Safety is undoubtedly one of the Packers’ biggest needs this offseason, but after sub-optimal testing from a significant proportion of the prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine this past week, Green Bay may have to find help in free agency.
The combine isn’t the end all be all. Plenty of prospects didn’t test well but went on to have great careers.
However, Packers general manger Brian Gutekunst has a type he looks for when selecting players. Going off Kent Lee Platte’s Relative Athletic Scores, 30 of Gutekunst’s 42 draft picks have scored at least an 8.