The Green Bay Packers might have turned massive weakness into tremendous strength this offseason by signing Xavier McKinney and drafting Javon Bullard.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Somewhere in Miami on March 11, former Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry must have been shaking his head in dismay. On April 26, Barry might have had to stifle an incredulous laugh.
- The team’s lone free-agent addition, Jonathan Owens, started 11 games and played a unit-high 775 snaps. He had zero interceptions and three passes defensed. He tackled well, ranking 26th with a missed-tackle percentage of 9.2, but gave up three touchdowns and a 115.8 passer rating, according to PFF.
- Seventh-round rookie Anthony Johnson started four games and played 302 snaps. He had one interception and three passes defensed. However, of 95 safeties to play at least 300 defensive snaps, he had a league-worst missed-tackle rate of 28.1 percent.McKinney started 17 games and played all 1,128 defensive snaps for the Giants last year. He had the best year of his career with 116 tackles, three interceptions and 11 passes defensed.
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