Green Bay Packers: 5 burning questions for 2018

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1. How will the secondary perform?

Green Bay’s secondary has been their achilles heel. The last two seasons they have ranked towards the bottom of the NFL in yards allowed per game and interceptions. They lack talent, depth and aggressiveness.

Their inability to cover allowed opposing teams to convert on third down with ease and kept their defense on the field. Green Bay used their first pick in the 2017 NFL Draft to address the need and selected Kevin King.

King only played in nine games before his season came to an end because of a lingering shoulder injury. They took a similar approach this past draft and used their first two selections on corners: Jaire Alexander and Joshua Jackson.

Alexander, who played collegially at Louisville, is considered small at 5-foot-10 but is extremely versatile and plays with attitude. Jackson, who was projected to be a first round selection, dropped to Green Bay in the second round and they ran to the podium.

The former Big Ten corner, was one of the nation’s best corners in his final year. He led the nation in interceptions with eight and was a 2017 Consensus All-America. However, it should be noted Jackson didn’t record a single interception in first two seasons at Iowa.

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Green Bay traded away their “best” corner Damarious Randall to the Cleveland Browns and brought veteran Tramon Williams back. This unit is still very young and inexperienced and not paying big bucks for a top tier veteran may come back to bite them.

At the same time, King, Alexander and Jackson have a ton of potential. If the trio pans out, the Packers could be set at the position for years to come. There will be plenty of growing pains this season and it’s going to take some time for this unit to get going.

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