, LB (prediction: Packers)
• #24: Romeo Doubs, WR (prediction: Eagles)
• #95: Kingsley Enagbare, EDGE (prediction: Dolphins)

They also listed running back Emanuel Wilson, who was out-snapped by Chris Brooks at the end of 2025, as the fourth-rated restricted free agent in the class. It would cost somewhere in the $3.5 million ballpark for the Packers to tender Wilson on a one-year deal. If they choose not to tender Wilson, he will become an unrestricted free agent.

Beyond the re-signing of linebacker Quay Walker, the most polarizing free agent in this class, Fox Sports predicts that Green Bay will make just one other move for a top-100 free agent in 2026: signing 39-year-old Arizona defensive lineman Calais Campbell.

Here's what they had to say about the move:

Campbell, 39, is ageless, now with four straight seasons of at least five sacks while playing for four different teams. He's a living legend, with 119 career sacks and six Pro Bowls. He made it to the Super Bowl as a rookie in 2008 with the Cardinals - 17 years ago - and how cool would it be if he signed on with a top contender and found his way back, turning 40 before the season starts in September? He signed for $5.5 million last year, and if a 40-year-old defensive lineman can make a case for a raise, Campbell can.

There's an obvious connection between Campbell and the Packers, in that new Green Bay defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon was Campbell's head coach in Arizona. Unfortunately, the Packers need a 3-4 nose tackle a whole lot more than a 3-4 defensive end.

Last year, Pro Football Focus had Campbell down with fewer than 100 snaps at nose tackle spots, either head up on the center or in the A-gap, and they were mostly in pass-rushing situations. At his age, Campbell likes to play more as a pass-rushing specialist, not eating up space against the run, which is really what Green Bay needs after failing to replace Kenny Clark in-season in 2025. In fact, Campbell actually played more edge rusher snaps than interior defensive line snaps when he was with the Atlanta Falcons in 2023, even with a 6'8", 315-pound frame.

Maybe the signing of Campbell would allow the Packers to trade one of Karl Brooks or Colby Wooden this offseason, players who are going into contract years in 2026. This seems like it would be more of a luxury signing, with bigger needs at center, nose tackle and outside cornerback, than filling a need, though.

In modern 3-4 defenses, teams essentially play two three-technique defensive tackles along with the nose tackle. Devonte Wyatt, Brooks, Wooden and 2025 sixth-round pick Warren Brinson all can credibly play the three-technique position at the NFL level and are under contract for 2026. Meanwhile, the team's options at nose tackle going into next year are the undersized Wooden (who played the position in 2025 but hadn't played it prior), Brinson, Jordon Riley coming off an Achilles tear and 2025 undrafted rookie free agent Nazir Stackhouse, who basically played seven snaps a game last year before the junior varsity game against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 18.

Personally, if we're going into the defensive lineman played for Gannon" market, I'd much rather see the Packers take a swing on one of Khyiris Tonga or Roy Lopez, two sub-30 nose tackles who won't break the bank and have performed solidly in recent years. In general, there's not a lot of meat on the bone at the nose tackle position in free agency.