Reacting to PFF's DB Ranking of the Green Bay Packers!

This is all guess work. We're unproven and untested. So much has changed but I believe we're going to impress.

I think #8 is fair when you consider there are a lot more question marks than just CB. Will McKinney be as good as he has been, or do we see a Landon Collins/Eddie Jackson type drop-off? Will the Valentine/Ballentine duo continue to play above their expectations given their history and draft spots? Will Javon Bullard and the other rookie safeties be able to contribute right away in a significant, positive way? Will Eric Stokes return to form given how much time he's missed? Is Jeff Hafley the guy? Lots of question marks but TONS of potential.

PFF is so sketchy to me. It feels lazy and completely removes the eye test. But as a society we have become so dependent on analytics and statistics. The problem with statistics is you can mathematically bend the data in any direction you need to support what you hope to see or want to project. For me, it’s just one measurement or starting point towards the whole picture. But on its own is a flawed system. Great video though as always.

The Green Bay Packers might have questions at cornerback and safety as they progress through QTA’s, but there is no doubt about the top of those depth charts. Pro Football Focus has been rolling out its top-32 rankings at every position. The latest installments were cornerback and safety. The Packers and the Dolphins are the only 2 NFL teams with a top-10 player at each position. At cornerback, Jaire Alexander is #7. He was PFF’s top-graded cornerback from 2020 through 2022 but he played only 40.1% of the defensive snaps in 2023 due to a shoulder injury, back injuries and a suspension. After intercepting a career-high 5 passes to earn 2nd-team All-Pro in 2022, Jaire Alexander in 2023 broke up only 5 passes and for the 1st time in his career did not have any interceptions. Even when he did play, he didn’t perform to his usual standards. PFF charged him with 71.8% catch rate, up sharply from 60.6% in 2021, and 48.7% in 2020, when he was a 2nd-team All-Pro. While the Packers need either Carrington Valentine or Eric Stokes to emerge as a legit NFL starter opposite of Jaire Alexander, they also need Jaire Alexander to live up expectations. He remains the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history and needs to play it. At safety, Xavier McKinney is #8 coming off of a career-best season with the Giants, Xavier McKinney inked a 4-year, $67 million contract with the Packers in Free Agency. He will be a linchpin to Jeff Hafley’s defense. In 2023, Xavier McKinney had more interceptions (3) and passes defensed (11) than Green Bay’s primary safeties Jonathan Owens, Darnell Savage, and Rudy Ford combined (2 interceptions, 10 passes defensed) even while playing about 850 fewer snaps. He’s also one of the best tacklers in the NFL at the position. Moreover, Xavier McKinney quickly grabbed a leadership role. Go Pack Go 💚💚💛💛

can you please make a vid of jeff hafleys defensive scheme and what we can expect to see a lot of in terms of blitz packages and coverages

Rasul was actually legit. He was a pickin machine for us. I was sorry to see him go. Yiadom is a headscratcher

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I am confident the DB room is majorly upgraded over last year so I expect top 15 for the Defense this year at worst. I am expecting significant improvement in Carrington Valentine. I am expecting at least an average Jaire Alexander year. Looks like the best safety room in many years.

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Nixon is our Special teams guy. Yall remember Chris Banjo

I'm so excited to see what X and Jaire are gonna do together. I'm thinking 10+ ints between the two of them. I'm also super excited about Bullard. He's got that dawg in him

I'm interested to see this new defense in action and how they handle motion. It's gonna be a FUN year.

I think the Packer's defense being rated #8 is fair. The biggest thing I want to see from our defense is making tackles and not just running them out of bounds, or just simply pushing them out of bounds. Jaire did a lot of just putting his shoulder down and hitting them, and sometimes he would miss and the ball carrier gets more yards. I am excited to see a more aggressive defense from the Packers, and after the season I think Packers fans are gonna wish we got Jeff Hafley before the 2023 season.

A lot of injuries I don't know if you guys know this but when they had Eric Stokes and we gave up 30 points each time so I think Valentine's should start think of it as this who has the better first year

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The eagles and lions both drafted 2 studs a piece at CB…. Idk why we didn’t take one of them…

I wish we would have done more to address the CB position… that’s the ONLY weak spot potentially imo… if stokes doesn’t pan out or if someone gets hurt for a while, we’re screwed at the corner position… yet they won’t sign Gilmore for ONE season as an insurance policy, a damn good one still!! He played above average last year with Dallas and would be worth the 7-10 million for one season

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