This season is a big year for the Green Bay Packers. Its importance rests not only in the attempt to bounce back from missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008, but a decent chunk of the team’s core will go into the 2018 season entering the final year of their respective contracts.

Here’s a look at five important Packers playing out the final year of their deal in 2018:

OLB Clay Matthews

The franchise’s all-time leader in sacks remains effective, disruptive and versatile, but as his consistency in sacking the quarterback has waned (19 sacks over the last three seasons), the Packers’ pass-rush has suffered. He’s also 32 years old and increasingly prone to soft tissue injuries. It will be interesting to reassess his value after the 2018 season. Matthews could set himself up for one more big payday with an impressive year under new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine. Will he want to play more on the edge to get sacks and increase his overall value, or will he be open to playing a bunch of snaps inside, which could maximize his production for the Packers but destabilize his value?