Big Reason Packers Could Struggle to Fill Biggest Weakness

The Packers struck gold in the 2024 NFL Draft, mining linebacker Edgerrin Cooper in the second round before the former Texas A&M Standout became a focal point of the defense, as a rookie.

However, after the Packers invested two of their top-three picks in this spring’s draft at wide receiver, and moved on from former All-Pro Jaire Alexander, cornerback remains a pressing need.

Over at ESPN, NFL analyst Mike Clay suggests that cornerback is the Packers’ biggest weakness, and there aren’t many sure-thing fixes currently on the roster, at the position.

Standout corner Jaire Alexander and Eric Stokes departed this offseason,” Clay writes of the Packers’ defensive backs, for ESPN. “And were “replaced” by Nate Hobbs and seventh-round rookie Micah Robinson. The shake-up positions Hobbs (who, like Alexander, has struggled with injuries in recent seasons) for a starting role, along with Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine. No other corner on the roster played a regular-season snap last season.”

The general lack of experience on the roster could lead to general manager Brian Gutekunst and the Packers shopping the trade market or scouring the waiver wire once teams begin trimming their rosters after training camp to add help at cornerback.

Otherwise, Green Bay could begin the season banking on hope and optimism that one of the young cornerbacks on the roster is capable of immediately stepping up and playing a marquee role in a division that’s loaded with elite wide receiver and quarterback talent.