{"id":12126,"date":"2025-01-28T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12126"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:50:02","slug":"breaking-news-packers-add-needed-size-at-cornerback-in-new-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12126","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Packers Add Needed Size at Cornerback in New Mock Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\"Mississippi<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 The Green Bay Packers have a couple of big problems at cornerback entering the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

One big problem is the numbers, with Eric Stokes, Robert Rochell and Corey Ballentine headed to free agency and Jaire Alexander perhaps on the move.<\/p>\n

The other big problem \u2013 a shortcoming, you might say \u2013 is the Packers are small at cornerback. By the end of the season, they settled on Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine as their cornerbacks with Javon Bullard in the slot. None of them are 6 feet tall, with Nixon at 5-foot-10 1\/4, Valentine standing 5-foot-11 5\/8 and Bullard measuring 5-foot-10 1\/2.<\/p>\n

Alexander, if he were to return, is 5-foot-10 1\/4.<\/p>\n

Enter Mississippi cornerback Trey Amos, who was the Packers\u2019 pick in a new mock draft by Kyle Crabbs of The 33rd Team.<\/p>\n

\u201cFew cornerbacks are more physical and combative in this year\u2019s class than Trey Amos,\u201d Crabbs wrote.<\/p>\n

Amos, who at the Senior Bowl this week measured 6-foot 3\/8 with 32-inch arms, spent three seasons at Louisiana before transferring to Alabama for the 2023 season. With longtime coach Nick Saban stepping down at the end of the season, Amos transferred to Ole Miss, where he set career highs with three interceptions, 13 passes defensed and four tackles for losses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to prove I can do it all,\u201d Amos told AL.com at the Senior Bowl. \u201cMan coverage. Zone coverage. Come up and tackle. I want to show that I can fly around and be accountable. I\u2019m just a technician and I want to get better at everything, just like I have every step of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Packers are mostly a zone team under defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, but versatility at corner would allow Hafley to mix things up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a great press-man cornerback,\u201d Amos told The Draft Network. \u201cI can play zone coverage, as well. I can come downhill and tackle, as well. You have to be a willing tackler to play the cornerback position at a high level. I showed all year long that I could tackle. I play fast and get to the ball. I\u2019m going to try to be a ballhawk in Mobile. I want to make plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pro Football Focus charged Amos with a 51.6 percent catch rate and no games with more than 50 receiving yards. More than just a cover corner, Amos is a physical run defender who missed only six tackles.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe also pops in some of the ancillary areas of the position, including showing a likable taste for run support \u2014 which will only boost his value when he\u2019s assigned to playing half-turn deep thirds or hard flats in zone,\u201d reads a snippet of his 33rd Team scouting report<\/p>\n

At Alabama in 2023, Amos started only one game. At Ole Miss, which is coached by Saban prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Lane Kiffin, he was first-team all-SEC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had looked at him before and really thought he was a special, unique player,\u201d Kiffin said via The Dispatch. \u201cHe is a really good player and phenomenal work ethic, phenomenal culture guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, too, when you get people over time from Alabama, you know what you\u2019re getting from Coach Saban. I think when you get players, but especially DBs, you know how they\u2019ve been trained and what they\u2019re used to. So, I think that also helps in this instance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back to Crabbs\u2019 mock draft, he had the Chicago Bears taking an offensive tackle at No. 10, the Minnesota Vikings adding a playmaking defensive tackle at No. 24 and the Detroit Lions adding more beef to their offensive line at No. 28.<\/p>\n

Latest Green Bay Packers News<\/h3>\n
\n

As reported by @TomSilverstein<\/a>, Rich Bisaccia is returning to the #Packers<\/a> (with a contract extension). Of the five main kicking-game categories, the Packers finished in the top half of only one. \u2b07\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/O87frT9CNE<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n