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X had a good response too....he can play in any system.

The one good question was about him having a relationship with Ainsley from when he was a freshman in Bama...

They know how good he is....Kirwan definitely likes the Giants....probably because he likes NY and the restaurants there....

One year we saw Pat K, Randy Cross and Pete Carroll come into Ben Benson's After the draft. That was when Cheaty Petey was in his last year at USC

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The plays X makes are scheme independent...he has a nose for the ball, he knows when to break on the ball and he catches it a lot. That's not because the scheme, that's because he studies film and his brain works fast enough to process it.

That's the kind of thing that separates the Ronnie Lott's and Charles Woodson's from a lot of other elite athletes.

Not that X is either of those dudes, but he's on another level than most S in the league. That is why he got paid...and if it wasn't the Packers it would have been someone else. Promise.

@ilcuqui posted:

@RobDemovsky:

Xavier McKinneyโ€™s contract: 4 years/$67 million

'24: $23M signing bonus, $1.45M base
'25: $8.5M roster bonus due 3rd day of league year, $2.75M base
'26: $8.5M RB 3rd day of league year, $4.25M base
'27: $16.15M base
$400K workout bonus, $200K per game roster bonus each year

Based on the Spotrac information, it looks like it's really a 3 year, 50 million dollar contract. Minimum base salaries until 2027. McKinney has roster bonuses of 8.5 million each of the next two years which agents put in to force decisions early in the free agent cycle for each year, but the roster bonus is absent in 2027.

Dead cap vs. cap hit is even next year. Then, the Packers would save 8 million of cap hit if they moved on after 2025, but 17 million of cap hit if they did it in 2027.

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Packers Wire with some fantastic Xavier McKinney highlights and commentary



https://packerswire.usatoday.c...-breakdown-analysis/

"Itโ€™s easy to see why the Packers coveted a player like McKinney. For starters, he is only 24 and has plenty of years of high-level play left in him. He is also versatile from an alignment standpoint, which is something Green Bay tends to seek out. McKinney is comfortable dropping into the box, lining up in the slot, or at post safety.
Hafley can choose when to use McKinney as a chess piece but expect him to spend a lot of time roaming in center field. From what Iโ€™ve seen, McKinney is a good communicator who is rarely out of position.
As a run defender, heโ€™s aggressive when coming downhill and uses his play strength and length to wrap up ball carriers with minimal missed tackles.
In coverage, McKinney really shines through his route recognition, mental processing, and change of direction to be showcase his ball-hawking ability. His production backs it up as well. Overall, the Packers have signed a really good player who will be the teamโ€™s first do-it-all safety in over a decade."

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@Pakrz posted:

Iโ€™m not sure thereโ€™s ever going to be the next Charles Woodson.  

Most recently Derwin James and Jalen Ramsey were billed as that type of player coming out of school.  They certainly flash that ability and are very good players in their own right but they don't seem to have that consistent extra gear where they take over games like CW could.  Granted, those guys still have some time left.

@Satori posted:

From Zach Kruse:

Xavier McKinney is one of the best tackling Safeties in football.
His 5.7% missed tackle rate was the lowest among all NFL safeties playing at least 600 snaps in 2023. Career missed tackle rate: 6.9 %
(Darnell Savage: 17.4%)

Missed and passive tackling is something that has plagued this defense for a long time now.  I really hope that Xavier's tackling ability and willingness to do it rubs off on the other defensive players.  I am beyond excited to see the Packers land someone who is physical and flies around making actual plays.

@The Heckler posted:

The "tackling" by the secondary players is something that has been a glaring weakness for quite a while  now.  One other thing I hope stops is the defense chasing the offense around the field instead of taking it to them.

Yes! I hope the coaches emphasize wrapping up the opponent when tackling him. Too many times have we seen our DBs and LBs run into a player to tackle him. Then, the ball carrier bounces off and continues to pick up yardage. One of the worst violators was Savage. Now, he's gone, so in a way, we improved already.

@Goldie posted:

Ah, hello, have been saying this for, like, forever, and it isnโ€™t JUST the DBโ€™s, itโ€™s the whole defense at times.  Ughโ€ฆโ€ฆ.

Without a doubt we have been saying that for a long long time.  Bad tackling and just reacting to what the offense is doing. 

Good to hear that Xavier wants to come to GB because of a young talented QB.  Reminds me of a time when players wanted to come to play in GB when there was a young talented QB in #4.

@The Heckler posted:

Bad tackling

1) They don't practice it much anymore, deemed too risky
2) The league has made it harder & harder on the defenders with endless rule changes about hitting high, hitting low, horse collar rules, defenseless WRs and untouchable QBs

The Packers aren't the only ones who display poor tackling, its the entire NFL.
And that's the way the owners want it.

Poor tackling = more offense & points= higher ratings= mo money.

@PackLandVA posted:

I think RAS is something Gutekunst looks at heavily when it comes to the Draft (based on his history).  But not necessarily established players.

RAS is probably more useful in evaluating specific positions more than others.

I think there is a big difference between safety and DB. If you are safety playing in a single high defense, you'd rather have a guy that ran a high 4.5s with a lot of football intelligence that can run the defense, tackle, and play the ball in the air than a 4.35 that struggled with those traits (Savage).

If you are looking at a bump and run corner or any type of corner in a man defense, the 40 time (and other measures) are more important. When you line up against Tyreke Hill or some other speedster, football smarts only get you so far.

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