Aaron Kampman loves Green Bay.
Aaron Kampman left the Packers to join the Jaguars in the offseason.
He likes the unmistakable friendly feel of the Wisconsin town, and he understands and appreciates the esteem in which it holds its professional football team, the Packers.
The two-time Pro Bowler lived and played there for eight years.
But now he's hanging out in Jacksonville, where he signed with the Jaguars as an unrestricted free agent in March after the strangest season of his career. It began with an unwelcome switch from defensive end to outside linebacker when defensive coordinator Dom Capers went from a 4-3 to a 3-4 set and ended prematurely when he tore his anterior cruicate ligament in his left knee in Week 11.
And that was the beginning of the end for Kampman's Green Bay experience. The Packers made attempts to keep him, but not with a long-term package. Kampman knew the 3-4 defense would never really suit him.
Jacksonville offered a four-year deal worth $26 million, with $11 million guaranteed. Perhaps more important, the Jaguars run a 4-3, meaning Kampman moves back to his beloved end position.
His knee is fine, and the Jaguars are counting on his pass-rushing prowess to be likewise. He had 37 sacks from 2006 to 2008 and is joining a team that had a league-low 14 last season.
"I am, obviously, excited to get my hand back down (on the ground as a lineman)," Kampman said after a recent Jaguars practice.
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SOURCE: USA Today
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