GREEN BAY, Wis. – Has Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst done it again?
After retooling the offense in last year’s draft, Gutekunst might have fixed the defense in this year’s draft.
In Pro Football Focus’ list of the top 15 rookies, Packers safety Evan Williams is No. 1 and linebacker Edgerrin Cooper is No. 11.
Williams, a fourth-round pick, is the No. 1-ranked safety. Not just the top-ranked rookie safety but the top-ranked safety, period. The second-ranked safety? Xavier McKinney, the team’s big free-agent addition.
With the playmaking acumen of McKinney and Williams and the speed and physicality of second-round pick Javon Bullard, Gutekunst seemingly remade the safety group with the wave of a magic wand.