Za’Darius Smith can’t wait for the 2022 season opener for personal reasons. The Minnesota Vikings edge rusher left the Green Bay Packers on bad terms during the offseason, only to sign with a divisional rival so he can face his former team twice a year.
Smith recently told Tyler Dunne of Go Long that his relationship with the team went south after opting to have surgery on his back during the 2021 season. He tried to play through the injury in last year’s season-opening loss to the New Orleans Saints but was placed on injured reserve after just 18 snaps.
