No team is ever bulletproof. There are always weaknesses that the opposition tries to exploit.<\/p>\n
As the Green Bay Packers\u2019 season carried along, their cornerback position became weaker and weaker. As the Packers shift their focus to the offseason, they can ill afford to spend another year failing to invest in the position via the draft.<\/p>\n
Keisean Nixon<\/a>\u2018s play got shakier and shakier as the year progressed. By the end of it, Nixon had done more barking during the lead-up to games than actual production during said games. Yes, he had the interception that sealed Green Bay\u2019s win against the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field. Aside from that, the flaws were evident and a common occurrence on film.<\/p>\n None was more damning than the back-of-the-end-zone camera angle during D\u2019Andre Swift<\/a>\u2018s touchdown run in the playoff loss. With Swift beelining towards the goal line, Nixon was there to greet Swift at the last second. Instead of making a play on the ball or on Swift, Nixon moved aside and rolled out the red carpet for Swift to waltz into the end zone. The clip went viral, with many accusing Nixon of making a business decision.<\/p>\n Nixon with the business decision at the goal line pic.twitter.com\/m8EjoBlp4L<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n With multiple duds to end the season, Nixon had a chance to reflect on his campaign two days after the loss to Chicago as reporters made their rounds through the locker room. Nixon\u2019s response<\/a> didn\u2019t help his case.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I played really well this year,\u201d Nixon said. \u201cI accomplished all my goals, like I always tell you guys, set the standard for myself. But I think I played really good this year.\u201d<\/p>\n There was no follow-up on which goals he accomplished or felt he accomplished. Given how the season ended for the team and for a cornerback group that Caleb Williams<\/a>\u00a0torched repeatedly in the fourth quarter, Nixon\u2019s response seemed out of touch.<\/p>\n As for his contract situation, with one year remaining on his deal? Nixon didn\u2019t shy away from discussing that either.<\/p>\n Most likely. We\u2019ll see. I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see. I\u2019ll talk to my agent and stuff like that, but I love Green Bay. This is where I wanna be. I don\u2019t really wanna go nowhere else, so we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll have talks, for sure, but this is definitely where I wanna be.<\/p>\n Nixon wasn\u2019t the only culprit. Fellow cornerback Carrington Valentine<\/a>\u2018s embarrassing effort on would-be tackles was a frequent theme down the stretch.<\/p>\n Go back and read what local<\/a> and national<\/a> analysts thought about the group during training camp and the preseason. The fanbase wasn\u2019t naive about it either. There was a long-simmering suspicion<\/a> that they might be disastrously short at corner.<\/p>\n The Packers rolled into the season with Nixon, Valentine, and Nate Hobbs<\/a>, who signed a lucrative deal<\/a> after four years with the Las Vegas Raiders, a tenure marked by injuries<\/a> and inconsistent play<\/a>. Hobbs was good in the slot with the Raiders, but the Packers wanted him on the boundary. Injuries and more inconsistent play derailed Hobbs\u2019 season. Behind those three were Bo Melton<\/a> and Kamal Hadden<\/a>, two players who both entered the season having never taken a snap at cornerback in a regular-season game.<\/p>\n It was clear early on that this was a group without a true No. 1 and little to no depth.<\/p>\n That came about mainly because the Packers have drafted just three true cornerbacks since 2022, all in the seventh round. One of those was Valentine, whom they took in the seventh round in 2023. To his credit, Valentine has blossomed<\/a> into a player with starting-caliber play, but he hasn\u2019t been completely trustworthy. That\u2019s a solid return on investment on a late-round pick, but it\u2019s not a definitive solution.<\/p>\n Outside of that, the Packers took Micah Robinson<\/a> in last April\u2019s draft in the seventh round. In October, the Tennessee Titans claimed<\/a> Robinson off Green Bay\u2019s practice squad. Kalen King<\/a> was the only other cornerback the Packers drafted in the last four years, whom they selected with the 255th pick in 2024. King didn\u2019t make the roster out of training camp and bounced around between the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals this past year.<\/p>\n That can not be the recipe for Brian Gutekunst moving forward.<\/p>\n Green Bay doesn\u2019t have a first-round pick this year because of the Micah Parsons<\/a> trade<\/a>. Ironically, Parsons helped alleviate some of the pressure on the cornerbacks this year by constantly harassing opposing quarterbacks. However, once he tore his ACL<\/a>, the secondary\u2019s shortcomings were even more exposed.<\/p>\n