When healthy and playing together, few interior defensive line tandems are better than Kenny Clark and Mike Daniels of the Green Bay Packers.

Pro Football Focus ranked Clark and Daniels as the NFL’s fourth-best interior defender tandem, trailing only Cameron Hayward and Stephon Tuitt of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Fletcher Cox and Malik Jackson of the Philadelphia Eagles and Aaron Donald and Michael Brockers of the Los Angeles Rams.

The Packers are hoping to get at least one more standout season from the pair. While Clark has emerged as one of the NFL’s best young interior defenders, Daniels – a long-time bulldog in the middle of the Packers defense – is entering the final year of his contract and may face an uncertain future in Green Bay past 2019.

Having them both on the field in a full-time capacity could really juice up the Packers defense.

Clark is a dominant run defender and a rapidly improving pass-rusher, finishing last season as the NFL’s highest-graded pass-rusher from the nose tackle position, per PFF. He’s powerful but also quick, making him a problem for guards and centers alike. Another step forward in 2019 could put him in position to tally 8-10 sacks and make a Pro Bowl.

Daniels enjoyed an impressive five-year stretch between 2013-17 with 25 total sacks and at least four sacks each season. His pass-rushing grade against guards ranks eighth in the NFL over the last four seasons, and few interior defenders are better than Daniels at shedding blocks, finding the ball carrier and disrupting run gaps.

The Packers just need both on the field. Last season, Daniels played in only 10 games before landing on injured reserve. Clark played in the first 13 games but missed the final three with an elbow injury.

Daniels is a little bit of a forgotten man after last season. He’s still plenty capable of creating disruption up front, especially given what the Packers added on the edge this offseason. Mike Pettine will have opportunities to keep him fresh and unleash him and Clark in the right pass-rushing situations.

More improvement from Clark, a bounceback season for Daniels and the likely contributions from newcomer Za’Darius Smith and rookie Rashan Gary could give Pettine and the Packers a dominant, game-changing interior presence in 2019.

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