{"id":29428,"date":"2025-08-01T11:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29428"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:47:41","slug":"packers-go-risky-route-with-their-cornerback-group-in-2025-and-it-could-end-up-being-a-major-swing-factor-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29428","title":{"rendered":"Packers go risky route with their cornerback group in 2025, and it could end up being a major swing factor for the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/w_1200,h_675,g_auto,c_fill\/MjE2MjIxNDgwODY4OTE0NTQz\/usatsi_16764173.jpg\" alt=\"Packers go risky route with their cornerback group in 2025, and it could  end up being a major swing factor for the season - A to Z Sports\" \/>You could easily argue that cornerback was a need for the Green Bay Packers\u00a0in the 2024 offseason. The team barely addressed it, only adding seventh-round pick Kalen King and signing\u00a0Kamal Hadden to the practice squad. It was certainly a need this offseason, after the Packers lost Jaire Alexander, Eric Stokes, Robert Rochell, and Corey Ballentine.<\/p>\n<p>There was more investment than a year ago, but not by a lot. The Packers signed\u00a0Nate Hobbs to a significant four-year, $48 million deal\u00a0in free agency. Other than that, the only additions were vet minimum\u00a0signing Gregory Junior\u00a0and another\u00a0seventh-round pick, Micah Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>This is another part of our\u00a0Packers positional breakdown series.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nate Hobbs 1 on 1  &#039;I&#039;m ecstatic to be here&#039;\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ifJoihP8HLc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"packers-have-little-margin-for-error-at-cornerback\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Packers have little margin for error at cornerback<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Green Bay possibly\u00a0adjusted its approach to the cornerback position. After spending first-round picks there with Jaire Alexander and Eric Stokes, general manager Brian Gutekunst hasn\u2019t taken one before the seventh-round since 2021. The investment in external additions isn\u2019t huge either. Publicly, Gutekunst said it was more circumstantial than planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really go in there with those kinds of priorities,\u201d the GM said after the draft. \u201cWe build our board and we try to stay true to our evaluations of it. And then we let the board come to us. Every draft class is a little bit different. It wasn\u2019t something we were gonna chase. It\u2019s important to us, adding Micah (Robinson) at the end was really, really good. He\u2019s a player we brought in here that we are pretty excited about. The board is what it is and it fell the way it fell. We feel good about our group right now, I feel the guys we have in that room got some pelts on the wall, so to speak, as far as what they\u2019ve been able to do in the National Football League. We\u2019ll kinda see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the investment over the past few years speaks for itself.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-the-packers-do-have\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the Packers do have<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Gutekunst feels comfortable with the Packers\u2019 three projected starters\u2014and that\u2019s the idea of the weak-link system approach. Surprisingly, Carrington Valentine is the one who\u2019s had better results lately, even though the Packers probably treat Keisean Nixon and Nate Hobbs as the better options.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\"><strong>Passer rating when targeted in 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;ordered&quot;:false,&quot;values&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list\">\n<li data-wp-block=\"[]\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\">Carrington Valentine 79.6<\/li>\n<li data-wp-block=\"[]\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\">Gregory Junior 95.4<\/li>\n<li data-wp-block=\"[]\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\">Nate Hobbs 96.3<\/li>\n<li data-wp-block=\"[]\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\">Keisean Nixon 99.7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Gregory Junior is the only non-starter with significant NFL experience\u2014that\u2019s where things start to get risky. The fourth cornerback on the depth chart would likely be safety\u00a0Javon Bullard in the slot.<\/p>\n<p>The riskiest part is that Hobbs has also handled several injuries over the past few seasons. Since 2022, he\u2019s missed 16 regular season games.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"backup-options\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backup options<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">For the immediate backup job at cornerback, outside of Bullard, the Packers have three favorites. Even though there are no experienced options, the Packers will allow young guys to compete throughout training camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like our depth there. I do think between Kalen King, Kamal Hadden, and Micah Robinson, there\u2019s going to be some really good competition for the back end into that roster,\u201d Gutekunst explained to Cheesehead TV. \u201cI\u2019m excited to give those guys that opportunity to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Beyond them, the roster also has Isaiah Dunn, who\u2019s been in the NFL since 2021 and signed with the Packers back in January, and undrafted rookies\u00a0Johnathan Baldwin (a strong practice squad candidate\u00a0due to his contract guarantees) and Tyron Herring.<\/p>\n<p>The new additions to the group are former wide receiver\u00a0Bo Melton, who was converted\u00a0on a full-time basis to the defensive side after a promising experience in the rookie minicamp, and\u00a0recently-signed rookie Garnett Hollis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-bay-packers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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